Edsger Wybe Dijkstra: 1930-2002

Order writes "Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, one of the founding fathers of computer science and the author of the famous "Go To Considered Harmful", has died on Aug. 6, 2002 after a long struggle with cancer."

Comments

Purchase as much LNUX as you want to make?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hi,

I have some money to invest, and my friend told me to buy shares of LNUX. He says it is a visionary company with a great business model, and should be generating tons of revenue soon ($$$!!!).

He also told me they own this website, www.slashdot.com. He said there are lots of friendly people who can help me.

He said I should buy LNUX now because it is priced well, and should have great growth potential. In fact it is such a great price right now that I can buy over 100 shares! What do you all think?

Thanks in advance!

Re:Purchase as much LNUX as you want to make?

[Anonymous Coward]

Thats less than $70, are you sure its worth your time?

Re:Purchase as much LNUX as you want to make?

[Delphix]

Hmm

Have you considered crushing your nuts with your bear hands, cutting them off with a pair of garden shears, and then beating your skull in with a sledge hammer?

No?

Well, I have!

Terrorist?

[Anonymous Coward]

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra sounds middle-eastern. Therefore he was a terrorist. GOOD THING HE IS DEAD NOW! The world needs less terrorists and more ultra right-wing neo-nazi americans. I LOVE AMERICAN LOGIC!

Re:Terrorist?

[Anonymous Coward]

That's right. If you're not a pinko commie liberal statist, you're an ultra right-wing neo-nazi. Thanks for clearing that up.

Re:Terrorist?

[swissmonkey]

That's right, americans are smarter.

They first did a genocide on their own land with the native americans, then decided it would be much more interesting to have genocides out of the country.

So they decided to support dictators like Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, the Shah of Iran, almost every dictatorship in south america, Israel's occupation of palestinian land and settlements in violation of international law, Pol Pot in Cambodgia, some napalm on the civilians in Vietnam, some defoliant to kill people even years after the end of the war, opposing the international tribunal for war crimes and trying to undermine it at all costs, using biological weapons against their own citizens,...

Sometimes I think USA and the rest of the world just don't have the same meaning for the world "civilized"...

Re:Terrorist?

[swissmonkey]

What I think of the swiss behaviour during WW2 ?

Well, it's explained here: http://www.davekopel.com/2A/Mags/TargetSwitzerland .htm by an american.

Don't get me wrong, every country had done good and bad things, including Switzerland and european countries(colonialism comes to mind).

What annoys me A LOT is that USA tend to think that they are a better country than any other when it comes to freedom, free speech, etc...

Well, I've been living in Seattle for two years now, and even though USA is not a dictatorship, there's definitely not more freedom than in western european countries, the main difference is that citizens in this country are more ignorant to how the world around them evolve because the education system and the TV in USA SUCKS REALLY BAD.

Moreover, this country absolutely refuse severything that is not 100% in its best interest even though it would be in the best interest of the world as a whole, things like the Kyoto protocol, the international tribunal on war crime,... have been accepted by a majority of countries all around the world, but USA refuses them and tries to undermine them because even though is does not represent a threat of an kind to USA, it does not serve their interest.

That kind of thing creates a lot enemies around the world, it would be much better to use common sense to avoid having enemies around the world than sending soldiers.
Switzerland is a country respected everywhere around the world because it does not mess up with other countries interests, and that's the reason why terrorists do not attack Switzerland, why people in Switzerland do not live with the fear of being targeted, and that's a much better way of life from my experience.

Just my 2 cents.

Damn you Order

[ObiWonKanblomi]

I posted this topic first! Let's not forget though that Dijkstra helped rid the world of GOTOs =P

Fuck that honky cracker muthafucker

[Anonymous Coward]

Fuck that dead niggah. He be dead like a crack house ho.

Re:-1, Insightful

[Vengie]

Dijkstra's Algorithm. Umm, hello? Someone took NO cs.

Re:-1, Insightful

[Tri0de]

Because has more brain cells working right now than you ever will.

Re:WHAT ABOUT GENE KAN???

[Kamel Jockey]

You guys have purposefully ignored the passing of Gene Kan!

Kan? Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

Re:Ad placement

[bmetzler]

Yeah, that bothered me as well when I first saw it. Here slashdot is, leading the Microsoft-bashing bandwagon, and yet they can and have been bought(rented) my Microsoft for ad space. I'm not trying to troll here, it's just that this seems really hypocritical. Does this mean anyone can advertise on slashdot for the right price? If so, Microsoft certainly occupies a higher rung on the ladder of business ethics.

As I explained this to another friend, Microsoft probably doesn't know that they are advertising on a "hate MS" site. This is a doubleclick campaign. Microsoft probably went to doubleclick and told them to run this ad on tech sites that get a certain number of hits and some other criteria.

On the other hand, when Slashdot signed up with doubleclick, they probably said that they were a tech site, had X hits per month, and a few other things. Doubleclick probably doesn't have a "Check here if you hate Microsoft" option. :) Doubleclick also can't check everysite for themselves to match ad campaigns.

So, Microsoft pays Doubleclick to run an ad campaign on tech sites. Doubleclick inserts the ad into their tech rotation, and viola! we see it on Slashdot.

So, in a way, Microsoft funds their greatest enemy. It's probably the weakest campaign they've ever had :)

-Brent

Re:Ad placement

[NewtonsLaw]

How high are Microsoft's ethics?

Here's a satirical insight into Bill Gate's strategies and plans:

Palladium, More Precious Than Gold

What this shows

[Gorimek]

Even if you avoid what's harmful, you can die of cancer.

My last wishes

[brer_rabbit]

When I die I'd like my ashes piped to /dev/null.

GOTO is harmful

[sharkey]

My highschool computer lab monitors would agree. My very first program done all by myself:

• 10 PRINT "Fuck You"
• 
  20 GOTO 10

Send output to the line printer and head for the hills.

Not everyone here hates microsoft.

[autopr0n]

I use M$ products and read slashdot. I don't pay for them, but an ad here might clue me in on pirating the next version of something.