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Jon Katz To Be Played By Jeff Bridges
Robotech_Master writes, "Long-time Slashdot veterans will remember Jon Katz, the editorial writer whose Slashdot articles invariably generated heated controversy. It appears he may have the last laugh; how many of the Slashdot posters who ridiculed him went on to be played by Jeff Bridges in a movie? From the article: 'In his new book, "A Good Dog: The Story of Orson," Katz chronicles the life and death of the lovable but troubled border collie that transformed his life. It continues the story begun in Katz's last book, "A Dog Year," now being made into a movie starring Jeff Bridges as Katz.' Katz critics may get a chuckle out of the plot synopsis for the film: 'A man having a mid-life crisis has his life turned upside down when he takes in a border collie crazier than he is.'" The film should be released in late 2007.
He had ordered a new PC via mail order. When it was delivered, the cards were loose. So loose that his dog picked up the motherboard in its mouth and walked around the house.
Anyone who has actually assembled a computer will see the flaws in his stories. Or anyone who has owned a dog.
I'm not saying that the dog was living a good life, but he flat out stole the dog, and then wrote an article about how the dog was stolen.
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For those with shorter memories, read about Junis in one of Katz' greatest hits "A message from Kabul". Highly recommended in this post-Columbine world.
The only reason why his Hellmouth article was anything near decent is because it covered a national tragedy that was pretty much non-technical in nature. So the Columbine killers played DOOM, big whoop. 30 years ago they would have been playing Dungeons and Dragons....the board game version.
People here on Slashdot hate JonKatz because he's a non-geek. He is practically computer illiterate yet he weighed in on highly technical subjects like he knew first thing about them. Look up his other articles. You'll see.
Mac OS X and Windows XP working side by side to fight back the night.
It wasn't resentment. It was disdain. He was a terrible combination of arrogant and ignorant. His complete ignorance, naivety, and even outright stupidity made him post complete and utter nonsense all the time, and his outrageous arrogance made him refuse to accept that he was so frequently wrong, and had no idea about anything he was blathering about.
When someone posts about afgan kids digging up commodore 64s to download and watch videos on to a site for nerds, and then refuses to admit he's full of shit when those nerds call him on it, everyone with two brain cells to rub together complains about his bullshit. The fact that you don't see a problem with his crap speaks volumes about you.
Nerds tend not to like morons, especially morons who insist they know everything and are always right. If you don't know about something, don't make retarded posts on a site about that topic, and then tell the people there that they are wrong and you know everything.