[geeks] PROFILES!

[Will Mc Donald]

From: "James Fogg" <jfogg at vicinity.com>

> I didn't read all of the profiles (gee, I think proceeding on that basis
makes
> me a candidate for several of them!), but for the technoforums I think we
need
> one more profile, the religious warrior.
>
> The typical religious warrior is a young and moderately skillfull
technologist
> of (usually) narrow experience who doggedly advances the cause of a
particular
> operating system or platform regardless of its intended application or
> suitability for the task. With roots deep in the psychy**[1]** of the
> Rebel-Without-a-Clue and the Propeller-Head, his furvor**[2]** and long
list of deep
> convictions leads him on a gihad**[3]** or ethnic cleansing. By aligning
with the
> Sycophant, Duelist, Blowhard, L'Enfant Provocateur and Profundus Maximus
of
> technical forums they are able to produce so much noise that they
easilly**[4]**
> overwhelm weaker participants and feed the flames of debate that tire the
other
> warriors (leaving them easy prey for attacks from other sources). Drawing
on
> copious, but usually weak, supporting arguments they stand tall on
unproven or
> incomplete data to make their case. The basis of the religious warrior is
a
> deep desire to appear "cool" and "smart", and they point out that because
they
> have "mastered" the new and different (or old and obscure) they are
somehow
> better than others in their field. When pushed, their "mastery" often
shows
> weakness.
>
> Anyone care to create an illustration?
>
> Disclaimer: This profile is in no way intended to focus on any one
operating
> system or platform. Any simularity to the Linux/BSD movement is purely
> accidental, unfortunate and almost assured.

**[1]** psyche
**[2]** fervour
**[3]** jihad
**[4]** easily

Will - Grammarian.

P.S. Sorry. :)
P.P.S. You left those mistakes in on purpose, yes?
P.P.P.S. NT r00lz.