If software development was an official engineering discipline that required P.Eng designation, then maybe this case would have more legs. Even then I'd be in disagreement. Otherwise, hell no, HELL NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! That is definitely one way to drive people away from a career in software development. This actually seems like a sneaky way for management to evade culpability if their product harms a customer/user.

This is the most insightful thing I've heard today so far. This is correct on so many levels.

All automated vehicles would have to have some sort of human override on them. Considering that fact, it would be near impossible to rid the road of all idiots, therefore, it would make sense for the automated car to have some sort of collision avoidance algorithm for rear enders that also doesn't put other drivers or pedestrians at risk. Especially since an automated car has several times more visibility than the average human and wouldn't have to react to something in the corner of its "eye".

Am I the only one that read this in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson?

If you have an Xbox 360, you should try some games like Limbo or The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, you may find yourself unexpectedly impressed. Even the games that are like SMB such as SMB Crossover offer up a unique twist on a familiar platformer.

As a long time gamer I wholeheartedly agree. While we've seen an increase in graphics quality over time, we've seen very little movement in terms of innovative gameplay/controls/storylines/etc. Lately, it's only the indie games that I've seen that have implemented really original ideas. I love the idea of a console like this coming to market, it will give the big guys a run for their money.

As a general rule, I never use aspects of a programming language that I think are broken, antiquated or unfamiliar unless I become familiar with its use and I know exactly what I'm getting myself into with its usage. I say keep whatever features that already exist in a language for those that know how to use them. Don't fault the language for what some developers are incapable of doing right.

Programming languages are like tools, but too often we see people who feel the need to hammer in a screw.

Yes, but some of us prefer to have a choice of where this application bar is. Personally, I like having my application bars horizontal and not vertical. This is a major reason why I don't like Unity.

Nice, I'm gonna use this one, although most likely in a different context. Thanks for the awesome comeback!

One thing that really annoys me here and in other social situations is when people don't understand context or feign misunderstanding of context in a weak effort to appear intelligent, or make someone look dumb to appear intelligent themselves, which is even worse. Get off your intellectual high horse and quit pretending you don't know what country the GP was talking about.

This would definitely make a confusing enough drone to nonplus those terrorists enough to delay their actions for some time. I'm sure as hell would stare at this thing slack-jawed for a bit in the absence of any relevant context as to what I'm staring at.

Do you really believe I'm entirely wrong? Sorry, you're not even worth a third sentence.

I'd agree with you, but I'd emphasize that the power and control is sought by those institutions that are external to government. Specifically, the people and organizations that don't have any obligation to care about the general population, like corporations. We can collectively control how much power these entities have by voting for the right people, or refusing to use products from companies that abuse their power, but we all care way too much about our own individual livelihoods to give a crap, myself included unfortunately. However, we can do our part by remaining to pirate as many movies and songs as we possibly can and refusing to go to the movies so that these companies don't end up using our money to abuse our rights. Buying movies and albums isn't going to all of a sudden make these corporate giants behave, in fact, it will only encourage their belligerent behavior. Hit 'em where it hurts $$$

I'm sure you know that in Canada we have universal health care. You mention that you don't want to have to pay for your neighbor who smokes. I'd gladly do so if it ensures that I don't go bankrupt because I had an accidental fall and need to be in a cast for 6-7 weeks. I broke my achilles tendon and the only thing I had to pay for was my crutches and physio, which should be partially covered in most workers' health benefits. Everything else is covered by our income tax which we all have to pay into anyway. I've talked to Americans who wish they had our health care system. Whatever Obama has implemented down south probably isn't anywhere near what we have in Canada.

I'm from Canada and I don't have legal access to Hulu, even though most of the TV shows and channels we get up here are American. Since they decide to arbitrarily region-lock these services, that gives me no other recourse but to pirate or simply go without watching the show.

This also applies to anime, I'd rather download the current subtitled versions of a show rather than have to watch inferior English translations of the same show with censored content that is several seasons behind and have way overpriced DVD box sets with way too few episodes per set.

Pirating allows me to enjoy the shows I love the way I want without being subject to the broadcasters' twisted whims. They don't realize that if they don't give us any alternative, we can simply refuse to use their services and find entertainment elsewhere in whatever form we choose.