Board 8 > I really hate humanity sometimes.

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Ayuyu 01/27/12 4:36:00 PM #1:	Or at least 270 people who voted in this survey. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gif http://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg <cite>Ayuyu posted [p:717137] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Or at least 270 people who voted in this survey. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gifhttp://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ayuyu 01/27/12 4:37:00 PM #2:	Oh and I guess Edison too is crappy. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gif http://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg <cite>Ayuyu posted [p:717138] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Oh and I guess Edison too is crappy. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gifhttp://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeonhartFour 01/27/12 4:37:00 PM #3:	Edison's got some amazing eyebrows there. -- http://www.miscupload.com/upload/452457071929141623517416.gif <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:717139] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Edison's got some amazing eyebrows there. -- http://www.miscupload.com/upload/452457071929141623517416.gif </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarvelousGerbil 01/27/12 4:38:00 PM #4:	I don't see Dexter on there... -- http://oi44.tinypic.com/juac5w.jpg <cite>MarvelousGerbil posted [p:717140] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> I don't see Dexter on there... -- http://oi44.tinypic.com/juac5w.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xeybozn 01/27/12 4:39:00 PM #5:	...What did Amelia Earhart invent? -- Congrats to 2011 Guru champ SuperNiceDog! <cite>Xeybozn posted [p:717141] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> ...What did Amelia Earhart invent? -- Congrats to 2011 Guru champ SuperNiceDog! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
firefdr 01/27/12 4:39:00 PM #6:	That's US only right? <cite>firefdr posted [p:717142] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> That's US only right? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeonhartFour 01/27/12 4:39:00 PM #7:	From: Xeybozn \| #005 ...What did Amelia Earhart invent? Disappearing without a trace while flying in a plane over the Atlantic. -- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png http://i.imgur.com/stNJf.png <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:717143] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: Xeybozn \| #005...What did Amelia Earhart invent?Disappearing without a trace while flying in a plane over the Atlantic. -- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/stNJf.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ayuyu 01/27/12 4:39:00 PM #8:	From: Xeybozn \| #005 ...What did Amelia Earhart invent? She innovated by leaving the kitchen as a woman. /sexism -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gif http://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg <cite>Ayuyu posted [p:717144] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: Xeybozn \| #005...What did Amelia Earhart invent?She innovated by leaving the kitchen as a woman./sexism -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gifhttp://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Natwaf_akidna 01/27/12 4:40:00 PM #9:	... Amelia Earhart? Really? -- My Little Phineas and Ferb: Summer is Magic! Aww, I lost to SuperNiceDog, Winner of the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest <cite>Natwaf_akidna posted [p:717145] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> ... Amelia Earhart? Really? -- My Little Phineas and Ferb: Summer is Magic!Aww, I lost to SuperNiceDog, Winner of the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
firefdr 01/27/12 4:43:00 PM #10:	Oh wait, no it isn't Even bigger LOL then <cite>firefdr posted [p:717146] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Oh wait, no it isn'tEven bigger LOL then </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dark Young Link 01/27/12 4:48:00 PM #11:	I'd be more angry at all the text books who neglected Nikola Tesla. -- You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__ <cite>Dark Young Link posted [p:717147] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> I'd be more angry at all the text books who neglected Nikola Tesla. -- You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ayuyu 01/27/12 4:49:00 PM #12:	Well yeah, Tesla should be on there and close to the top, it's really saddening to see he's not even in the freaking top 10. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gif http://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg <cite>Ayuyu posted [p:717148] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Well yeah, Tesla should be on there and close to the top, it's really saddening to see he's not even in the freaking top 10. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gifhttp://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
14_and_counting 01/27/12 4:49:00 PM #13:	Earhart, Zuckerberg (didn't even create the thing he is credited for alone) Jops. Curie, and Grandin don't even belong on that poll. -- From: Regaro_Ukiera \| MWC is god-tier <cite>14_and_counting posted [p:717149] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Earhart, Zuckerberg (didn't even create the thing he is credited for alone) Jops. Curie, and Grandin don't even belong on that poll. -- From: Regaro_Ukiera \| MWC is god-tier </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Real Truth 01/27/12 4:49:00 PM #14:	Where are the Wright brothers and Benjamin Franklin? -- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>The Real Truth posted [p:717150] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Where are the Wright brothers and Benjamin Franklin? -- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ayuyu 01/27/12 4:52:00 PM #15:	From: The Real Truth \| #014 Where are the Wright brothers and Benjamin Franklin? Not in head of the **heads who answered this poll. It's our generation folks, time to weep. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gif http://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg <cite>Ayuyu posted [p:717151] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: The Real Truth \| #014Where are the Wright brothers and Benjamin Franklin?Not in head of the **heads who answered this poll.It's our generation folks, time to weep. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gifhttp://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 01/27/12 4:53:00 PM #16:	Well, it's not like the results are unexpected. -- Oh, I am one yet many. <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:717152] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Well, it's not like the results are unexpected. -- Oh, I am one yet many. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ayuyu 01/27/12 4:53:00 PM #17:	From: Raka_Putra \| #016 Well, it's not like the results are unexpected. That's the worst thing actually. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gif http://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg <cite>Ayuyu posted [p:717153] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: Raka_Putra \| #016Well, it's not like the results are unexpected.That's the worst thing actually. -- http://img.imgcake.com/cosplaygifer.gifhttp://img.imgcake.com/1327549040189jpgez.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WolfActual 01/27/12 4:55:00 PM #18:	*14_and_counting posted...* Earhart, Zuckerberg (didn't even create the thing he is credited for alone) Jops. Curie, and Grandin don't even belong on that poll. Curie absolutely belongs there. <cite>WolfActual posted [p:717154] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> 14_and_counting posted...Earhart, Zuckerberg (didn't even create the thing he is credited for alone) Jops. Curie, and Grandin don't even belong on that poll.Curie absolutely belongs there. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uglyface2 01/27/12 4:57:00 PM #19:	I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the people who said Amelia Earhart were thinking "aviator" instead of "innovator". That's not to say they aren't stupid, since that's a solid 30+ people who said it, but there you go. <cite>Uglyface2 posted [p:717155] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the people who said Amelia Earhart were thinking "aviator" instead of "innovator". That's not to say they aren't stupid, since that's a solid 30+ people who said it, but there you go. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xeybozn 01/27/12 5:04:00 PM #20:	Considering these add up to about 100%, I think this was a list for the responders to choose from. So the really sad part is that someone out there thinks these are the top 6 innovators ever. And this someone is allowed to run a survey this big. -- Congrats to 2011 Guru champ SuperNiceDog! <cite>Xeybozn posted [p:717156] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Considering these add up to about 100%, I think this was a list for the responders to choose from.So the really sad part is that someone out there thinks these are the top 6 innovators ever. And this someone is allowed to run a survey this big. -- Congrats to 2011 Guru champ SuperNiceDog! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Real Truth 01/27/12 5:08:00 PM #21:	The creator of the survey may have wanted to see if people would really vote for Steve Jobs that much. -- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>The Real Truth posted [p:717157] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> The creator of the survey may have wanted to see if people would really vote for Steve Jobs that much. -- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
14_and_counting 01/27/12 5:12:00 PM #22:	From: WolfActual \| #018 *14_and_counting posted...* Earhart, Zuckerberg (didn't even create the thing he is credited for alone) Jops. Curie, and Grandin don't even belong on that poll. Curie absolutely belongs there. No, no she doesn't. She belong on the list, yes. SHe does not belong anywhere near the top 6, top 10, maybe even top 30. There are EASILY 25 more people in the history of Earth more innovative than her. -- From: Regaro_Ukiera \| MWC is god-tier <cite>14_and_counting posted [p:717158] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: WolfActual \| #01814_and_counting posted...Earhart, Zuckerberg (didn't even create the thing he is credited for alone) Jops. Curie, and Grandin don't even belong on that poll.Curie absolutely belongs there.No, no she doesn't. She belong on the list, yes. SHe does not belong anywhere near the top 6, top 10, maybe even top 30. There are EASILY 25 more people in the history of Earth more innovative than her. -- From: Regaro_Ukiera \| MWC is god-tier </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OmarsComin 01/27/12 5:12:00 PM #23:	Steve Jobs huh <cite>OmarsComin posted [p:717159] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Steve Jobs huh </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phase 01/27/12 5:22:00 PM #24:	As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. Now, the next 20-odd years were pretty much a wash, but that was a pretty important development. -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) <cite>Phase posted [p:717160] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. Now, the next 20-odd years were pretty much a wash, but that was a pretty important development. -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 01/27/12 5:22:00 PM #25:	Crick and Watson(?) ftw -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 <cite>pjbasis posted [p:717161] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Crick and Watson(?) ftw -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 01/27/12 5:23:00 PM #26:	And maybe Darwin and Mendel. Bit of a biology bias -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 <cite>pjbasis posted [p:717162] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> And maybe Darwin and Mendel.Bit of a biology bias -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordoftheMorons 01/27/12 5:27:00 PM #27:	Edison was such a douche, and not nearly as intelligent as Tesla. He was just a good businessman. -- No I'm not a damn furry. Looney Tunes are different. - Guiga I wanted Sonic/Shadow romance at that time, not sex. - MWE <cite>LordoftheMorons posted [p:717163] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Edison was such a douche, and not nearly as intelligent as Tesla. He was just a good businessman. -- No I'm not a damn furry. Looney Tunes are different. - GuigaI wanted Sonic/Shadow romance at that time, not sex. - MWE </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrivateBiscuit1 01/27/12 5:29:00 PM #28:	Needs more Tesla. I love how the picture shows Steve Jobs looking like the bitter jackass he was. -- Xbox GT: PrivateBiscuit1 Down with Zhang. Let there be Biscuit! <cite>PrivateBiscuit1 posted [p:717164] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Needs more Tesla.I love how the picture shows Steve Jobs looking like the bitter jackass he was. -- Xbox GT: PrivateBiscuit1Down with Zhang. Let there be Biscuit! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheRock1525 01/27/12 5:37:00 PM #31:	*SantaRPG posted...* poll why would I say phone then who was phone? -- TheRock ~ Slow dramatic zoom-pan. Doesn't phase the hooded man. <cite>TheRock1525 posted [p:717167] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> SantaRPG posted...pollwhy would I say phonethen who was phone? -- TheRock ~ Slow dramatic zoom-pan. Doesn't phase the hooded man. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uglyface2 01/27/12 5:37:00 PM #32:	*pjbasis posted...* Crick and Watson(?) ftw Rosalind Franklin, actually. <cite>Uglyface2 posted [p:717168] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> pjbasis posted...Crick and Watson(?) ftwRosalind Franklin, actually. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ace_Killjoy 01/27/12 5:42:00 PM #33:	Came in here to say where's Tesla, but I'm glad to see other people thinking the same thing. Also, Jobs looked angry. -- Proud member of the Global Defence Force. http://img.imgcake.com/AlecTrevylan006/AceKilljoyShieldpngyp.png <cite>Ace_Killjoy posted [p:717169] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Came in here to say where's Tesla, but I'm glad to see other people thinking the same thing.Also, Jobs looked angry. -- Proud member of the Global Defence Force.http://img.imgcake.com/AlecTrevylan006/AceKilljoyShieldpngyp.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeydude15 01/27/12 5:43:00 PM #34:	From: Xeybozn \| #020 Considering these add up to about 100%, I think this was a list for the responders to choose from. So the really sad part is that someone out there thinks these are the top 6 innovators ever. And this someone is allowed to run a survey this big. Basically that. I would put most of the blame on the people who ran the poll than the ones who voted in it. -- B8 resident lurker for 5 errrrr 6 years Currently Playing: Mass Effect, Assassins Creed 2 (just got a 360) <cite>hockeydude15 posted [p:717170] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: Xeybozn \| #020Considering these add up to about 100%, I think this was a list for the responders to choose from.So the really sad part is that someone out there thinks these are the top 6 innovators ever. And this someone is allowed to run a survey this big.Basically that.I would put most of the blame on the people who ran the poll than the ones who voted in it. -- B8 resident lurker for 5 errrrr 6 yearsCurrently Playing: Mass Effect, Assassins Creed 2 (just got a 360) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CalvinbalI 01/27/12 5:44:00 PM #35:	From: Phase \| #024 As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. Now, the next 20-odd years were pretty much a wash, but that was a pretty important development. Someone more important to the advent of personal computing (and computing in general) died within the same month of Jobs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie -- "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy...let's go exploring!" - Calvin http://img.imgcake.com/calvinfinalpngpy.png <cite>CalvinbalI posted [p:717171] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: Phase \| #024As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. Now, the next 20-odd years were pretty much a wash, but that was a pretty important development.Someone more important to the advent of personal computing (and computing in general) died within the same month of Jobs.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie -- "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy...let's go exploring!" - Calvinhttp://img.imgcake.com/calvinfinalpngpy.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WazzupGenius00 01/27/12 5:59:00 PM #36:	why the hell is Amelia Earhart on this list, seriously -- SuperNiceDog is a vicious breed and should be banned from further Guru contests. <cite>WazzupGenius00 posted [p:717172] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> why the hell is Amelia Earhart on this list, seriously -- SuperNiceDog is a vicious breed and should be banned from further Guru contests. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AdditionalPylon 01/27/12 6:02:00 PM #37:	From: SantaRPG \| #029 Curie is fine. But this is "all time" so the fact there's no da vinci is like well basically it's about as awful as everything else on the phone Santa knows. It'd be nice to see Henry Ford (for the production and distribution if not the concept) and of course Tesla on the list too. <cite>AdditionalPylon posted [p:717173] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: SantaRPG \| #029Curie is fine. But this is "all time" so the fact there's no da vinci is likewell basically it's about as awful as everything else on the phoneSanta knows.It'd be nice to see Henry Ford (for the production and distribution if not the concept) and of course Tesla on the list too. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phase 01/27/12 6:31:00 PM #38:	*CalvinbalI posted...* Someone more important to the advent of personal computing (and computing in general) died within the same month of Jobs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie Uh... the C/Unix duo were pretty much completely non-important to personal computing. I mean, Unix as an OS saw basically zero use on non-programmer/academic work terminals until.... ever, because the most successful personal Unix product is... OS X (lol). The next most successful product that isn't OS X has 1% of the market share and isn't even a fork, it's a CLONE. C you have a better argument for, but I would then counter that BASIC is pretty functionally similar and predates C. (the test I use for differentiation would be "how long would it take you to learn Python if you only knew that language?". If the answer is "really long", you've got something different from C/BASIC/Fortran) And C was also primarily designed as a system language, not an application language, though it did see significant use there, obviously. The pair's certainly more important to computing in general, but if we go in that direction, von Neumann and Turing were far more important. -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) <cite>Phase posted [p:717174] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> CalvinbalI posted...Someone more important to the advent of personal computing (and computing in general) died within the same month of Jobs.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_RitchieUh... the C/Unix duo were pretty much completely non-important to personal computing. I mean, Unix as an OS saw basically zero use on non-programmer/academic work terminals until.... ever, because the most successful personal Unix product is... OS X (lol). The next most successful product that isn't OS X has 1% of the market share and isn't even a fork, it's a CLONE.C you have a better argument for, but I would then counter that BASIC is pretty functionally similar and predates C. (the test I use for differentiation would be "how long would it take you to learn Python if you only knew that language?". If the answer is "really long", you've got something different from C/BASIC/Fortran) And C was also primarily designed as a system language, not an application language, though it did see significant use there, obviously.The pair's certainly more important to computing in general, but if we go in that direction, von Neumann and Turing were far more important. -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rad Link 5 01/27/12 6:37:00 PM #39:	From: Xeybozn \| #020 Considering these add up to about 100%, I think this was a list for the responders to choose from. So the really sad part is that someone out there thinks these are the top 6 innovators ever. And this someone is allowed to run a survey this big. This is definitely worth mentioning. Still awful results, but knowing stuff is for losers, right? -- Ace Detective in Sir Chris' Police http://i56.tinypic.com/9lh3t3.jpg <cite>Rad Link 5 posted [p:717175] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: Xeybozn \| #020Considering these add up to about 100%, I think this was a list for the responders to choose from.So the really sad part is that someone out there thinks these are the top 6 innovators ever. And this someone is allowed to run a survey this big.This is definitely worth mentioning.Still awful results, but knowing stuff is for losers, right? -- Ace Detective in Sir Chris' Policehttp://i56.tinypic.com/9lh3t3.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CalvinbalI 01/28/12 1:40:00 AM #40:	From: Phase \| #038 *CalvinbalI posted...* Someone more important to the advent of personal computing (and computing in general) died within the same month of Jobs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie Uh... the C/Unix duo were pretty much completely non-important to personal computing. I mean, Unix as an OS saw basically zero use on non-programmer/academic work terminals until.... ever, because the most successful personal Unix product is... OS X (lol). This is absolutely, crazy bat-s* absurd. How can you say that C and Unix were unimportant to personal computing when quite literally everything about Apple is founded on C and Unix? When the entire Android platform is founded on Unix? When more programs that your average person with a PC uses are programmed in a C-based language or a Unix-based OS than any other language or OS out there, combined? -- "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy...let's go exploring!" - Calvin http://img.imgcake.com/calvinfinalpngpy.png <cite>CalvinbalI posted [p:717176] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> From: Phase \| #038CalvinbalI posted...Someone more important to the advent of personal computing (and computing in general) died within the same month of Jobs.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_RitchieUh... the C/Unix duo were pretty much completely non-important to personal computing. I mean, Unix as an OS saw basically zero use on non-programmer/academic work terminals until.... ever, because the most successful personal Unix product is... OS X (lol).This is absolutely, crazy bat-s* absurd. How can you say that C and Unix were unimportant to personal computing when quite literally everything about Apple is founded on C and Unix? When the entire Android platform is founded on Unix? When more programs that your average person with a PC uses are programmed in a C-based language or a Unix-based OS than any other language or OS out there, combined? -- "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy...let's go exploring!" - Calvinhttp://img.imgcake.com/calvinfinalpngpy.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phase 01/28/12 11:27:00 AM #41:	*CalvinbalI posted...* This is absolutely, crazy bat-s* absurd. How can you say that C and Unix were unimportant to personal computing when quite literally everything about Apple is founded on C and Unix? When the entire Android platform is founded on Unix? When more programs that your average person with a PC uses are programmed in a C-based language or a Unix-based OS than any other language or OS out there, combined? Anything pre-OS X had... basically no rooting in Unix as far as I know? OS X was not version 10 of the Mac OS; it was a complete rewrite. Prior to OS X there was no Unix basing at all. (Old) Mac OS might've been written in C, but it's closed source so we won't know unless Apple said something about it. (plus there's the fact everything about it screams Basic) Maybe the difference is in how we view the facts. Take C and Unix out of the equation. Say they never existed. What're you left with? A world where Basic and DOS/Windows only exist. ... Wait a sec, that sounds sort of familar. That sounds kinda like pretty much exactly like what the last two decades bar the last ~3 or so years have been for 95% of people. If C and Unix didn't exist, programmers would've just optimized the out of something else (likely, Basic). Don't get me wrong, as a programmer, C (and Java/Python/the obvious C derivatives) and Linux are my personally preferred tools. But I'm not silly enough to say "I could never learn any other tool" nor am I disrespectful enough to say my predecessors could not have used or tuned any other tool. Also, you SORELY underestimate the number of tily written Basic/Visual Basic programs out there that were and are still business critical. Business students traditionally learn Visual Basic or some variant. Yeah. (also, by "personal computer" I mean "not a mainframe or a hobbyist computer", if it wasn't clear. In other words "normal people computer") -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) <cite>Phase posted [p:717177] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> CalvinbalI posted...This is absolutely, crazy bat-s* absurd. How can you say that C and Unix were unimportant to personal computing when quite literally everything about Apple is founded on C and Unix? When the entire Android platform is founded on Unix? When more programs that your average person with a PC uses are programmed in a C-based language or a Unix-based OS than any other language or OS out there, combined?Anything pre-OS X had... basically no rooting in Unix as far as I know? OS X was not version 10 of the Mac OS; it was a complete rewrite. Prior to OS X there was no Unix basing at all. (Old) Mac OS might've been written in C, but it's closed source so we won't know unless Apple said something about it. (plus there's the fact everything about it screams Basic)Maybe the difference is in how we view the facts. Take C and Unix out of the equation. Say they never existed. What're you left with? A world where Basic and DOS/Windows only exist. ... Wait a sec, that sounds sort of familar. That sounds kinda like pretty much exactly like what the last two decades bar the last ~3 or so years have been for 95% of people. If C and Unix didn't exist, programmers would've just optimized the ** out of something else (likely, Basic).Don't get me wrong, as a programmer, C (and Java/Python/the obvious C derivatives) and Linux are my personally preferred tools. But I'm not silly enough to say "I could never learn any other tool" nor am I disrespectful enough to say my predecessors could not have used or tuned any other tool.Also, you SORELY underestimate the number of **tily written Basic/Visual Basic programs out there that were and are still business critical. Business students traditionally learn Visual Basic or some variant. Yeah. (also, by "personal computer" I mean "not a mainframe or a hobbyist computer", if it wasn't clear. In other words "normal people computer") -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vlado 01/28/12 11:47:00 AM #42:	Newsflash: People are stupid. -- If you like Blitzball, try Captain Tsubasa II (in English) for NES! Top games: http://unikgamer.com/users/vlado-309.html <cite>Vlado posted [p:717178] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Newsflash: People are stupid. -- If you like Blitzball, try Captain Tsubasa II (in English) for NES!Top games: http://unikgamer.com/users/vlado-309.html </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SovietOmega 01/28/12 11:54:00 AM #43:	Man...I had no idea Edison was such an aviator... -- There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out <cite>SovietOmega posted [p:717179] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Man...I had no idea Edison was such an aviator... -- There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WiggumFan267 01/28/12 1:01:00 PM #44:	I have to wonder how much time people were given to answer this Because theres obviously some names that instantly come to mind But then if you take your time and think more you can come up with some better answers -- SuperNiceDog is a SuperGuruGuy! I made a stupid bet with Alec. It cost me my testicles & sig. Take all my money and I could own the Mets. <cite>WiggumFan267 posted [p:717180] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> I have to wonder how much time people were given to answer thisBecause theres obviously some names that instantly come to mindBut then if you take your time and think more you can come up with some better answers -- SuperNiceDog is a SuperGuruGuy!I made a stupid bet with Alec. It cost me my testicles & sig. Take all my money and I could own the Mets. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Red Shifter 01/28/12 1:03:00 PM #45:	edison was pretty good at innovation he innovated the idea that an "inventor" can be a complete bastard -- It's F-Zero. F-ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERO! http://img.imgcake.com/RedShifter/straitjacketdswordjpgem.jpg <cite>Red Shifter posted [p:717181] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> edison was pretty good at innovationhe innovated the idea that an "inventor" can be a complete bastard -- It's F-Zero. F-ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERO!http://img.imgcake.com/RedShifter/straitjacketdswordjpgem.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TimJab 01/28/12 1:08:00 PM #46:	i would have voted for chris kanyon -- http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VmYVI7liwE/TnVxd6msalI/AAAAAAAAE74/SZT6xCZPZeI/s1600/8.gif <cite>TimJab posted [p:717182] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> i would have voted for chris kanyon -- http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VmYVI7liwE/TnVxd6msalI/AAAAAAAAE74/SZT6xCZPZeI/s1600/8.gif </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wanglicious 01/28/12 2:03:00 PM #47:	As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. ...bill gates. you know, a guy who spun the world on its head. that was the entire point of windows 95 and continued through in 98, failed with ME, succeeded again in 2000, and blew everything wide open with XP. macs were strictly the former until around the time OSX happened, which times pretty well with the period XP landed and took off 90% of the advantages macs had (remaining 10% being security basically). macs didn't do anything in this regard that wasn't already happening and being done. their hits are mostly with portable devices but even then they aren't the critical component despite how much they like to claim it - google/android murders everyone else in the field of smartphones (tablets meanwhile existed beforehand and advancements in this field are also being done by android, but apple does get the prize to say that was a profitable business too, just nothing for anything after that). -- The King Wang. Listen up Urinal Cake. I already have something that tells me if I'm too drunk when I pee on it: My friends. - Colbert. <cite>Wanglicious posted [p:717183] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. ...bill gates.you know, a guy who spun the world on its head. that was the entire point of windows 95 and continued through in 98, failed with ME, succeeded again in 2000, and blew everything wide open with XP. macs were strictly the former until around the time OSX happened, which times pretty well with the period XP landed and took off 90% of the advantages macs had (remaining 10% being security basically). macs didn't do anything in this regard that wasn't already happening and being done. their hits are mostly with portable devices but even then they aren't the critical component despite how much they like to claim it - google/android murders everyone else in the field of smartphones (tablets meanwhile existed beforehand and advancements in this field are also being done by android, but apple does get the prize to say that was a profitable business too, just nothing for anything after that). -- The King Wang.Listen up Urinal Cake. I already have something that tells me if I'm too drunk when I pee on it: My friends. - Colbert. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
metroid composite 01/28/12 3:09:00 PM #48:	Yeah, it sounds like people were just given a list of six names and asked to select from the list. In which case...the correct answer out of that list is probably...Marie Curie I guess? -- Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision <cite>metroid composite posted [p:717184] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Yeah, it sounds like people were just given a list of six names and asked to select from the list.In which case...the correct answer out of that list is probably...Marie Curie I guess? -- Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phase 01/28/12 6:50:00 PM #49:	*Wanglicious posted...* As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. ...bill gates. you know, a guy who spun the world on its head. that was the entire point of windows 95 and continued through in 98, failed with ME, succeeded again in 2000, and blew everything wide open with XP. macs were strictly the former until around the time OSX happened, which times pretty well with the period XP landed and took off 90% of the advantages macs had (remaining 10% being security basically). macs didn't do anything in this regard that wasn't already happening and being done. their hits are mostly with portable devices but even then they aren't the critical component despite how much they like to claim it - google/android murders everyone else in the field of smartphones (tablets meanwhile existed beforehand and advancements in this field are also being done by android, but apple does get the prize to say that was a profitable business too, just nothing for anything after that). Well, I expected to get at least one person to ignore the "the next 20-odd years were a wash" part of my comment. Bill Gates had, in my opinion, a great knowledge of markets (and ways to make trollingly hilarious agreements), but he could not be credited with the transition. He broke no new ground. His success mainly stemmed from the fact that he understood if he could get a large lead in the corporate sector, everything would follow because of interoperability. He understood that it didn't matter what the academics used (as I noted, we can EASILY learn something else), but if you wanted to work on stuff at the office and then bring it home... you needed the same system because interoperability was a big issue back then. By the time Windows 95 came around, PCs were pretty much undisputably proven viable for "normal people". (I would go so far as to say around the time 3 or 3.1 came out, it was pretty solidly decided already) -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) <cite>Phase posted [p:717185] in I really h... [t:61778041]...</cite> <quote> Wanglicious posted...As much as I rag on Jobs/Apple I'd be hard pressed to find a person more critical for the transition from mainframe and hobbyist computing to personal computing. ...bill gates.you know, a guy who spun the world on its head. that was the entire point of windows 95 and continued through in 98, failed with ME, succeeded again in 2000, and blew everything wide open with XP. macs were strictly the former until around the time OSX happened, which times pretty well with the period XP landed and took off 90% of the advantages macs had (remaining 10% being security basically). macs didn't do anything in this regard that wasn't already happening and being done. their hits are mostly with portable devices but even then they aren't the critical component despite how much they like to claim it - google/android murders everyone else in the field of smartphones (tablets meanwhile existed beforehand and advancements in this field are also being done by android, but apple does get the prize to say that was a profitable business too, just nothing for anything after that).Well, I expected to get at least one person to ignore the "the next 20-odd years were a wash" part of my comment.Bill Gates had, in my opinion, a great knowledge of markets (and ways to make trollingly hilarious agreements), but he could not be credited with the transition. He broke no new ground. His success mainly stemmed from the fact that he understood if he could get a large lead in the corporate sector, everything would follow because of interoperability. He understood that it didn't matter what the academics used (as I noted, we can EASILY learn something else), but if you wanted to work on stuff at the office and then bring it home... you needed the same system because interoperability was a big issue back then.By the time Windows 95 came around, PCs were pretty much undisputably proven viable for "normal people". (I would go so far as to say around the time 3 or 3.1 came out, it was pretty solidly decided already) -- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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