From: William Rutiser <wruyahoo05@...>
Date: 2010-08-21T22:58:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Happy Intransition Day! [ _why article link ]

Eric MSP Veith wrote:
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> Hello guys,
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> On Friday 09 July 2010, J�rg W Mittag <JoergWMittag+Ruby@googlemail.com> 
> wrote:
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>> Intransition wrote:
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>>> However, he did a really crappy thing. He abandoned this community,
>>> without a word, without a thought. He deleted all his projects, lock,
>>> stock and barrel. [...]
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>> Interesting. I never thought about it as a "dick behavior". But then,
>> I never thought about _why as an online *persona*, I thought about
>> _why as a piece of online *performance art*.
>>     
>
> I'm a real freshman to the Ruby community. I know "Why the lucky stiff" from 
> the chapter artworks in the "The Ruby Programming Language" book and from 
> his (?) guide to Ruby. Aside, he seems to be a mystery, maybe even to the 
> people that make up the Ruby Community.
>
> Now, that there's some sort of opinion war going on, I'd like to ask a very 
> simple, perhaps very stupid, newbe question: Who is "Why The Lucky Stiff", 
> why is there some sort of celebreation day? I mean, he must have done 
> something extremely remarquable. I don't know about a "Matz Celebreation 
> Day", for example (correct me if I'm wrong, I likely am).
>
> So, no offense intended, who is/was this "Why The Lucky Stiff"?
>
> Thanks,
> 			Eric
>   
Try this link:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/15/why-a-tale-of-a-post-modern-genius/


   Bill