On 08/20/2012 11:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 22:43 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Hi Dr. Beco A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher Linux >> Counter #201942, >> >> take an educated guess or ask one of your A.I. thingy to take an >> educated guess. >> >> Regards, >> Ralf >> >> PS: When I was a child one of my heroes was >> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum , he still is. Most >> teachers are a PITA. > > PS: "Weizenbaum bezeichnete sich selbst als Dissidenten und Ketzer der > Informatik." I'm, unable to translate this 100% correct. But he was and > for me he still is that way, especially regarding to guys with > signatures similar to "A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and > Philosopher Linux Counter #201942" Barf!
Haha, now I have taken offence! :-) I do not think that the computer science community is especially filled with pompous people. That's a social issue. Quite a few c.s. professors I have known are expert programmers. And perhaps someone simply wants to deal with computation as an abstraction, that's far from useless. I was just trying to understand where your critique was coming from. I agree about teachers, but I think the problem arises when someone starts to use his title and position and grandiose self-image to demean and oppress people who are dependent on her/him -such as students- and it doesn't look like this is the case. Anyway, it's just a signature. He has configured his mail client to include it in all messages, probably because people receiving it expect to see it. Even though, 'Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher' is a bit much, I would have gone for 'John Smith, Ph.D., Such and Such Lab.' And... Debian is notorious for mistreating newcomers! I have had a friend swear to never ask a question on Debian forums again, after the reply to his first question. P.S. Dr. Beco, please have the wisdom to be proud of the effort you have given and the knowledge you have gained, but not of a piece of paper, and the social privilege that comes with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/506c2a9f.3080...@gmail.com
