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- Billiam627, on 10/12/2007, -6/+126Turns out that Nigerian kid is actually a Prince who needs to get his vast fortune out of the country quickly...
- Evildudetx, on 10/12/2007, -6/+73Nice accomplishment for a racist little *****.
"Allwell Worgu strongly believes that "blacks are more intelligent than the white", mentioning Philip Emeagwali, the Anambra State born computer guru as a backup for his view" - mattyice11, on 10/12/2007, -3/+62While he's obviously misguided, you almost can't blame him for thinking that way after he witnesses people from the US sending money to the scammers over there.
- Azimuth1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+49"mentioning Philip Emeagwali, the Anambra State born computer guru as a backup for his view"
No, he's right. What have white programmers such as Linus Torvalds and John Carmack ever accomplished? Obviously nowhere near as much as "Philip Emeagwali". - gr3yn3t, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29more proof that the "one laptop per child" would be a good thing
people fail to realize that kid's aren't just using computers for myspace.. - Salgat, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25The spam bots shall prevail!
- jurassic, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23Now we will get "Certified Nigerian Scams" to our inbox ! :)
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23"you have to be a total dumbass to get stuck in one of those scams......."
Captain Obvious to the rescue!!!!!!!!! - Haohmaru, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15@duster805
I don't think they get your "Coming to America" reference.
Prince Akeem Joffer was from Zamunda, though. - r00tus3r, on 10/12/2007, -8/+21Sadly, racism is almost inevitable in many cultures.
- rmxz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15@sundownvf111 : "you have to be a total dumbass to get stuck in one of those scams......."
Uh, you know VP Cheney's company fell for one of those scams.
Except that instead of the puny millions in our emails, the deal was in exchange for something like multi-billion dollar contracts in Nigeria, $180 million in bribes and "advisory fees" would be paid. Apparently the $180 million was paid.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4163810/
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=9869
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2004/06/haliburton_watc_1.html
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/nigeria_timeline.html
The funniest / saddest thing is that it's the same country and almost the exact same proposal in those emails - just on a much larger scale. - solonGFX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@gr3ynt3t: You're right, they're using it for Facebook and Digg too.
- sovereign3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Probably not as "discriminating" as the Nigerian kid's comments that "blacks are superior to whites."
Frankly, I'm a little disturbed that something as racially innocuous as Java programming skills is being injected with the hint of racial insensitivity and tension, by the 12-year old Nigerian kid and the Digg community. - polymorphist, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12A. SCJP is very easy to pass, although it's a little tricky to get a high mark.
B. Java itself is a very dumbed-down programming language; the ability to get multiple-choice questions correct based on syntactical and factual knowledge doesn't mean you can write a single line of code.
C. Being a Nigerian doesn't have much to do with anything... - edsonmedina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Oh, and the post isn't racist?
Not all nigerians are spammers, you know? - Yancie, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13"12-year old Nigerian becomes Sun certified Java Programmer"
And I care why? cause he's Nigerian? - xxTazxx, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11Funny how there wasn't anything in the article about how the kid was being racist...if it was someone "white" etc, he/she'd be destroyed (a good thing)...but its funny how not a thing was said about that comment...
- scabbers, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11What a little *****.
- surfing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Maybe this guy and Imus should do a radio show in Nigeria.
- ricerfuel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Buried due to the fact i wasted my life a) typing this and b) Reading this article
- PDubNYC, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9@edsonmedina
Nigerian is not a race. It's a nationality. But you are right, not all Nigerians are spammers. They don't all have computers yet. - goodoldharris, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11And your post and the fact that it's getting dugg up makes my wonder why more people aren't embarrassed to be American.
- ezweave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6And James Gosling, what did he ever do?
Oh Java, nm.
FWIW, that exam is mostly memorization: you can easily not understand things like memory management and pass the exam. The "Certified Developer" exam actually requires you to design and build a system (that includes networking, data persistence, etc... no J2EE). Still not rocket science, but that would be much more impressive. - Yancie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"people fail to realize that kid's aren't just using computers for myspace.."
yea they're using it for porn also - Masterbaiter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The kid “strongly believes that black are more intelligent than the white.”
Another racist kid on the block... - natenovs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4camilos,
im sure this twelve year old didn't have to build "dozens of Enterprise Wide Applications" to be certified.
face it, java is a dumbed down high level language. that doesn't mean it's not a very capable language, or even that it's a good or bad language, it just means it's pretty easy to learn.
im not impressed with a 12 year old learning java.
if it were ada, or lisp, i'd be impressed. - mike23w, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4He thinks blacks are smarter than whites, but wants to
go to harvard, oxford, or mit instead of NigeriaU.
Because, you know, that's where all the blacks hang out. - polymorphist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"The comment itself shows that you are obviously a java guru who has built dozens of Enterprise Wide Applications. "
I see you obviously missed my point. I didn't say Java is useless, neither was I complaining about how the design of the language takes that approach. The fact that it's simple to learn makes passing that syntactical and factual knowledge test not so much of a big deal. Programming in Java is about design rather than lumping statements together. Get my point now? - strangewill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I dug him up just to piss off GoodOldHarris ;)
- OwdenBowden, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Maybe he will figure out a way to mass mail all the Nigerian Money letters - faster
- quik22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6do you always laugh when you're jealous?
- AriX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@edsonmedina - I never said that the story description wasn't racist, the whole thing was!
- mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2At 12 years old I fear much of what he knows is just rote knowledge. Which of course leads to poor efficiency - you learn the theory then the syntax.
- aks123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's unfortunate that so many of you immediately associate Nigeria with scam letters (and similarly, India with outsourcing). It's good to know a little bit more about the world, rather than only trivial stereotypes that reflect your ignorance.
- Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just wait till OLPC kicks in, then Sun will have an entire army of underage workers to do their bidding, will make Kathy Lee Gifford look like an angel.
- AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Nah, it's just that they're now starting Nigerians working on their 419 scams earlier. I bet his brother is the crown prince and, if Sun is nice to him, he'll let them assist in removing $1.5billion from some small country.
- netzdamon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When as what the 12 year old would do first with his new Java skills he replied "I will be working on a cross platform program to send out spams around the world. Our old spamming software is having a hard time keeping up with the work load."
- frostieDude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@hmmmok
Every MCSE I've met has been pretty much worthless. I think Microsoft's certification program is a joke. Cisco's program is worthwhile. Oracle's program is worthwhile. I don't know about Sun's program, but if a 12 year old Nigerian can pass the test, it can't be much. - demenzia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'd be more impressed if it was an SCEA....
- kaosphere, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Perhaps it's because that's the only thing they can be proud of....like you said, everything else there is crap.
- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Only proves the point that white people suffer from racism as well
- Eleo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What, man? Mozart? Let's just compare everyone's accomplishments to those of prodigy's and geniuses.
- donte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So then we're in agreement that this kid is neither a prodigy nor a genius. Then why is a story about a 12 year old getting a programming certification getting dugg up so damn high?
- F1R3DUP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1AWESOME! Now let's start outsourcing jobs to Nigeria! We can get them for half the cost of Indians can't we?
I say this jokingly but i wouldn't be surprised in the least if it were to happen... - transeunte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Only proves the point that white people suffer from racism as well"
Yeah, I barely can stand the suffering. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My point is not about the exam in itself. Sure, you can pass the exam by just memorizing the syntax. But i doubt companies are stupid enough to hire solely based on the exam. My point is calling java a dumb down language. I assume you're talking about Java SE(Standard Edition). Which is what they teach in programming 101 courses. But java is ALOT more than that. There is java for phones and pdas, Java For Web Development, Java for Enterprise etc.
To say that Java is dumb down, is really taking a simplified view at the real complex monster that Java is. Hell, most people that hate java hate if for that reason...because its a complex and bloated monster. - donte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Agreed. The test is a joke and since it's all multiple choice (in some form or another) now, random selection is almost enough to get you a passing score.
Mozart was writing symphonies at age 4...not answering questions like "Ivory keys are part of which instrument: a) drum b) piano c) cougar". Congrats to the kid and all, but being a Sun Certified Programmer is not that big of an accomplishment. When Farrakhan becomes a SC Developer or SC Enterprise Architect, I'll be impressed. - Varz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"blacks are more intelligent than the white"
Well that really denotes his intelligence, that test must have been pretty easy.
I guess Europeans just guessed their way to being the primordial soup of modern science and technology....meanwhile in Africa...... - WKStone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't understand this "Certifications suck. Experience is the only thing that matters." mentality. Why can't someone have both? I'm experienced and I'm certified. You're "experienced". What's the problem?
BTW, What exactly does, “..it's a little tricky to get a high mark.” mean, anyway? -
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