Yes, yes it does.

When you also use '.' for method calls and accessing fields of a struct, using '::' instead of '.' for namespaces doesn't seem like a bad idea.

> Then there's the asinine stuff like omitting a semicolon to return the value of an expression...

I was a little sceptical at first as well, but it's actually surprisingly nice once you get used to it. You can still use 'return someValue;' if you like, but it will look a silly. I for one really miss this feature when I have to touch other languages again. Don't knock it till you try it.

> The fact that no human being could live 800 years also disproves this account, unless the guy expects "god-level magic" to be an acceptable explanation.

If you accept the premise 'god creates the universe from nothing', 'god enables a human to live 800 years' is not really that far-fetched, is it?

> So the majority of citizens live in countries that have the death penalty and actively use it. The list of countries that have abolished it includes many small nations with low population numbers. It isn't fair that you use that number to support your stance on the death penalty, because those low-population states get extra representation in the results.

Except that GP said most governments. If schneidafunk wanted to make this into a popularity contest rather than (by accident?) presenting a verifiable statement (which just so happens to be very false) perhaps they should have said so, rather than implying that most countries in the world would resort to worse barbarism than is currently practised in the USA.

It seems the USA like to pretend they are somehow better than the rest of the world. It would be nice to see them hold themselves to standards that are equal or higher than the rest of the world.

> Most governments would have either shot him in the head or hanged him by now.

Do tell, what is your definition of 'most'? Looks like most countries don't practice the death penalty, and over half have abolished it completely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_country#Capital_punishment_in_the_world

Why are these two unrelated topics in a single post? The word 'robot' does not even occur in any of the 'Unnecessary Medical Procedures' articles (does using 'find' count as RTFA'ing?)

Perhaps they weren't using any birth control while shooting porn...

> Fast typing helps, but I think your son would find this boring.

Writing documentation is also considered boring by many, but learning how to type fast now will speed it up by a factor of two or three. Imagine how many hours of boredom will be saved over the rest of his life. Imagine the same advantage when communicating by email with other students and co-workers.

I definitely considered my typing course to be fairly boring *at the time*, but looking back it is one of the most useful things I've learned in my youth.

They should employ you at a hospital to sort out the Münchausen people :p

Perhaps he develops on multiple machines, which may or may not be running at the same time?

But given that they're not selling them, they don't really have a valid excuse to complain about him downloading them. Ostensibly the copyrights are there to give the authors a chance to earn money, but if they don't want to make use of that arrangement...

As I recall, when he was no longer in power he was also dead. I think this limits the possibility of requesting information to be deleted somewhat.

If the cubes count the number of sips, how much must you drink for the number to overflow and the lights to turn green again? Challenge accepted, anyone?

If the people driving those 2000 pound machines at 55 mph are unable to keep their vehicles on the road, perhaps they shouldn't be driving at all. If nobody is able to keep their car on the road, perhaps the road should be wider?