Am I ranting or are you ranting?

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There's this thing happening that I like to call "Weenie Wars." Many of you in the computer industry will know exactly what I mean. It's a phenomenon that occurs when you hire people that are bitter about their own amateur status and try to mix them with actual experts. Of course there are good intelligent people in the world, here and there, but I'm talking about the whiny, manipulating, boneheaded kind that might have an MCSE certification, or something like a degree from ITT. This causes them to believe they are smart, so they start wanting instant guru status. They get pissed when someone more experienced knows something they don't, or, when someone doesn't know something they do, they run around telling other people how dumb they are, hoping for some sort of upper hand or something. What junior doesn't realize is that there is a whole world of "real" gurus who not only have computer experience, but also have job experience which usually involves working with people (including assholes like you...). Actually, some of you reading this may very well know what it's like to work with a team of people who don't have this sort of foolish pride, and understand how efficient and rewarding it is to know and respect each other's experience and areas of expertise, and how unstoppable a team like this can be (but probably not because it's rare). Those fortunate few would then also know what it's like when you throw in people who don't get along in this manner. You end up with an ineffiecient team that is split up into nasty little cliques, running around bumping into each other. And basically I guess it all comes down to respect, and a level of maturity....
Thats all for now on that subject, but I will leave you with this little example I got on a security mailing list which demonstrates the shitheaded thought processes that these people possess, and was what finally prompted this little diatribe.

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Microsoft, I don't even know what to say to you... Just try to stop keeping humanity stupid, could you please? The profound complexity of the Universe is the only thing that makes life worth living.

Q: Why is it that microsoft people who discover and appreciate unix seem to have an internal conflict, and get angry easily on the subject (like when I say microsoft is evil and manupulative and slimy and underhanded), whereas unix people seem to look at microsoft experience/certs like having an extra pair of cheezy gloves, just in case...?

Q: Why do people accept Microsoft? Is it fear? Afraid to look up the scale to more challenging things? Or maybe comfort with a state of mediocre functionality? Why don't people see the trap that they're in, personally and professionally?

Q: When are people going to realize how anti-productive it really is to run windows, and how it is not only a risk to national security, but is retarding the evolution of the computer industry, and the evolution of humanity itself!!?

Q: What ever happened to:

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE ???

Right at the beginning of the win95/Warp battle is when I remember the microsoft marketing machine taking a turn for the worst. Shortly afterwards, the popular opinion was no longer 'hrm, can I do this?' It became 'why can't I do this?! I should be able to do this!' like it was the responsibility of the manufacturer to make Dummies feel smart. They started to feel entitled to computer weenery, because they had a buddy that stuck in a new video card and talks about it, then they should too right? Dummies need to be reminded that they are dumb so they will try to learn, otherwise they will just remain dumb and take the rest of us with them. That's why most people call an electrician or plumber, or take the car in for an oil change, because they know they shouldn't do it themselves, and they accept that.

[20080913] I just experienced the new Mojave propaganda... I guess suckering people didn't work quite so well with vista so, give it another shot. Could people be getting smarter? They did the right thing though by targeting Dummies directly. Instead they should just say "Hey, you're a Dummie and you know it, just play with our new eyecandy! :) :) :) You won't exert one brain cell! YAY!!!" And what's up with the Castro lookin' guy?

[20080925] Hahaha and another one with a vandal saying spray painting crap on walls is his office... so, now they are legitimizing criminals?

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