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British Computer Society Is Officially At Civil War
An anonymous reader writes "A vote of no confidence against the current board of directors has erupted in what is possibly the first nerd war, raging throughout the British Computer Society. More financial- and spreadsheet-related fixations and less computer science have made a few members cross; plus they don't like the new name 'The Chartered Institute of IT.' Here are more specific details on the extraordinary emergency general meeting on July 1, where members will vote to decide the fate of the board of directors."
At first I thought it was about British Computer Society declaring war against the UK government.
Meh. nothingtoseeheremovealong
Colorless green Cthulhu waits dreaming furiously.
... so you have to double-class to manager to join?
(All this stuff about skill levels sounds funny. :P )
It's not a real nerd war until someone gets hit in the head with a plastic light saber!
Monstar L
There will be. Just as soon as the damned EMACS is burned off the face of this world, we can finally have peace. Until then, the corpses will just keep getting stacked up.
>> Officially at war would mean a deceleration of war.
Slowing down of war - I like the sound of that.
"Cats like plain crisps"
I've always viewed it as a cabal of ancient gummy git-wizards, with a three foot beard and lifetime membership of the Campaign for Real Ale being pre-requisites for membership.
As far as I can see it, the current Grand High Git-Wizard rescued the BCS from total irrelevance, and is actually in danger of making it an organisation with a purpose. This angers the other git-wizards, who want to get back to the real business of the BCS: finally concluding the debate over whether the PDP-11 was a retrograde step from the PDP-8.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Oh, ChIT. I can see how that might be a problem.
From what I know of Australia your icon should be a passport. Because every single last one of you must be somewhere else by all the aussies I meet around the world. If you sit in the middle seat of an aircraft, one person next to you will be from Australia/New Zealand. Same thing.
Runs for it.
Still I wonder. What makes you such globe trotters. Want to see the world or just want to get the hell out of that place?
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
No, this is a British argument, no killing needed. Just knock over his teacup and steal his cake.
If he's the Walrus then can I be a penguin please?
They should have one that goes to 11.