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  1. Re:Sills will be all over this. on Java Developer Says He Built, Launched Basic Open Source Office Suite In 30 Days · · Score: 2

    Quite an analogy, no pun intended. I think everyone needs to realise that some things reach a peak of maximum functionality and then can't be improved upon no matter how much you want/need to sell the next generation office suite. Business requirements are usually standardised, unchanging, and not terribly exotic. Fix bugs, speed the code up, add functions if really required, that's it.

  2. Re:Yes but is this different on Med Students Unaware of Their Bias Against Obese Patients · · Score: 1

    ...unless you use condoms? See this is the kind of comment that makes me immediately wary of people talking about 'sex addicition'.

  3. Re:Yes but is this different on Med Students Unaware of Their Bias Against Obese Patients · · Score: 1

    sex addicts with lots of partners, etc?

    I never got that, in what way is having lots of sex detrimental to the health or well being of a person? Seems like puritanism masquerading as medicine, a bit like circumcision which is meant to stop young men masturbating.

    I don't care if you don't like it, that's how it is.

  4. Re:So strange... on How the Smartphone Killed the Three-day Weekend · · Score: 1

    There was a time when people actually mattered as people and not interchangeable widgets in a service based industrial engine that consumes people in precisely the same way it consumes paper or water or raw materials.

    Would this have been when they had children working in coal mines, or when you couldn't get paid in anything but company scrip? The good old days really weren't, but that doesn't mean there aren't people working diligently to bring them back.

  5. Re:Crap. on How the Smartphone Killed the Three-day Weekend · · Score: 1

    As long as they're willing to pay for triple overtime for after hours calls, they can call anytime they like. Up till 9pm, after that I expect a partnership.

    If you're going to eat shit, don't be surprised when people feed it to you.

  6. Re:You forgot to mention... on How the Smartphone Killed the Three-day Weekend · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Find a new job. Or move somewhere that legally protects people from bullying pencil necks.

  7. Re:Who's on HTC First? on Facebook Cancels UK Launch of HTC First · · Score: 1

    There seem to be more and more comments like this on various discussion boards lately, just completely random incoherent disconnected words. It doesn't disturb, merely intrigues until I find out who or what is behind it.

  8. Re:Kessler Syndrome on Possible Collision Between Cube-satellite and Old Space Junk · · Score: 2

    Here's a better version.

  9. Re:No, no on Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early · · Score: 1

    Never had a wardrobe malfunction eh? Musk is the harbringer of nipples, mark my words! Cheery looking rosy ones, sultry dark slippery ones, weird puffy ones, those pointy-outy ones that could cost an eye if you move too quickly in cold weather, oh yes... /none too subtle jab at the good old cornfed mask the detractors tend to don

  10. No, no on Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early · · Score: 4, Funny

    Electric cars will lead to nipples and other unamerican things.

  11. Re:Seems counter-intuitive on Thousands of Whistle Blowers Vulnerable After Anonymous Hacks SAPS · · Score: 1

    Agreed. This was a bad idea with 'target of opportunity' written all over it.

  12. Re:Helpful hint. on Aurora Attackers Were Looking For Google's Surveillance Database · · Score: 1

    That trick was originally used by Islamic extremists I believe, so hardly that clever. Seriously though, Gmail? What? Use encrypted morse port knocking on some nothing zombie or something.

  13. Re:starving kids in africa and cambodia... on 3-D Printable Food Gets Funding From NASA · · Score: 1

    Yes, they could shove the condoms down the dictator's throat by the fistful until they get democracy and an equitable share of the food.

    In fact I would pay good money to watch that.

  14. Re:H2G2G on 3-D Printable Food Gets Funding From NASA · · Score: 4, Funny

    Taste Tester: It tastes...familiar.
    Linda: Like beef?
    Taste Tester: No...
    Ted: Or chicken? We'll take chicken.
    Taste Tester: No, it tastes like...despair?

  15. The Commandement des Opérations Spéciale on 3-D Printable Food Gets Funding From NASA · · Score: 2

    ...has already dispatched a team.

  16. Re:I work for a health company on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    It was the little :(. I dunno, there is a seriously poisonous food culture in development, nothing worse for people that spend most of their day sitting down than sugary treats.

  17. Re:I work for a health company on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    Oh and some nice green teas please. I have a two liter thermos with a couple of small muslin satchels which I fill with decent quality herbal teas for business trips and travelling. Cannot be beat.

  18. Re:I work for a health company on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    The only post in the entire thread that even mentions health and it's complaining about not getting candies. THAT STUFF IS TOXIC. A company would be far better off to give out free jerky and maybe flatbread for the long burn, I for one don't want sugar highs and lows messing with my mental state not to mention fucking diabetes, tooth cavities and whatever else a high sugar low exercise diet will bring.

    Give me meat!

  19. Re:Exactly Backwards on Australia Makes Asian Language Learning a Priority · · Score: 1

    The biggest markets are all English speaking or use English as a trade language though. The seller needs to learn the language of the buyer, not the other way round. Who knows, that may change in the future if China opens its markets to foreign companies, but for the foreseeable future English will remain the language of business.

    It is a great idea for Australia to integrate more with the surrounding nations however, to better position itself for the future. It's essentially an English/Irish colony state but it can't go on pretending it's not deep in the middle of Southeast Asia.

  20. Re:Damascus steel was lost for centuries on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 1

    That is nonsense: You make your edge as sharp as you can because if you don't your enemy who has a sharper edge will kill you first.

    Obviously the subtext here is 'all else being equal'.

  21. Re:Damascus steel was lost for centuries on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 1

    And in combat are you cutting through fibers or splitting them? I've split large logs with a small knife by using wedges cut off the sides which were about as far from sharp as the edge of a spoon; we aren't talking about that here.

  22. Re:Well, that might explain a few things on Viruses In Mucus Protect From Infection · · Score: 1

    I'd say it does a good job on secondary infections. The body really is an amazing organism, all hands on deck in the face of hopeless odds. However I can see mucus bandages on the horizon which is mildly revolting.

  23. Re:Damascus steel was lost for centuries on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 1

    I believe there were some reports of warriors not only sharpening but straightening their weapons mid-battle, but yes on principle you don't want to have to break out the whetstone as the second wave of berserkers descends on you.

  24. Re:Damascus steel was lost for centuries on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 1

    It's not just me saying it, Honest Abe too: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/give_me_six_hours_to_chop_down_a_tree_and_i_will/221234.html

    Believe it or not, it's the truth. Having not purchased a large selection of axes recently I can't speak to how sharp they are on average, but the last one I bought was very sharp indeed. I sharpened it up further before using it. A blunt axe is an accident waiting to happen.

    A mace is a decent weapon against armour. But there are entire fighting styles based around slashing attacks on armoured enemies, so I mean does this really bear further argument.

  25. Re:Damascus steel was lost for centuries on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 2

    It's not important how easy it is to get sharp, all that matters is you get it as sharp as it will go and use it. If you have to spend two hours sharpening a sword that is good for ten whacks in battle, that's better than a sword you spend half an hour sharpening that stays sharp for three whacks.