Vladimir Putin is a bona fide Judo expert. I guess it's debatable how 'useful' that is - just like playing the sax. "Because the wider population don't underst

Vladimir Putin is a bona fide Judo expert. I guess it's debatable how 'useful' that is - just like playing the sax. "Because the wider population don't understand programming and see it as magic, I fully expect his popularity to do well, he is practically a hacker in their eyes, able to conjure up magic and demonstrate skill." The circle jerking in this thread rubs me the wrong way - "this guy must be awesome, he can pass a 1st year 'introduction to computer programming' class!". Must be the cognitive dissonance - there are people still saying Hans Reiser was surely framed, because how could a programmer be anything but God's gift to mankind?