It is easier to find bugs in code where all of the objects, variables, methods, etc. are named according to their actual purpose. It is easier for other researchers to integrate their own ideas if the code is self documenting. It is easier to integrate with other software if the interfaces are cleanly defined. It is easier to verify the results of intermediate steps if there is proper encapsulation. Also, proper encapsulation reduces the chances of unintended side-effects when data is modified outside of scope.

My brothers (aged 6 and 8 while I was 3) used to drug me with a NyQuil laced ice cream shake they'd call a "Shamrock Shake" so they could go out to play. Worked wonders, but I won't leave a drink unattended til this day.

Working on it, please be patient...

The very founders, maybe. Many of us are descendants of dreamers who dreamed of a better life, gamblers who took the risk of leaving their homeland, and maybe a smidgen of serial killers who fled before they were caught.

We should draw up versions of all the popular software licenses, (MIT, BSD, GPL, etc.) that specifically exclude the patent troll town of Marshall, TX or even Harrison county, where many of the patent trolls file because of their "plaintiff friendly" juries. The town has benefited from all of the trolling, and they've set themselves up a little local industry for it. Let them do it without software. Maybe name it the Yee-Haw(R) license.

in a 1950's junior high science-fair.

Low end developers will not get their head around the whole codebase. They will add to it in ways that increase complexity unnecessarily. Eventually they will have diminishing returns. High end developers will create paradigm shifts on a routine basis that create simplicity out of complexity and thus create increasing returns. But these rules apply: Inscrutable code != rockstar: If the code is not self-documenting, or if it doesn't follow the established naming conventions, it is crap. Ego != rockstar: the motivation of other developers is also a factor of productivity and one of the best things you can optimize. Gold plating != rockstar: And not just feature gold plating, there is abstraction gold plating and design gold plating, which many alleged rockstars suffer from. But given the choice, I'd wade through 10,000 resumes to find a rockstar.

Do all the dedicated volunteers think their work won't be sold to Oracle? Also, they wouldn't want to break compatibility with this: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/migration/mysql-093223.html

Probably more like bluetooth headsets than calculator watches. It'll be "spot the douche".

I want to volunteer for the elderly, now. I just can't stand Fox News. Is there a match.com for elderly volunteers yet? The only thing worse than dying alone is having a robot reminder that you are alone. I'd visit my mom if I didn't think my ex-brother would show up. :-(

Not a dream. It is adenovirus 36. Mentioned in the article too. Every girlfriend I've ever had must have exposed me to this, lol.

Now snout down in the trough, piggy, or else it gets the hose again...

from TFA: "my main problem with this is it gives Assange supporters a nice safe persecution complex to hide in"

There goes your satire theory.

Yeah? First of all, where's your proof that they would have done that? Secondly, where's your proof that Obama is even remotely left of Nixon. Thirdly, he was given a pass because it was following the lockstep conservative media line. Fourthly, this is a classic example of what passes for a "liberal" journalist.

The so-called liberal media gave the Bush admin passes on lying to wage a "war of aggression" then using chemical warfare to shake-and-bake Iraqi civilians with phosphorus, then committing blatant torture, and all the while lining the pockets of Dick Cheney's corporations with no-bid contracts.

The only reason Obama got into power was because we were too worried about the risk of not voting against the villains that conservatards wanted.

You morons ought to check your tri-cornered hats for mercury content.