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byekrout ( 139379 ) writes:
But there's just something about people who write about computers, technology, etc. that makes me just not trust or respect them.
I mean, if you love something so much and if you know a ton about something, why aren't you actually doing it rather than writing little editorial pieces here and there or spending years on full-blown books that won't even get read by many people.
Maybe I just don't like the whole "critic" idea. But over the years I've found that you can't listen to critics because most of them don't even like themselves, so of course they won't like any work that you do, whether it's a new computer program, a movie, etc.
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byNodatadj ( 28279 ) writes:
"Regard all art critics as useless and dangerous"
byG. W. Bush Junior ( 606245 ) writes:
I mean, if you love something so much and if you know a ton about something, why aren't you actually doing it rather than writing little editorial pieces here and there or spending years on full-blown books that won't even get read by many people.
Yeah... If you're interested in computers you should sit in at home by your computer, or at work in your cubicle and work with it... Trying to share it with people you haven't met on slashdot just goes to show that you not REALLY interested in computer...
That would really make you a loser...
byKenneth Stephen ( 1950 ) writes:
Thats ridiculous. Your argument could also be directed to science-fiction writers in general : "If you love science so much that you spend all day writing about it, why dont you do science?". Well, the answer is often that it is very rare that a good scientist can write about science well and it is also rare that a good writer can do good science. So why not have writers write about science?
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byDemerol ( 306753 ) writes:
I agree, though for different reasons. I don't care what this guy does with his spare time...it's just that every single piece of fiction (book, movie, whatever) that I have read/seen that was based on computers and technology has always sucked. I find everything so horribly cheesy and exaggerated and make-believe. Knowing about the stuff makes it hard to enjoy seeing it done in a second-rate fashion.
Examples: swordfish, takedown, the list goes on.I would be astonished (and pleased, don't get me wrong) to see a film based on computer technology that was accurate and didn't try to sell itself on some overused buzzwords (like "open source" in the film Anti-Trust)...
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