Um, WW2 operations in Germany continued into the 50s. Nazi death squads continued to operate for several years.

And don't forget Korea, which is still an active, albeit very low key right now, war.

Apparently you missed the news that McCain supporters were pulled over by police. Or that Ron Paul supporters are dangerous militia kooks.

I don't think it's a Republican/Democrat thing. When a group comes to power that feels they have been oppressed, the first thing they do is exact revenge. Sometimes that's lopping off heads, sometimes that's making fun of the opposition.

Regardless, the theme continues throughout history.

I use 1-K kerosene to heat my workshop. The Amish in our area use it to heat, cook, and light their homes.

First off, kerosene lamps don't have to be "foul-smelling". That usually means that a wick isn't adjusted right.

And you can easily get plenty of light from the right lamp - check out the Aladdin lamps that are used in parts of the US (don't know where else might use them). Simple lamp, cheap fuel, equivalent to a 60w bulb.

I like LEDs, most of my flashlights use them. But kerosene lamps have proven themselves over many, many years to be reliable and cheap. Introducing LED technology to countries without manufacturing capability means that they are just going to continue to be dependent on others.

Wow, I re-read my post and still can't find where I claimed my experiences were scientific either.

But nice rant. Maybe you could make a movie of your life and call it Anger Management.

Meh, it goes both ways. How many younger coders feel they are god's gift to the industry?

Personally, I welcome anyone who wants to be a programmer. Show me you want to learn, and I will mentor you. I will also listen to your ideas and will likely learn something from your fresh insight.

But show me you are an asshat, and I'll treat you accordingly.

I'd note that everything you mention above has been an issue for the 24 years I've been a programmer.

The customers always want more features or a different interface, interfacing with other systems has always been a problem (witness SNA, EDI, and a host of other painful solutions), some programmers have always felt that the "new" generation is less talented, and in 1984 the CFO at the company I worked for spent most of his time writing Lotus macros and "designing" how our freight dispatching system would work.

That said, anyone who has been in the business for more than a day has seen paradigms come and paradigms go.

All that usually means is that someone, somewhere, is making a shitload of money from convincing someone else that they need to change the way they are doing development.

Not only is your experience not "scientific" (as if experiences could be), it is not typical.

I worked in higher education for many years. The consensus among my colleagues was that homeschooled kids were usually in the top tier of academic work and had no more problems with social interactions than any other college freshman.

In short, they were normal students who were better prepared academically that the majority of their peers.

When we homeschooled our son he was on the homeschool group's fencing team, did auto-restoration, participated in student council, took ASL classes, and orchestra.

The meme that homeschoolers are socially isolated is a canard used by public schooling activists to scare people into using their underperforming and failing institutions. IMHO of course.

The title states that a "Diet of Fast Food and Candy May Cause Alzheimers" and the link states that "diet rich in fat, sugar, and cholesterol could increase the risk of Alzheimer's".

Yet in the body of the article we get this little gem: "We now suspect that a high intake of fat and cholesterol in combination with genetic factors ... can adversely affect several brain substances...".

Seems they conveniently left out sugar in the summary.

Interesting