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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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