javaLobby vs Java part 2
Let’s look over some threads on there shall we. We have a thread about how Sun has no faith in Java 5.0, as proven by the fact that the ‘latest’ download on java.com is 1.4.2. We have a discussion about how Java is going to die on the next version of Windows. Of course, it’s all not all anti java, we have some pro .net stuff too! To inject some variety, we also have the ‘come on guys, lets band together and promote interest in java’ type gibberish. It’s like there’s this horde of demented lobotomised children out there, who take what their fearless leader says a wee bit too seriously. Who can forget Rick Ross’ poignant offer to help NASA with their Mars ‘java stuff’ using nothing but the willpower and intellectual prowess of javalobby members? We laughed, we cried, but mostly we shuffled about feeling very uncomfortable and embarrassed. It’s a bit like when your senile uncle whips his willie at a wedding ceremony and brandishes it furiously at the groomsmen while tittering ‘I am a purple teapot, short and stout’. Funny for a split second, but very uncomfortable thereafter. To its credit though, javalobby represents the masses perfectly. Endless stupid threads that somehow defy reason and all that is rational by generating comments that seem to outdo each other in terms of sheer ignorance.
