Dennis Ritchie Day 301
mikejuk writes "Today we celebrate Dennis Ritchie Day, an idea proposed by Tim O'Reilly. Ritchie, who died earlier this month, made contributions to computing that are so deeply woven into the fabric that they impact us all. We now have to remark on the elephant in the room. If Dennis Ritchie hadn't died just after Steve Jobs, there would probably have been no suggestion of a day to mark his achievements. We have to admit that it is largely a response to the perhaps over-reaction to Steve Jobs which highlighted the inequality in the public recognition of the people who really make their world work."
No wonder you were SO EASY to "dust" (Score:0, Funny)
Here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1512306&cid=30785704 [slashdot.org]
and here http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1885098&cid=34360492 [slashdot.org]
* So - Not only are you an admitted "self-absorbed jerk", but you have a tendency to open your mouth & insert foot (as you did vs. myself regarding multithreaded coding, how it's done, with actual EXAMPLES I've written that still exist online in actual programs... which mind you? You have NONE to show for yourself, and yet you said I was just "talk"? LMAO!)
APK
P.S.=> I also agree that Steve Jobs was just a mass of rich man money "p.r.", he's FAR from an "inventor" that the presses seem to be trying to make he out as, posthumously. In fact, I respect Bill Gates FAR MORE, because he actually did do work in coding @ least, ala http://www.zdnet.com/blog/murphy/bill-gates-programmer/640 [zdnet.com] ...
Yes, because it was and STILL IS, guys like Steve Wozniak that actually DO create things for the better, & not just some "10,000 foot view idea outline" that any dimwit "visionary" (that makes me laugh that term, it honestly does) can merely state, but it's an entirely DIFFERENT THING, actually doing the work & details ("where the devils are"), to make them happen...
A trait you've already SHOWN you're not very good at demonstrating yourself (per the url links above) showing YOU ARE "ALL TALK", & no actual visible proofs of things you've done whatsoever, whereas when you confronted myself on that note?
LMAO - You had to "EAT YOUR WORDS, flavored with 'the bitter taste of your own defeat' you only brought on yourself, with your BIG mouth (lots of hot air/wind, but no proofs of having done what was discussed, multithreaded code, yourself, above)...
... apk