The wikipedia community has made itself utterly insular and there's way too much protectionism-via-automation.

Make an edit on an article someone thinks is 'theirs' ? Auto reverted via a bot. Complain about it? vote to block.

The constant barrage of Wikipedia-specific jargon and acronyms, all on its own, is enough to turn off most people.

Wikipedia's culture has very much evolved away from everyman's resource to a rarefied and specialized discipline that requires as much specific knowledge as most jobs.

You don't want to get on the airport unless youve bought the hangar there, otherwise the cops will be all over you.

Film at 11.

People who use postcards may not feel the same way.

Ugh, you're that guy. Our VAXen at work have such a system and migrating off it to another CM tool while preserving 25 years of revisions is such a pain in the dick its easier for us to keep the VAXen alive.

I have 3 VAXen at work that are still on 4-hour hardware support contracts. HP has achieved legendary status among my team for being able to show up in less than 4 hours with parts in hand for them, every single time.

a spring and a lever have a MTBF measured in millions of cycles. RoHS-compliant electronics made with commodity parts do not.

And I buy guns with as few extraneous safeties as possible.

*Why* is so much of our science dangerous? Why not *marry* safe science if you love it so much? In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because *you are fired!*

Are you in Zombie Squad? Do the slingshots work against Zombies?

Hes committed to only eating open sores food.

That means you lack experience, not that you're too young.

Now go refill this coffee. No cream, no sugar.

Age is a protected status in the US. You're going to get fired by HR if any of the old guys here you talking about how they suck because they're old.

Jesus is President and CEO, you heathen.

>> The explosives were most likely done to break up certain shapes and destroy electronics.
>> I doubt the materials themselves used to skin the helicopter are as important as compared to the shape of the various components of the copter.

Unfortunately, no.

The use of materials to reduce RCS, both composites and coatings, is a closely guarded secret of materials science.

The LO paint compositions are themselves classified. Getting paint chip samples is a coup for anyone wanting to play catch-up without doing 20 years of research.

I wonder if the lucky bride also received a necklace made entirely out of DNA later in the day.