Bill Joy For New National CTO Post? 393
jddeluxe writes "In an article in today's NY Times, John Doerr of Kleiner-Perkins proffered up Bill Joy's name when queried by Barack Obama for a recommendation for the position of Chief Technology Officer of the Unites States which Obama has promised to create and that the country is overdue to have.
I think that's a brilliant idea, and while you're at it, have the FCC report to him as well, why don't you?" If Bill is unavailable, I'll throw my hat in the ring, although I'm holding out for Secretary of Tubes.
vi (Score:5, Funny)
Or... (Score:5, Funny)
Secretary of the Internet. [xkcd.org]
Finally its over (Score:2, Funny)
vi wins! Fatality!
In other news, what happened to Slashdot's RSS feed? I used to be able to get the feed based on my subscription, but that stopped worning yesterday.
We will fight! (Score:5, Funny)
Under Bill, vi will be the national standard. Yeah!!!
There will be a revolt! We, the Emacs revolutionary council, will take up arms and fight to the death!
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:5, Funny)
Hear Hear...
A board of 7. must have a mix of OSS and Closed source experts, as well as hardware experts.
Experts... not some guy that was CTO for some corperation, I want people that are either leaders in IT technology, or people that made a difference.. Being able to Code or design is a requirement for the position. too many time I have seen CTO's that were promoted from the Sales department.
Oh wait ,that will never happen... because it would be fair and balanced.
Re:We will fight! (Score:5, Funny)
isn't there a key board shortcut for that?
Re:Thirteen Stripes (Score:3, Funny)
It's ok, we're just disowning Georgia.
vi will become the national text editor too (Score:2, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:We will fight! (Score:5, Funny)
i think its:
ctrl-meta-shift-r alt-ctrl-p ctrl-' alt-meta-1 shift-2
then recomplie without perl extensions.
Re:No need (Score:4, Funny)
Security through shit just plain not working in the first place? That's innovative, I like it.
Re:So.. (Score:2, Funny)
Does this mean that anyone who uses EMACS will be considered a terrorist and threat to national security?
Absolutely not. Please continue to enjoy use of emacs.
alias emacs='vi'
Re:vi (Score:5, Funny)
Under Bill, vi will be the national standard. Yeah!!!
If you ask me Bram Moolenaar would be an IMprovement over Bill.
I'm surprised (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:5, Funny)
I nominate Ray Kurzweil.
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:5, Funny)
He prefers to commune with the wild beastes. I'm pretty sure RMS is sasquatch.
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:1, Funny)
You must be new here... At slashdot - we just spout off random "Pro GPL/Free software" crap ad hominem and expect all the suckers to bite.
Re:While we're at it (Score:5, Funny)
My president (and Fox News) has taught me that it's more important that Americans "feel" secure than actually be secure. He just doesn't get that. You gotta listen to your gut on these things. He's too much of a thinker. Probably socialist, too.
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:2, Funny)
We need someone with real vision. I nominate Ray Kurzweil.
I think Stevie Wonder played one of those at some point.
Re:We will fight! (Score:5, Funny)
You GNU emacs losers have to type that, but us xemacs users have it bound by default to the letter 'a'.
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:3, Funny)
What? They are against fusion??
Ok, I'm now officially not shining for them anymore!
Against fusion... pah...
Yours,
Sol the Sun
(Friend of Joe the Plumber)
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:5, Funny)
Under Federal law, you have to be a licensed theoretical physicist if you want to begin a multi-billion-year chain fusion reaction.
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:2, Funny)
Not seven, but nine, and we shall call them the fellowship of the token ring.
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:3, Funny)
I don't think RMS would even take it.
He would also have to cut his hair, trim his beard, start wearing ties, and taking showers on a regular basis. Can you imagine RMS in a suit and tie? I just cannot picture that.
Re:We will fight! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:We will fight! (Score:4, Funny)
and to type 'a', he has to hit:
ctrl-meta-shift-pedal-cymbal {thump thump clap} we-will-we-will-rock-you
Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar (Score:3, Funny)
I think a board is the right move. And Ballmer should hold the chair.
Re:We will fight! (Score:3, Funny)
XEmacs are merely the reform branch of the Emacs religion. You can put those thumbscrews down.