British Computer Society Is Officially At Civil War 275
An anonymous reader writes "A vote of no confidence against the current board of directors has erupted in what is possibly the first nerd war, raging throughout the British Computer Society. More financial- and spreadsheet-related fixations and less computer science have made a few members cross; plus they don't like the new name 'The Chartered Institute of IT.' Here are more specific details on the extraordinary emergency general meeting on July 1, where members will vote to decide the fate of the board of directors."
Civil war? (Score:5, Funny)
At first I thought it was about British Computer Society declaring war against the UK government.
Meh. nothingtoseeheremovealong
Re:I was asked to join this .. (Score:4, Funny)
... so you have to double-class to manager to join?
(All this stuff about skill levels sounds funny. :P )
Oh come on (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Civil war? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm sorry, I don't have a clue what you are talking about!
-Samantha
Re:"First nerd war"? (Score:4, Funny)
There will be. Just as soon as the damned EMACS is burned off the face of this world, we can finally have peace. Until then, the corpses will just keep getting stacked up.
Re:Bad choice of words (Score:5, Funny)
>> Officially at war would mean a deceleration of war.
Slowing down of war - I like the sound of that.
Re:The BCS is an irrelevance (Score:4, Funny)
I've always viewed it as a cabal of ancient gummy git-wizards, with a three foot beard and lifetime membership of the Campaign for Real Ale [camra.org.uk] being pre-requisites for membership.
As far as I can see it, the current Grand High Git-Wizard rescued the BCS from total irrelevance, and is actually in danger of making it an organisation with a purpose. This angers the other git-wizards, who want to get back to the real business of the BCS: finally concluding the debate over whether the PDP-11 was a retrograde step from the PDP-8.
Re:Oh come on (Score:3, Funny)
Either that, or a Nerf projectile.
Re:Civil war? (Score:3, Funny)
Chartered Institute of IT? (Score:2, Funny)
From what I know of Australia your icon (Score:3, Funny)
From what I know of Australia your icon should be a passport. Because every single last one of you must be somewhere else by all the aussies I meet around the world. If you sit in the middle seat of an aircraft, one person next to you will be from Australia/New Zealand. Same thing.
Runs for it.
Still I wonder. What makes you such globe trotters. Want to see the world or just want to get the hell out of that place?
Re:"First nerd war"? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I was asked to join this .. (Score:1, Funny)