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  1. Re:Pot vs. Lies on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 1

    If marijuana were legal, it would be as much of a gateway drug as alcohol. Yes it is a gateway drug now, because since it's illegal, people who buy it are often exposed to dealers of harder drugs.

  2. Re:That was just terrible... on How to Keep Your Code From Destroying You · · Score: 1

    One benefit of having many small functions is that the scope/flow of data is clearer. Usually larger functions have more local variables, some of which are used only a few times. You end up with variable scopes that are longer than necessary, and possibly with variable uses that are far from their definitions. Break your function into smaller pieces, and their parameters will describe the way your data moves around.

  3. Re:That is NOT IT on In Defense Of Patents and Copyright · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Parent shouldn't be modded as Flamebait. Copyright infringement is not theft. It's also not rape, or speeding, or drug use.

  4. Re:/. correlation ? on Are Sysadmins Really that Bad? · · Score: 1

    No doubt. But is the correlation positive or negative...?

  5. Re:This just in. . . on Children Arrested, DNA Tested for Playing in a Tree? · · Score: 1

    Imagine the worst thing you will see in your entire life... Police deal with that and probably worse many times every single day of their working lives. I do not believe that it is possible to remain "the same" as those of us that are spared from dealing with that crap.

    That's true. And once a cop reaches the point where the job they do is negatively affected, they have no business being a cop anymore. It takes a rare individual to be a good cop. If you have an incident with an officer I think it's important to push them a little to be sure they continue to act reasonably.

  6. Re:You did the right thing... it's their problem. on Computer Jobs -- How to Resign Professionally? · · Score: 1
    Funny thing was nearly every system admin that resigned attempted to access the systems during their enforced vacation.

    I'd attempt access too, just to see if the passwords had been changed.

  7. Re:The meat of the article... on History's Worst Software Bugs · · Score: 1

    That's during the planet's pre-history, not history.

  8. Re:Am I a geek? on Gaiman and Whedon Discuss the Rise of the Geek · · Score: 1

    ASL?

  9. Re:I first parsed the title as on Gaiman and Whedon Discuss the Rise of the Geek · · Score: 1

    I think that's a lex error, not a parse error.

  10. Re:Too much theory on Computer Science Curriculum in College · · Score: 1

    It really depends on the job you want. I work on an interpreter (engineering software) and code in C/C++. The theory I learned in college is valuable.

  11. Re:And the heating system on If Bad Software Developers Built Houses... · · Score: 1

    Right back at ya.

  12. Doomed on Gates on Google · · Score: 1
    The fledgling search unit quickly grew to roughly 500 engineers and marketers.

    Way to set up a project for failure...

  13. Re:hah I'm like that on Cube Farm · · Score: 1

    I think it's Shite Fuck.

  14. Re:Ethics? on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    mu

  15. Re:I'll go all Strunk and White on yo sorry ass! on Laser Injures Delta Pilot's Eye · · Score: 1
  16. Grammar Nazi on Laser Injures Delta Pilot's Eye · · Score: 1
    stronger laser's are not that hard to come by

    Stronger laser's what?

  17. Re:HTML on Programming For Terrified Adults? · · Score: 2, Funny
    I went from HTML to Javascript to Perl.

    So you're suggesting HTML is a bad idea...

  18. Re:1 in 7 :) on The Unhappy World of IT Professionals · · Score: 1
    So, in my mind, the real shocking story is that 2 out of 3 florists hate their job.

    Not hate, just aren't "very happy". I'd have to include myself in the 6 of 7, because I'm happy with my chosen profession (just not very happy).

  19. Re:Pet Python problems on Python in a Nutshell · · Score: 1
    Everything is always passed by reference.

    Not true. In Python, functions pass their arguments by value (by copy). The values themselves are references to objects.

  20. Re:haha on Suit Up Or Ship Out? · · Score: 1

    You are so right. It's far better to go to work in a suit and do nothing all day.

  21. Re:You don't. Now shut up. on When Do You Really Need a Lawyer? · · Score: 1

    Did you do it? If not, your advice may be more helpful than if so.

  22. Re:How about a "Think Perl?" on Think Python · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't think that's possible.

  23. 10 spam emails per day on Microsoft Opts-In Hotmail Users · · Score: 1

    I get ten spam emails per day in my hotmail account. Which isn't too bad unless you consider that I made the account as a joke for a friend and I've only given that one person the email address. But advertisers have gotten my address from somewhere....

  24. Re:My vote for Fair Use. on Coding Fair Use · · Score: 1

    I don't like the idea of any finite list of rights. Best to list what is disallowed--everything unlisted would be allowed.

  25. my approach on Cheating Detector from Georgia Tech · · Score: 1

    I was a teaching assistant for a CS1 class. When I found two students handed in virtually identical pieces of code, I'd just grade one then write on the other one "See [other student]'s paper". If they want to cheat, let them. It'll only hurt them in more advanced courses.

    What I didn't like was when they fabricated results (no, "^" is not the exponentiation operator in C...). For this I gave them zeros.