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What Monty Python Teaches Us About Computing

Posted by Soulskill on from the on-second-thought-let's-not-go-there dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Does the computer industry seem just a little too strange? Never fear: Monty Python encapsulated several nuggets of wisdom years ago that summarize exactly what is behind the sometimes-tawdry behavior of vendors, the open source community, and marketing departments."

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  1. Re:OK, if you want to be normal... by Jerslan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Who said anything about wanting to be normal?

    If you RTFA you'd see that he applies commonly known Monty Python skits to real world situations when working on a Software Project.

    This has nothing to do with "geek cred" or anything like that. It's just another way of looking at something that's been around for a while.

  2. Re:Budgets by tomhuxley · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Interestingly, the Four Yorkshiremen was actually recycled from "At Last the 1948 Show" (also starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDaSvRO9xA

  3. Some things by p51d007 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just never go out of style....like Blazing Saddles...the uncut version, not what they show on tv ;)