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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>salescritter</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="SAIL.html" title="SAIL"/><link rel="next" href="salt.html" title="salt"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">salescritter</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SAIL.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="salt.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="salescritter"/><dt xmlns="" id="salescritter"><b>salescritter</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/sayls<6C>kri`tr/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the
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following joke:</p><div class="literallayout"><p><br/>
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Q.<2E>What's<>the<68>difference<63>between<65>a<EFBFBD>used-car<61>dealer<65>and<6E>a<br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>computer<EFBFBD>salesman?<br/>
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A.<2E>The<68>used-car<61>dealer<65>knows<77>he's<>lying.<2E><>[Some<6D>versions<6E>add:<br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>...and<6E>probably<6C>knows<77>how<6F>to<74>drive.]<br/>
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</p></div><p>This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are
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self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the
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inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms <span class="firstterm">salesthing</span> and <span class="firstterm">salesdroid</span> are also common. Compare
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<a href="../M/marketroid.html"><i class="glossterm">marketroid</i></a>, <a href="suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>,
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<a href="../D/droid.html"><i class="glossterm">droid</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SAIL.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="salt.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">SAIL<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>salt</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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