Slashdot Mirror
Linux Kernel Code Humor
An anonymous reader writes "This article points to some pretty funny comments and code in the Linux kernel. From colorful metaphors, to burning printers, to happy meals... A recursive search through the entire code base reveals some interesting language. Is all code like this?"
fourth post!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, source code make crappy jokes in you!
"Prospect theory argued that people's degree of pleasure depends more on their own subjective experience rather than objective reality, as the rational model of economics held.
A shopper, for example, might drive across town to buy a $10 calculator instead of a $15 one, but forgo the same trip to purchase a $125 jacket for $5 less, illogically believing the greater percentage saved on the calculator makes the trip more worthwhile.
Prospect theory led to ``loss aversion,'' which explained why investors clung to losing stocks rather than sell. Investors were more likely to sell stock they purchased at $50 a share if it rose to $70 and seemed overvalued; but if they bought the same stock at $90 and it fell to $70, they were disinclined to sell, even if shares still seemed overvalued.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Kahneman discussed the pitfalls of trying to beat the stock market, why he's worried about privatizing Social Security and other issues.
AP: In what ways do your theories explain the stock market downturn of the past three years?
Kahneman: Prospect theory helps explain biases of beliefs like ``optimistic overconfidence'' -- that people believe they can do what they in fact cannot do. When you have a situation where everybody believes they are above average, the markets are going to behave in a funny way.
And that was happening to a lot of people at the same time two to three years ago. There was a sense we were living in a new world. That always happens in bubbles. Bubbles tend to convince people this is something fundamentally new.
AP: Would you say the corporate accounting scandals contributed to the market bubble?
Kahneman: You'd expect in every bubble there would be a lot of crooks. It's hard to tell, I don't think the bubble itself was caused by the crooks. Things were happening, there was a readiness and willingness to believe in things, and then there were people who were taking advantage of them.
I'm not sure anybody can say somebody caused the bubble to occur or caused it to burst. Lots of people knew it was a bubble when it was going on. That's what we call ``delusion of control.'' And that is recurrent. People are surprised the bubbles collapse so quickly. They think prices will go down gently, and that will give them the hint and time to get out.
The psychology there is quite interesting. People have a lot of difficulty figuring out they are just like everybody else, and what they see, everybody else can see. And making allowances for the fact that you're one of many people looking at the same time.(nyt)"
...Fiiive core dumps! ...Four reformats ...Three gigs of porn ...Two linux games ...And a usless app on a burnt CD.
Repeal the DMCA!