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Tendency to think of the users as idiots

Yesterday I prepared a quote from John McCarthy to be posted on this blog.

Today the man died. October 2011 seems to be a very sad day for computing.

God wrote in Lisp code
When he filled the leaves with green.
The fractal flowers and recursive roots:
The most lovely hack I've seen.
- God wrote in Lisp code

Tendency to think of the users as idiots who need to be controlled

Code · Design · Life · Posters • 25. Oct 2011