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stupids


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  Stupids  n.  Term  used  by  {samurai}  for  the  {suit}s  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. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Stupids 
 
  Term  used  by  {samurai}  for  the  {suit}s  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. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 




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