PDP-8/L value - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Jan 2010

Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:58:35 -0800
From: Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: PDP-8/L value

---------------Original Message:

Dave McGuire wrote:
...

 Unless it is running an OS that adds additional crap from relatively
 unknown sources on an ongoing basis, and needs to be reinstalled
 periodically.  But, surely, nobody would be stupid enough to build and
 market such an OS. 
   A small number of people are stupid enough to build and market it.  
 An astonishingly large number of people are stupid enough to actually 
 use it.

Thanks, I appreciate these clearly on-topic remarks insulting my 
intelligence.

Josh

--------------Reply:

Doesn't bother me. When I read someone stating that only a moron would think
a computer might crash if the hard disk fills up, or repeatedly generalizing that 
people are stupid based on their choice (if they have a choice) of operating 
systems (both of which apply to me), I just remind myself that it says more 
about his/her intelligence etc. than that of the people being judged.

Same thing if the criterion for stupidity were race, religion or shoe size...

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