From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:56:11 -0400 From: Kurt H Maier To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20120818135611.GB3662@intma.in> References: <69436BC3-CFCB-4AC9-BE18-47D6B65044EC@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [9fans] It seems Plan 9 is on Hacker News Topicbox-Message-UUID: ab650d16-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 01:55:15AM -0700, Nick LaForge wrote: > Oh yeah, already a comment about the GUI 'sucking'! A bit more > fortitude is in order, right? The thing you have to remember about "hacker news" is that nothing posted there is news and none of the people who frequent it are hackers. "Web Developer with an Unwarranted Sense of Self-Importance" just doesn't roll off the tongue quite as readily as "hacker," just like "link-dump and self promotion" doesn't have the same ring as "news."