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"You can't seriously compare teaching command line kungfu to some wannabee geeks in their spare time with the hardcore brainwashing given to infantry troops so they acquire enough Pavlovian reflex to stand and run below a shower of bombs and bullets." 1. All geeks learned the command line at some point. Even Linus. Calling the next Linux a "wannabee geek" is wrong. 2. basic training is for all soldiers, not just infa…
1. If Linus is a geek (he is, isn't he?), then the next Linus is a wannabee geek. How is calling a wannabee geek a wannabe geek somehow wrong? 2. It was an example and he never said basic training was ONLY for infantry. 3. You say all reflexive action is pavlovian but then say that using the term pavlovian reflex is wrong. That is wrong. 4. He never indicated that basic training doesn't teach some decent things. Howe…
A wannabe (slang for "want to be") is a person with an ambition to be someone or something that she/he is not. The term is pejorative and intends to convey the foolish nature of the desire due to the incompetence of the "wannabe" to accomplish the goal.