Until two programmers are modifying ActFoo(), and then it's painful again.

Yeah, this is it. If you do the things that slow down windows, it will slow down. I've had Win boxes that have been horrible to boot, but it's because I installed a lot of services in the background (often without realizing it.....auto-updates come with device drivers, etc). I've also had Win boxes that are just as snappy as ever, because I kept them clean.

Outrage is almost always a sign that someone is trying to manipulate you (either for page views, or something else).

That's the problem. If you merge quickly, merging is usually painless. If everyone saves a week of work for merging, it can get really painful.

Where do you find an independent taxi?

If you think Starcraft has no strategy, you should watch this strategy guide. That link really helps to see the depth of strategy involved, between units that are quick but weak (like cavalry), and an army that is powerful but slow. Different army compositions, etc.

They can. All it takes is a constitutional amendment. If you have enough lousy people in your country, there is no law, no constitution that will protect you.

They call it Mob, I call it RAID:
Redundant Array of Incompetent Developers.

I've wondered that. Beyond noise as a distraction, when they're that close, personal hygiene becomes a distraction.
Hard to concentrate when you can smell your neighbor didn't shower this week.

This is one of the 'hidden' secrets of pair programming........the quality of your partner matters a lot. With pair programming, suddenly interpersonal skills matter a lot more than they ever did with normal programming, because you literally have to work with someone on every line of code.

Wow, good find, I always thought Newton had said that.

Did you read the licensing agreement when you uploaded it to iTunes? It probably answers your question.

Ah, but now it sounds like you are trying to argue that religion is useful, even if god is not real.

Your idea of religion sounds like something you picked up in high school from some kind of evangelical pastor who was out to make money. Never trust someone who preaches for money. None of the religions I mentioned (or the scriptures I referred to) say "well and sincerely." Tantric yoga doesn't even come close.

But lets assume that it did say sincerely......it is still wrong. You know if you are sincere or not. That is something you can discern and know. So it is falsifiable there too.......you are wrong on multiple levels.

Computer Science enrollment increased dramatically. The male demographic of men is completely different, too. It's not just people who enjoyed programming before they got to college, now CS is the thing to do if you grow up playing video games.