Hah... well I'm glad someone sees another angle on this besides good coder / crappy coder. Yes, it is also a process management uses to minimize the importance of any one developer while trumping up their own, eliminate anything resembling pride or ownership of ones work, and reduce any sort of hardships due to turnover.

I can't figure out why you jump to the conclusion that my code is 'crappy'. Cool story though, bro.

I don't have a serious opposition to them, and Pair Programming is one of my favorite things. I will however defend certain things, or oppose certain changes. I am passionate about development. I was just explaining why I have opposed them at times in the past, since the OP tried to generalize.

I contend that you can do all of those things without someone looking over your shoulder... Just like you can be a good and moral person without being god-fearing. (sorry to make another analogy, especially a religious one, but this one is a personal favorite.)

You're right... Over my 13 years of professional experience as a developer in companies ranging from very small to very large, I've never come to appreciate something as ridiculous as 'company-wide' ANYTHING. You don't hire me for my ability to conform! As for my attitude, it kicks ass... I believe anything is possible, and I'm highly motivated to solve problems that others think are difficult. I respect your different opinion and would choose to not work for you.

What if the people who would be reviewing your code are 'best-practice' consultant types? The only reason I've ever been opposed to code reviews is that development practices are very very subjective and I want my code to be judged on it's output / functionality instead of how it is written.

I realize a lot of people don't agree that it is very subjective, and I think that's the problem... It's like arguing with those who think climate science is 'settled'.

Thread over, anonymous coward wins.

If this country survives to 2050, it will be because of Republicans... Global Warming will still be just a bullshit political football that has no net effect on anything except the size of the 'Green' marketing budget. What's a thousand times more urgent and dangerous to this world than Global Warming? Democrats and their anti-american socialist platform of debt and corruption.

I'm all for them continually trying to figure it out. You're absolutely right it's incredibly complex, and I postulate we may never fully comprehend it or be able to simulate or predict it to any level of accuracy. That said, It would be nice if (while figuring it out) the grand claims weren't made. We have a very small history of good temperature data, a very questionable network of sensors for collecting a certain quantity of temperature readings, and very little data (comparatively) on the suns impact. I love science and scientists, but they need to continue to be skeptics. If the system is too big to actually figure out, they should be able to always admit that.

I don't use DVR functionality, so I'm not worried about it recording anything while I'm away. My entire living room entertainment area is on a power strip, which stays OFF unless I decide I want to watch TV or play the Xbox. Such an easy solution to save all that power, just turn the damn thing off. My power hungry PC also gets turned off whenever feasible. I've noticed significant savings on my electric bill this year over the previous year when I was leaving everything on.

The key phrase is, "where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien." This does not mean the Police will be asking everyone who 'looks kinda Mexican' for papers... Behavior and body language will provide probable cause. Illegals get really scared at the prospect of getting caught, whereas a legal immigrant has nothing to fear.

We have a serious illegal immigration problem in this country and if we don't have the ability to even check someones immigration status, we'll never be able to fight it.

Slow clap.

The last thing 'coders' need is another book telling them exactly what practices they should be following. As with most things, the focus should always be on creating a working product first. After you've built something, then you can refine it and clean it up. Too often when the focus is on how it is to be completed instead of actually completing it, the latter never happens. Re-factoring is a much easier task when you already have it working, already know exactly what it should do and when, and have experience using it which helps break it down more intelligently.

I was going to say on a more general level, why is it that 2 days after I read about something it appears on Slashdot?

Just depends how many levels you want to take it. The FCC could require them, via legislation, right?

Do you trust the ISP to identify these routers very quickly, either by traffic analysis or MAC address, and provide a special Quality of Service just for them?