Found 2 hits - Term: stupids, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
stupids n. term used by samurai for the suits who employ them;
succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually
better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers. there may be
intended reference here to an sf story originally published in 1952 but
much anthologized since, mark clifton's "star, bright". in it, a
super-genius child classifies humans into a very few `brights' like
herself, a huge majority of `stupids', and a minority of `tweens', the
merely ordinary geniuses.
see also:
samurai suit
- [2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
stupids
term used by samurai for the suits who employ them.
succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though
usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers.
there may be intended reference here to an sf story originally
published in 1952 but much anthologised since, mark clifton's
"star, bright". in it, a super-genius child classifies humans
into a very few "brights" like herself, a huge majority of
"stupids", and a minority of "tweens", the merely ordinary
geniuses.
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see also:
samurai suit jargon file
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