He really uses internet explorer?
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Terry Davis Uses This
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#52This is my favorite Terry Davis quote (from his website): ----10/02/13 02:34:50---- I used to drink when I was young. I would wake-up and think about my shameful behavior and be stoic, I guess. Recently, I've been fighting hard to break-out of my prison. Ten years? Insanity. God is perfectly just. Sadly, it's not like I've suffered, exactly. When you get out of control and call people "niggers", that can't be good. G…
I always die a little inside reading this guy's stuff because it's so easy to see how brilliant he is, and how much schizophrenia is affecting his talent. The worst part is that even he wants to "break out of [his] prison," and it's heartbreaking to see when somebody can't. I've been following Davis' work for around 5 years now. What he has been able to write, and the proficiency with which he writes it, has in my op…
Do you know what he does for a living? Ticketmaster is mentioned here and there but always in the past, it seems.
He'd be an incredible system hacker, if managed appropriately... but it's the sort of bet only great souls could make.
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#53Careface.
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#54I have a lot of respect for Terry and it's nice to see him included alongside other developers. He's not the most likeable guy, but I doubt he's happy about that either. He writes software to be beautiful. He can take pride in his work because his intentions are absolutely pure. When I program, I take shortcuts to ship as quickly as possible, and then I throw some ads on the final product to make money. I am a sellou…
When we speak of TempleOS, and you mention "He can take pride in", I am reminded of this wonderful thread at mefi from 2012:
Terry:
"The flight simulator reduces how far you can see into the distance and how wide the display is. It's nothing to be proud of, except, it show the potential for absolute control over the other cores from within a game."
Commenter, in response:
"bro i think you can be proud of the flight simulator you wrote for the operating system you also wrote"
It made my day to see him on "usesthis".
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You poor people don't know God. This is a blaming statement and is misleading in and of itself. How can you possibly know what I know or what I don't know?
Don't worry about it. He is schizophrenic and believes God talks directly to him. If you had this problem, you probably wouldn't want to take medication for it. He thinks he has been chosen. It really isn't under his control.
Thank you for giving the statement some context rather than just down voting.
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#56I'm going to assume Terry either found some moments of calm or changed up his meds. Either way, nice so see him in the public eye without all the vitriol.
same here- once or twice a year, for probably the last 12 or 15 years, I'll google him to see what he's up to (it'll always be LoseThos to me :) ). About 6 months ago the stuff I came across got me worried for his well being- having had a family member suffer terribly from schizophrenia it's hard for me to see that kind of behavior as just wacky, and I hate to see anybody suffering in that way. I think a lot of people who jump on him about the religion are probably unaware of the mental illness.
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#57I have a lot of respect for Terry and it's nice to see him included alongside other developers. He's not the most likeable guy, but I doubt he's happy about that either. He writes software to be beautiful. He can take pride in his work because his intentions are absolutely pure. When I program, I take shortcuts to ship as quickly as possible, and then I throw some ads on the final product to make money. I am a sellou…
When we speak of TempleOS, and you mention "He can take pride in", I am reminded of this wonderful thread at mefi from 2012: Terry: "The flight simulator reduces how far you can see into the distance and how wide the display is. It's nothing to be proud of, except, it show the potential for absolute control over the other cores from within a game." Commenter, in response: "bro i think you can be proud of the flight s…
That's always been my favorite response to him, as well. It made me tear up a bit reading it.
Here's the thread, for anyone interested: http://www.metafilter.com/119424/An-Operating-System-for-Son...
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#58Could not help but wonder about this, if history was re-ordered appropriately, operating systems hacking could have been a major organized religion associated with all the heft, influence, funds and muscle that they are associated with.
Many researchers believe that the religious episodes that prophets talk about, their visions and hearings that led them to their religion, may have been psychotic episodes. I find this hypothesis extremely believable.
I think for something to become an organized religion more deliberate and political measures are required. Also needed: powerful people with axes to grind, but the roots of theistic organized religion of our times could surely have been aural/visual hallucinations and schizophrenia of their prophets who could have been just as smart, interesting, and at the same time human as Terry Davis.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I always die a little inside reading this guy's stuff because it's so easy to see how brilliant he is, and how much schizophrenia is affecting his talent. The worst part is that even he wants to "break out of [his] prison," and it's heartbreaking to see when somebody can't. I've been following Davis' work for around 5 years now. What he has been able to write, and the proficiency with which he writes it, has in my op…
Do you know what he does for a living? Ticketmaster is mentioned here and there but always in the past, it seems. He'd be an incredible system hacker, if managed appropriately... but it's the sort of bet only great souls could make.
Well, no. I'm not that close. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a job; one of his pages mentioned he only lives on disability.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yet you draw further attention to it. But frankly, consider that he is posting all over the place anyway, trying to hide his issues away accomplishes nothing. Drawing attention to the fact that his often extremely offensive comments are due to mental illness rather than malice is not a bad thing in that context. He's accomplished a lot of things that most people never will, despite his illness. He's one of the reason…
I am glad I got to check out his page, and apart from the technical aspect, some quotes realy made me ponder, e.g: Imagine a billionare. Everyone around him can't forget his money for even a moment. The truth is, most people are after God's "money" -- they fear for their salvation. Here's a test -- would you pray to and praise God even if there were no salvation? Love God and don't be a "user". Asking for stuff is an…
I agree. While I am no longer Christian, I really liked his perspective that one should love God as an inherently good act, rather than out of fear or a desire to get Good Things Later.