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(party pooper mode)
Seriously, I don't think I have one; I am probably become blasé.
I always wondered when such or such people die will I go down in the street at the funerals ?
There are many people I admire (couple of my friends, one or two politicians), but not enough for a hero status.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maximilien wrote: I always wondered when such or such people die will I go down in the street at the funerals ? Exactly, like people crying because someone they never even met died, I can't imagine idolizing someone like that.
People know where they were and what they were doing when they heard Freddy Mercury died and they sat together with the family... Like he was just a singer!
Well, I guess he wasn't "just" a singer to those people (and he was more of an entertainer I guess, not a fan as you can see).
It's cool (and scary) that people like Freddy Mercury, or John Lennon, or Steve Jobs, can change lives by just being alive (or not), just not mine.
When it's an entertainer it's usually innocent enough, but the world's greatest mass murderers started out like that too.
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Forogar wrote: Another, despite the fact that I don't actually care for iCrap products, is Steve Wozniak.
Of course, Woz had little or nothing to do with iProducts so he can continue to reign as your hero.
Have you read his autobiography? I really enjoyed it and he reveals a lot that wasn't previously known (like the fact that Jobs was never fired from Apple. He was forced into a specific useless role but not fired. Jobs actually quit.)
iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It: Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith Amazon.com: Books[^]
It's a good fast read and you get quite a bit about the Apple originally came about.
Quite inspiring because he talks about creating things with less chips and drawing out computer circuit boards on paper.
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Daffy Duck[^]
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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I'm surprised nobody has said Chris Maunder & co.
As tongue in check as that sounds, my life as a software developer has been significantly, and in positive ways, influenced by the existence of Code Project. While that can be said of many people (99% of them are dead), there's something to be said about a hero that is relevant.
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Add my vote to yours. Chris & Co. have performed an amazing job on a web site for a particularly unruly herd of cats.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Of course! He, and they, get on my list.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Excluding politics,
Indeed, it shouldn't be too hard to aim higher.
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Jesus, Batman and Obi Wan Kenobi
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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They are the same person arent they?
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Well, no, Jesus+Batman=Obi Wan. Batman provides certain real world kick ass addition to the turn the other cheek, love thy enemies meekness.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Trump.
(Not really. I'm just testing the latest upgrade of Godwin's law)
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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No, you are just cross-site posting again.
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No politicians!
...and yes, Hitler counts as a politician.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Indeed. Back in the day, I would have killed for a Rockman.
This space for rent
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An entire company - the ARIETE company of World War II.
"Enemy tanks broke through south of Ariete Division. Thus, Ariete surrounded, located 5 kilometers north-west of Bir-el-Abd. Ariete tanks are fighting."
— Ariete Division's last radio message
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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"They have us surrounded - those poor bastards".
Is that from them? Not sure if even a real quote, but it's been around for a long, long time.
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No, that should be from the Easy Company, 101st Airbourne Division, IIRC.
Ariete (and Folgore) companies are quite famous between people fond of Italian armed forces because they fought bravely and valiantly despite the terrible situation of the army and the desperate numerical inferiority they were in. Both of these companies got commendation from the Allies for the valor AND for the problems they caused, sometimes holding a position only with guts and grit until they were completely wiped out, buying precious time for the Axis forces (whebn they were our allies) to evacuate or reinforce.
For many people they are a symbol of courage and determination, not linked to any political connotation (as it is for me, I don't have any nazi or fascist sympathy).
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: No, that should be from the Easy Company, 101st Airbourne Division, IIRC.
Is it? I must've watched HBO's Band of Brothers (whose story is centered around the 101st) at least half a dozen times, and I can't recollect anyone saying that in the series. Or maybe I've read it in Stephen Ambrose's book (on which the series is based).
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Don't do heroes but admiration for SH and SW
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Who, or what, do you mean by SH and SW?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Super Lloyd wrote: most underrated
He was a Nobel prize winner, I think he rated pretty well.
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