User: 3LP

Best Joke

On: Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard?

Q: Man comes along. Has a patch on his eye, bird on his shoulder. Bird is saying 'Pieces of Seven! Pieces of Seven!'. What's that?
A. Parroty Error!

HIP

On: Scientists Hold A Secret Meeting To Consider Creating A Synthetic Human Genome (gizmodo.com)

THE INSTRUMENTALITY BEGINS http://evangelion.wikia.com/wi...

Re:meaning of 'release"

On: What's New In GNOME 3.18

The file has now appeared but I cannot get it to boot in virtualbox. Tsk tsk!

meaning of 'release"

On: What's New In GNOME 3.18

The URL shown in the announce video https://download.gnome.org/mis... n'exist pas. Tsk!

Wrong Question

On: How Much Python Do You Need To Know To Be Useful?

I would turn the question around. Lots of people end up in programming environments, but not all of them are temperamentally suited to be a software engineer. So, say you are interviewing someone and they have 'Python experience'. Ask how long they have been exposed to Python. One day? Then they ought to be able to talk for 10 minutes about the syntax. Six months? They ought to be familiar with the core modules. Someone of any level of experience ought to be interested in the development of the language they are using. People can be exposed to a language for a long time without absorbing the lessons it has to teach.

solution

On: Many Password Strength Meters Are Downright Weak, Researchers Say

The correct solution is clearly a Password Strength Meter Password Strength Meter

Fauna

On: Blue, Not Red: Did Ancient Mars Look Like This?

What, no pink unicorns?

Re:Consolas

On: Best Color Scheme For Coding, Easiest On the Eyes?

Consolas is nice, but I prefer DotumChe. FixedSys was my favorite for years, but half an hour after getting an LCD monitor at work, I was looking for a finer bitstream font. Also: yellow on black is easiest on my eyes

"Three spheres--Earth, the moon and Mars"

On: NASA's New 'Exploration' Insignia

Its triplanetary! Curse those filthy Boskonians....