printf("Copied %n file%s\n", n_files, n_files > 1 ? "s" : "");

There are languages with more than two grammatical numbers. There are languages that use different word order with different numbers. You need to redesign your simple and easy printf statement to accommodate them, and the outcome is bound to be anything but simple and easy.

How much is this in bushels per acre?

50g? Ridiculous. Start with 1/10th of that.

Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi do make real cane sugar drinks. You just need to know where and when to look for them.

Not sure about causation, but correlation is here.

1 km altitude? Sure, that will work. Just need to tell the engineers that whoever crashes the satellite into a mountain, pays for it out of his own pocket.

Ice is white... when not covered by dust.

Mod parent up, now.

Ein Desktop, ein Distro, ein Operatingsystem!

If you want that, you know where to find it.

This is not possible with just a lens, regardless of construction. Howewer, look up 'plenoptic camera' (does this with any regular lens, and a special sensor, sacrificing resolution).

"Assault rifle" is a term made up by politicians

Or rather by one particular politician, named Adolf Hitler.

Well, it does radiate more energy than it gets from the Sun...

"my ISP serves me their self-signed cert instead of Slashdot's real one."

You see a page/popup that says "this certificate is bogus, somebody is fooling around with your connection". From that point on, if you decide to proceed to the site, you are your own worst enemy.

Oh well. Back to the built-in JS blocker, then. Or rather use both built-in blocker and NotScript together.

Doesn't list anything, even if I enable Javascript for its site in NotScripts (yet another reason to install this little lifesaver).

So nuclear reactors are out. Can you program a firewall this way? What about an airline ticket reservation system? A compiler, maybe? A web browser?

His design is very good for instant unit testing, which is fine and dandy and I'm all for it.