Zed Shaw: "My Bear Stearns Employees Need A Job"

[nickb]

http://zedshaw.com/blog/index.html?bear

[anewaccountname]

I like Zed's easy_fucking_uninstall for python:

    easy_install -m $1
    for i in `find /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/ -name "$1*"`
    do
      echo "Removing: $i" 
      rm -rf $i
    done

Assuming he is using Bash, he forgot some necessary double quotes around $i in the rm, so yes Zed, apparently it was "so damn hard" that you couldn't get it right.

[icky → anewaccountname]

Oh, no!

I wanted to uninstall "foo bar", not "foo" and "bar"! ;)

[michaelneale]

I think that is a cool display of loyalty. Good on him.

How much does working for "an enron" taint you - prefessionally? (not that BS will necessary turn out to have been like that, but its possible).

[marcus → michaelneale]

If it taints anyone it will be their traders and their executives, I doubt their programming staff will get any bad rep.

[benreesman]

Zed Shaw's page is really cool, so cool in fact that some might consider it The Best Page In The Universe...

[alex_c]

A good example of why it's never a good idea to burn bridges?

[paulhart → alex_c]

It's classy to look out for your direct reports before yourself - shows good vibes, more likely to find yourself another manager-y job.