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Or perhaps he should be in prison for being partially responsible for some of the worst security breaches in the industry.

by vesak 9y ago

DonHopkins 9y ago
"PHP can do anything, what about some ssh?" -Mark Karpelès ಠ_ಠ https://web.archive.org/web/20100701145902/http://blog.magicaltux.net/2010/06/27/php-can-do-anything-what-about-some-ssh/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100701145902/http://blog.magic... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s
- vesak 9y ago
  Indeed. I realize the guy I answered to was probably just trolling, but it was very effective. To suggest that Rasmus should get academic praise for PHP is highly insulting.
  - grzm 9y ago
    There's significant daylight between - someone should receive an award - someone has had a large impact - someone should go to prison Countering the first with the third isn't very constructive, particularly as you note "I realize the guy I answered to was probably just trolling." It just further degrades the conversation.
    - DonHopkins 9y ago
      Mark Karpelès's crappy PHP code full of gaping security holes lost many people a hell of a lot of money ($450 million), and earned him a year in prison. http://themerkle.com/mark-karpeles-twitter/ http://themerkle.com/mark-karpeles-twitter/
      - jsjohnst 9y ago
        That's a leap.. The year in prison was related to embezzling charges, not the collapse of Mt. Gox due to his "crappy PHP code full of gaping security holes".
colejohnson66 9y ago
Should we put the Federal Reserve in prison for printing money used in crime?
- vesak 9y ago
  No, but should we give it the Nobel Prize for it?
  - DonHopkins 9y ago
    Right, it's insulting to the memory of Turing to suggest giving a prize named after him to Rasmus Lerdorf. How about the Thomas Midgley award, for having "had more impact on the internet than any other single organism in Earth's history"? https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley Thomas Midgley (born 18 May 1889; died 2 November 1944), was an American inventor. His two most famous inventions are both now banned because they are dangerous for the world environment: the use of lead in petrol (gasoline) and the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in refrigerators. Midgley was accidentally killed by something he was inventing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.#Legacy Midgley's legacy has been scarred by the negative environmental impact of some of his innovations. His work led to the release of large quantities of lead into the atmosphere as a result of the large-scale combustion of leaded gasoline all over the world. High atmospheric lead levels have been linked with serious long-term health problems from childhood, including neurological impairment, and with increased levels of violence and criminality in cities. Thomas Midgley Jr. died three decades before the ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas effects of CFCs in the atmosphere became widely known. Bill Bryson remarked that Midgley possessed "an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny." J. R. McNeill, an environmental historian, opined that Midgley "had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."

Or perhaps he should be in prison for being partially responsible for some of the worst security breaches in the industry.

by vesak 9y ago

Or perhaps he should be in prison for being partially responsible for some of the worst security breaches in the industry.

DonHopkins 9y ago

"PHP can do anything, what about some ssh?" -Mark Karpelès ಠ_ಠ https://web.archive.org/web/20100701145902/http://blog.magicaltux.net/2010/06/27/php-can-do-anything-what-about-some-ssh/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100701145902/http://blog.magic... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s

vesak 9y ago
Indeed. I realize the guy I answered to was probably just trolling, but it was very effective. To suggest that Rasmus should get academic praise for PHP is highly insulting.
- grzm 9y ago
  There's significant daylight between - someone should receive an award - someone has had a large impact - someone should go to prison Countering the first with the third isn't very constructive, particularly as you note "I realize the guy I answered to was probably just trolling." It just further degrades the conversation.
  - DonHopkins 9y ago
    Mark Karpelès's crappy PHP code full of gaping security holes lost many people a hell of a lot of money ($450 million), and earned him a year in prison. http://themerkle.com/mark-karpeles-twitter/ http://themerkle.com/mark-karpeles-twitter/
    - jsjohnst 9y ago
      That's a leap.. The year in prison was related to embezzling charges, not the collapse of Mt. Gox due to his "crappy PHP code full of gaping security holes".

colejohnson66 9y ago

Should we put the Federal Reserve in prison for printing money used in crime?

vesak 9y ago
No, but should we give it the Nobel Prize for it?
- DonHopkins 9y ago
  Right, it's insulting to the memory of Turing to suggest giving a prize named after him to Rasmus Lerdorf. How about the Thomas Midgley award, for having "had more impact on the internet than any other single organism in Earth's history"? https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley Thomas Midgley (born 18 May 1889; died 2 November 1944), was an American inventor. His two most famous inventions are both now banned because they are dangerous for the world environment: the use of lead in petrol (gasoline) and the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in refrigerators. Midgley was accidentally killed by something he was inventing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.#Legacy Midgley's legacy has been scarred by the negative environmental impact of some of his innovations. His work led to the release of large quantities of lead into the atmosphere as a result of the large-scale combustion of leaded gasoline all over the world. High atmospheric lead levels have been linked with serious long-term health problems from childhood, including neurological impairment, and with increased levels of violence and criminality in cities. Thomas Midgley Jr. died three decades before the ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas effects of CFCs in the atmosphere became widely known. Bill Bryson remarked that Midgley possessed "an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny." J. R. McNeill, an environmental historian, opined that Midgley "had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."