re: #68 Justanotherhuman

Interesting that Dunn thought he was the smartest guy around because he figured he was some kind of computer god.

I’ve seen that attitude elsewhere, also, on computer-related social sites.

Like the computer guy in the James Bond movie who was “invincible!”

I know the kind you mean. Non-computer people are so in awe of the wonders these guys can perform, which are in fact not all that wondrous, that the adulation goes to their heads. Some take it one notch further, and become blackhat hackers, or join Anonymous, or get jobs as contractors for the NSA. ((Ahem))

But the most common type are the computer nerds who think they know a lot more than they actually do, and take delight in mocking anyone online who does not see their brilliance, even when the obnoxious twit is wrong.