I sort of agree, but then, do we have time to wait for the 'logical evolution of the science'? Most science is done by making observations that prove hypotheses. In this case there is a slight problem with this way of making science. Once the observations are indisputable, its a bit too late to change things.

That is why I back 100% the hypothesis that leads the human race to clean up their act and (I hope) create technology that ultimately leads to a Star Trek sort of socialist utopia.
Even if it costs current-day industrialists their last million in bonuses.

FTFY.
I challenge you to find two people outside of the USA who hate Snowden.

Matlab? Dreaded? Why?
I don't like it. But its good for its purpose, I find.

Is it? "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these" (the Bible, Mark 12:31) On the other hand, if we allow a bit of forward-looking, soon there will be a lot more neighbours to love. And "the need of the many outweigh the need of the few" (that other Star* series).

I guess developing an area for its zoned purpose can't really be thought of like any sort of "revenge" by any sane person. Seems like there isn't going to be tower blocks built there...

If I'd happen to work in the Swedish puvblic sector, what I'd want to know first is:
does it run systemd?

If only 16% of /. readers commit to FOSS projects, then why am I reading this site?
I might as well read The Onion.

What T.Cook says or doesn't say is insignificant compared to what the influx of the american (western) culture that comes from selling the Apple (and similar) stuff does to these countries' human (and similar) rights. It might not be evident instantly, but the base currents are changing.

I've never been to Indiana, but I guess the case is pretty different there, so a more direct approach might be needed.

Just one car per terrorist attack, surely. An autonomous car involved in such an accident could surely inform others cars locally to yield control to their human overlords. Or just stop.

Still, probably easier to develop the AI of the cars to not rely on such lane markings in the first place. And cheaper in the long run.

GP does make a point, unlike you.
You don't even make a counter-point.
But then, what do we expect from an AC?

Religously fundamentalist mathematician?
An Engineer who thinks the earth is just that 6000 years old?

These suggestsions sound so idiotic, axiamatically & obviously false, that I thought I should just mod parent down. But since someone has already modded parent up, I ask instead: please link *anything* that suggests STEM education correlates with fundamentalism. This can't be true.

I bow to my master. I didn't realize what was happening untill the next sentence:

During my soon 20 year carreer in IT, I've not met such a 'brogrammer'. Not once. They are really scarce, I find.
And why? Because it looks unprofessional. If the README is full of jokes, the most likely explanation is that this is because the code is full of shit. One, perhaps two dick-jokes in the README, and my BS detector might not beep. But as it is now, I would not want to touch DICSS.

Just to put this in context, I am an completely average instantiation of the 'male programmer' stereotype. (white, hetero, soon-to-be middle-aged). And I did find the DICSS README funny.

"exceedingly well known"? How I hate the smell of elitism this late in the evening. Untill 1 minute ago, I had never heard of the 'china syndrome' either.

But seems I am alone in my ignorance :)

No. English is a terrible language to convey ideas in. It is more imprecise and ambiguous than any other language I know, save mandarin.
English sort of works for art where these values are at a premium, and prose is where it fits best. I don't think it is a coincidence that the worlds most famous bard was English.

With HW going open source, shall we now start hating HW patenting similar to how we hate SW patenting?

What is the fundamental difference between e.g. python and pyhdl http://pyhdl.net/?
Or have we (secretly) hated HW patenting all along, just as bad as SW patenting?
Or is it just the current setup of the patent system that is the problem?

Zoidbergs win.

Why is it so much easier to be mean than polite? Or to slip into (the passive-agressiveness of) political correctness? Some design flaw there in the human brain/soul.