Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by tptacek on Saturday April 24, 2010 @01:29PM
(#1291203)
There's nothing wrong with making fun of people. I do it incessantly. But I avoid doing it to people when they're down. And, if I ever achieve the sort of success Wozniak has, I hope I'll avoid doing it to people just starting to make their way in my field.
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Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by gruseom on Saturday April 24, 2010 @02:20PM
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Totally agree that publishing the guy's name in the first place was the dickest move in a long time and that it's douchey to keep publishing it. But Wozniak by all accounts doesn't have a malicious bone in his body, so people (including me) take for granted that his intent is not to kick a guy when he's down.
I'd be willing to bet this wasn't his idea, that someone handed him the shirt and he went along with the gag as much to be agreeable as because he thought it was funny. So as far as gradations of jerkdom are concerned second prize ought to go not to Woz but to whomever produced the shirt, whose purpose requires no speculation:
http://www.zazzle.com/the_unofficial_gray_powell_iphone_t_sh...
(Edit: Deleted the sentence "It does seem like poor judgment, though, also not out of character for Woz." That was sloppily and hastily written, didn't convey what I meant, and isn't even something I believe.)
Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by jarek on Saturday April 24, 2010 @01:56PM
(#1291272)
An iPhone baseband engineer is not "just starting to make [his] way."
Re:Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s ex...
by tptacek on Saturday April 24, 2010 @01:58PM
(#1291277)
He graduated in 2006. He's a kid. I'm sure he's better at his job now than I ever could be, but that's beside the point.