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ESR Recasts Jargon File in Own Image
don.g writes "As reported by NTK, ESR appears to have embarked apon the process of recasting the Jargon File in his own image, adding terms like "Aunt Tillie" and "GhandiCon" that he dreamt up and seemingly no-one else uses, and various terms from (of all places) the warblogging community, where he is active. He's also updated the "Hacker Politics" page to be more closely aligned with his own views."
And here I thought ESR was a level-headed, objective advocate of OSS.
levine
Who the heck is ESR, and why is he messing with my jargon file!??
You can run but you can't hide, except, apparently, along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
- There lived a man once who was called Gandhi. If you see the Jargon file, he uses Gandhi and Ghandi as if they were interchangeable. Then again, as long as you inventing you own Jargon, what's a spelling here and there?
- What, no gun advocacy yet?
Just glancing over the site I see that the first entry in the changelog is the Entry called '404' - clicking upon that entry gives you what?
A 404 - page not found error.
I wonder how that'll be represented in the paper version of the book, perhaps listing it in the index as page 2.5?
1 ESR is basically redefining everyone around you to only exist in your own personal universe, where you of course are the most important person alive. Thus 1 ESR is the maximum this unit can ever attain, anything above 1 would mean instant insanity.
With apologies to Douglas Adams.
And remember kids: Never trust a computer you can actually lift.
I always did think that the section at the back entitled "A Portrait of J. Random Hacker" read more like "A Portrait of Eric S. Raymond".
-Stephen
Ruchard Stallman could have changed it and added "GNU/" in front of every word!
Donte Alistair Anderson Roberts - hi son!
Karma: Chameleon
They gave ESR more free time to waste by not accepting his CML2. Linus, you should measure your decisions more carefully.
sgis ddo ekil t'nod i
I wept when, inexplicably, I could no longer access esr/jargon.
/Const Woe=Me
Now, it is back; the same, yet different. And I weep again.
Such is this "life" thing.
i see what u mean.
Yet Socrates himself is particularly missed.
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed.
If they can get him laid, then they should be able to get anyone laid.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Nah, that's just plain old ESR (a bit younger and thinner, though).
I'd say this picture shows more of a metamorphosis. :-)
zWhat would an EWOULDBLOCK block, if an EWOULDBLOCK could block would? -- me
Someone should tell ESR there are hackers outside of Texas. Neo Conservatism is virtually inexistant in Europe, where the corporate brain washing procedures are much less developped than they are in ESR's trailer park, and have to actually compete with a working education system.
Dev elpizw tipota, dev phoboumai tipota eimai lephteros http://euclidian.org
As a general rule, anyone in the OSS community who is referred to by their 3 initials is likely to be nuts.
Here's a new word for you --- "ESRhole"
...or something like that.
..which I hope somebody will do:
ESRhole - one who takes command of something, proclaiming himself God and is no longer subject to criticism.
As for applicable fixes, wget yourself a mirror of v4.2 here
I know, it's still got a bit of ESR in there, but it's free from the latest bugs, and so therefore more easily cleaned...
Fork it! *kerrack* Fork it good!
With the slightly older version, all one needs to do is set up a new tribunal or something to clean it, repost it, and then add to it as a team. Split the power three or five ways-- hold monthly or bimonthly meetings to discuss submissions, and Make It So.
THAT would be a Good Thing.
Barak Michener