A nice example of the idea expressed here is this quote from a recent interview with Linus:

What do you think is going to be the next big controversy ... that everyone is going to fight about ... ?

(...) There is always the bigger thing, usually something that has been simmering for a while, and it just simmers long enough that when something happens it just releases the floodgates and there is a big flame-fest (...)
I'm also not very polite, I actually like arguing with people, and there's a lot of people who like arguing in general in the kernel community. Some people don't like doing anything but arguing (...)

Software speaks in tongues of man.
Stop saying 'script'. Stop saying 'line-noise'.
We have nothing to lose but our metaphores.

In reply to Re: Please remember that geeks have their own social mores. by Erez
in thread Please remember that geeks have their own social mores. by dragonchild

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