Sussman attains enlightenment

In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6.

“What are you doing?”, asked Minsky.

“I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe” Sussman replied.

“Why is the net wired randomly?”, asked Minsky.

“I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play”, Sussman said.

Minsky then shut his eyes.

“Why do you close your eyes?”, Sussman asked his teacher.

“So that the room will be empty.”

At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.

Hahahhaha oh fuck I enjoyed that way too much. Fuck the internet, I'm out of here.

This story is provably a lie.  Sussman did not "attain" Enlightenment, he was born with it.

I don't get it.

>>4
Well then you're an idiot.
Delicious kopipe is delicious

>>5
oh look at him so smart .
listen here not everyone knows everything and you were a newb too once so dont be a jerk okay?

>>4
The net has preconceptions, you just don't know what they are.

>>6
no, everybody on /prog/ does know everything.
or at least they did until you came

>>7
That's not what it means.
What the Sussman realized then he was enlightened is that Minsky is a dumbass who things that if he can't see the room, then it must be empty.

>>9
No. Please understand this.

>>9
Wat? Cool story, I guess.

>>9
No, Minsky was totally high on various computer scientotic drugs, and he had shared some with his disciple.

>>10
Understand this! *grabs dick*

>>9
You're still not understanding how Sussman's eyes were forever opened and the pathway to computing automata became illuminated.

>>6
Nope. You're just a dummy, and dummies shouldn't be programming computers.

HINT:
complex domains > complex data <-> complex models -> EUREKA!
Simplicity =/= Computer Science!

Simplicity =/= Computer Science!
That's what you think, but I read Computer Science Made Simple by Jeff Atwood and I know better.

“Why do you close your eyes?”, Sussman asked his teacher.

“So that the room will be empty.”

At that moment, Sussman closed his eyes.

"Uhh... nothing happened..."

Knight was separating his cars from cudders one day, when Sussman came into the room.

``What are you doing?'', asked confused Sussman.

``I'm caring the List'', answered Knight.

``How many cons have you just left there, for the garbage collector to feed upon?'', questioned Sussman.

Knight stopped caring, and turned to Sussman, a long cudder in his hand. ``The Whole is equal to the sum of its parts''

At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.

>>15
If you're talking about the book, the author is V. Anton Spraul, not Jeff Atwood. Apologies if you somehow meant it as a joke.

⁶⁶]This threas is unscientific and ultimately destructive.₉₉- GJS on /prog/

Rimmis ``Matthew'' Stallman was handing out Free GNU CDs one day, when Sussman came upon him.

``Why are you giving away expensive compact discs?'', asked confused Sussman.

``I'm sharing the software'', answered Rimmis.

``This is unscientific and ultimately desctructive'', stated Sussman.

Rimmis stopped handing out CDs, and turned to Sussman. ``Join us now and share the software.  You'll be free, hacker, you'll be free.''

At that moment, Sussman started handing out CDs and the next day joined the FSF.  The rest is history.

>>17
``How many cons have you just left there, for the garbage collector to feed upon?'', questioned Sussman.
Ｋｉｎｄａ　ｇｏｏｄ　：）

>>20
How could RMS be handing out CDs of something that doesn't exist?

>>22
http://www.superunprivileged.org/hurd/live-cd/

>>22
GNU program sources.

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/

>>20
So that's the story about how the Sussman turned to the dark side.
So very sad. We lost a good wizard that day.

>>20
I lol'd.

>>20

This story is inaccurate. As a founding member of the FSF, it would be impossible forTHE SUSSMAN to ``join'' it.

So Sussman began working on a program. Not long after, this odd-looking bald guy came over. Sussman figured the guy was going to boot him out, but instead the man sat down, asking, "Hey, what are you doing?" Sussman talked over his program with the man, Marvin Minsky. At one point in the discussion, Sussman told Minsky that he was using a certain randomizing technique in his program because he didn't want the machine to have any preconceived notions. Minsky said, "Well, it has them, it's just that you don't know what they are." It was the most profound thing Gerry Sussman had ever heard. And Minsky continued, telling him that the world is built a certain way, and the most important thing we can do with the world is avoid randomness, and figure out ways by which things can be planned. Wisdom like this has its effect on seventeen-year-old freshmen, and from then on Sussman was hooked.

>>7
What the hell? A compact, accurate and helpful answer on /prog/? YOU HELPED ME!

>>27 Its completely fake:
Rimmis ``Matthew'' Stallman was handing out Free(in reality FSF has no qualms about selling stuff and its specifically allowed by GPL(that why i switched to cc-by-nc-sa license)) GNU CDs(CD weren't used back then, he meant tapes probably) one day, when Sussman came upon him.

``Why are you giving away expensive compact discs?'', asked confused Sussman.

``I'm sharing(GPL promotes sharing the source with the binary,but not discouraging selling it for ptofit) the software'', answered Rimmis.

``This is unscientific and ultimately desctructive(sic)(taken from GJS reply to his fantards on /prog/)'', stated Sussman.

Rimmis stopped handing out CDs, and turned to Sussman. ``Join us now and share the software.  You'll be free, hacker, you'll be free.''(taken from silly FSF promo material: http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html  )

At that moment, Sussman started handing out CDs and the next day joined the FSF .  The rest is history.
 
The FSF's board of directors is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation#Structure

    * Hal Abelson, Founding member,[19] Professor of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (served from inception until March 5, 1998, and rejoined circa 2005)
    * Geoffery Knauth, Senior Software Engineer at SFA, Inc. (served since October 23, 1997)
    * Henry Poole, Founder of CivicActions, a grassroots campaign technology consulting firm. (served since December 12, 2002)
    * Richard Stallman, Founding President, launched the GNU project, author of the GNU General Public License (served as President since inception)
    * Gerald Jay Sussman, Professor of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (served since inception)
    * Benjamin Mako Hill, graduate student at the MIT Media Lab. (served since July 25, 2007)



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>>27 Its cumpletely feke-a:
Reemmis ``Metzeev'' Stellmun ves hundeeng oooot Free-a(in reeleety FSF hes nu qooelms ebuoot selleeng stooffff und its speceefficelly ellooed by GPL(thet vhy i sveetched tu cc-by-nc-sa leecense-a)) GNOo CDs(CD veren't used beck zeen, he-a meunt tepes prubebly) oone-a dey, vhee Soossmun ceme-a upun heem. Bork Bork Bork!

``Vhy ere-a yuoo geefing evey ixpenseefe-a cumpect deescs?'', esked cunffoosed Soossmun. Bork Bork Bork!

``I'm shereeng(GPL prumutes shereeng zee suoorce-a veet zee beenery,boot nut deescuooreging selleeng it fur ptuffeet) zee sufftvere'', unsvered Reemmis. Bork Bork Bork!

``Thees is unsceeentiffic und ulteemetely desctroocteefe-a(seec)(tekee frum GJS reply tu hees funterds oon /prug/)'', steted Soossmun. Bork Bork Bork!

Reemmis stupped hundeeng oooot CDs, und toorned tu Soossmun. Bork Bork Bork! ``Jueen us noo und shere-a zee sufftvere-a.  Yuoo'll be-a free-a, hecker, yuoo'll be-a free-a.''(tekee frum seelly FSF prumu metereeel: http://vvv.gnoo.oorg/mooseec/free-a-sufftvere-a-sung.html  )

Et thet mument, Soossmun sterted hundeeng oooot CDs und zee next dey jueened zee FSF .  Zee rest is heestury. Bork Bork Bork!
 
Zee FSF's buerd ooff durecturs is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-a_Sufftvere-a_Fuoondeshun#Strooctoore

    * Hel Ebelsun, Fuoondeeng member,[19] Pruffessur ooff Cumpooter Sceeence-a et zee Messechoosetts Insteetoote-a ooff Technulugy (serfed frum incepshun unteel Merch 5, 1998, und rejueened curca 2005)
    * Geuffffery Knoot, Seneeur Sufftvere-a Ingeeneer et SFA, Inc. Bork Bork Bork! (serfed seence-a Ooctuber 23, 1997)
    * Henry Puule-a, Fuoonder ooff CeeficEcshuns, a gressruuts cempeeegn technulugy cunsoolteeng furm. Bork Bork Bork! (serfed seence-a December 12, 2002)
    * Reecherd Stellmun, Fuoondeeng Preseedent, loonched zee GNOo pruject, oothur ooff zee GNOo Generel Poobleec Leecense-a (serfed es Preseedent seence-a incepshun)
    * Gereld Jey Soossmun, Pruffessur ooff Cumpooter Sceeence-a et zee Messechoosetts Insteetoote-a ooff Technulugy (serfed seence-a incepshun)
    * Benjemeen Meku Heell, gredooete-a stoodent et zee MIT Medeea Leb. Bork Bork Bork! (serfed seence-a Jooly 25, 2007)



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Ve'fe-a errunged a ceefilizeshun in vheech must crooceeel ilements pruffuoondly depend oon sceeence-a und technulugy. Bork Bork Bork! Ve-a hefe-a elsu errunged theengs su thet elmust nu oone-a understunds sceeence-a und technulugy. Bork Bork Bork! Thees is a prescreepshun fur deesester. Bork Bork Bork! Ve-a meeght get evey veet it fur evheele-a, boot suuner oor leter thees cumboosteeble-a meextoore-a ooff ignurunce-a und pooer is gueeng tu bloo up in oooor feces.

>>31
I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOUR POST! I READ IT 5 TIMES! KEEP POSTING!

“Why do you close your eyes?”, Sussman asked his teacher.

“So that the room will be empty.”

At that moment, Sussman *grabs dick*.

At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.

>>33
Oh god not you again

>>33
I also tend to feel enlightened when I close my eyes and *grabs dick*

>>34
xD

Oh god not you again

tweet@@ Sussman plays tic-tac-toe. I lold

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