is laziness a programer's virtue?

Ingo Menger quetzalcotl at consultant.com
Tue Apr 17 11:20:24 EDT 2007


On 17 Apr., 12:33, Markus E Leypold
<development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVET... at ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de> wrote:

> What makes Xah a troll is neither off-topic posts nor being
> incoherent -- its the attitude. He's broadcasting his drivel to a
> number of groups not with the intention to discuss (he hardly ever
> answers to answers to his posts), but solely with the intention to
> inform the world at large about his own magnificient thoughts.

This hits the nail on the head.
Perhaps one could understand this behaviour on cultural grounds. In
chinese culture it may be not uncommon to write something that merely
sounds like great wisdom and it is nevertheless appreciated because
it's a piece of calligraphic art.

> Trying to correct Xah's behaviour is probably impossible.

Perhaps somebody could ask the chinese government to put him in jail
for "hurting international society" :)




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