On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM, kashani <kashani-l...@badapple.net> wrote: > On 11/28/2011 9:28 AM, James Wall wrote: >>> >>> I wonder if someone in this thread will help me understand the term >>> 'ricer'. The only origin I know of this term, from the car world, is >>> really pretty racist, so I wonder if there isn't a more genteel origin >>> I simply cannot find using Google? >>> >>> - Mark >> >> Ricer is used to refer to someone who wants to have the system tweaked >> to the hardware it runs on that it is not like the generic binary >> distros like ubuntu that is compiled for the lowest common denominator >> like i386 or x86_64. >> hope this helps clarify the term, >> James Wall >> > > You're missing some history. First Mark is correct that the origin is > from the derogatory term in the car world, ricer. While the term continues > to be a derogatory term the racial part of it is generally ignored in the > computer world because there isn't a made in the US vs Japan rivalry. Ricer > continues to mean "spending inordinate amount of time and money for > performance modifications that generally do very little for performance and > a lot to reduce reliability while poorly understanding the system as a > whole." At least that's my interpretation of the definition. > > kashani > >
Thanks kashani & others that help fill in the picture. I really like your wording above, and to be clear, I wasn't offended but more curious about why it gets used so freely here when in other venues maybe not so much. Thanks and out, Mark
