Stupids

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  Stupids n. Term used by {samurai} for the {suit}s who employ them;
     succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually
     better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers. There may be
     intended reference here to an SF story originally published in 1952 but
     much anthologized since, Mark Clifton's "Star, Bright". In it, a
     super-genius child classifies humans into a very few `Brights' like


     herself, a huge majority of `Stupids', and a minority of `Tweens', the
     merely ordinary geniuses.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Stupids
       
          Term used by {samurai} for the {suit}s who employ them.
          Succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though
          usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers.
          There may be intended reference here to an SF story originally
          published in 1952 but much anthologised since, Mark Clifton's
          "Star, Bright".  In it, a super-genius child classifies humans
          into a very few "Brights" like herself, a huge majority of
          "Stupids", and a minority of "Tweens", the merely ordinary
          geniuses.
       
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