I love Ruby. It's easily my favorite language right now.

With that said, more verbose doesn't always equate to easier to read nor does terse and short equate to simple. I'm very happy with Ruby's flexibility in that regard.

That's my general pick. And frankly, a lot of gets me hyped up!

Hearing the sales jackasses getting excited during some meeting in the office next to me is basically the most distracting thing I deal with on a near everyday basis Headphones make it go away.

There are not a lot of women in IT or development. It's not a problem. If more women want to get into the industry, they can do it the same way I did or some way that other people have done.

Is there a shortage of male nurses? How about male nannies? Does anyone really give a fuck?

Next.

It's not just the 1% who rely on high birthrates. The ponzi scheme that is Social Security and Medicare are going to be welcome casualties from this change in population growth.

Because this is Slashdot! We're full of mentally enlightened people! Why have pity for people who are mostly uneducated and a product of their upbringing? I mean, if they're third-worlders, that's one thing. However, if you're in America it's because you're some backwoods religious crank who deserves to be locked away forever. It's their fault after all.

I wish I had mod points today. Excellent response.

And while I'm a big fan of Ron Paul, I can't say I'm ever thrilled when I hear things like "gold and silver are the only real money" because it's just dumb. "Value" is in the eye of the beholder and all a government has to do to give something "value" is made it acceptable for taxes. At that moment, it has value and can be traded.

As I like to ask all the gold freaks, "What happens when we can make gold ourselves? How does your system work then?" And I ask because it's going to happen.

I live in Las Vegas and have made plenty of trips to Northern Nevada, and Northern and Southern California. While I am personally a T-Mobile subscriber, the people on the road trips that have the best and most consistant signal are the Verizon guys.

There's still a lot of dead space around here so... that's life.

Actually... we'll be saying hello in a big way. It'll just be a real drag.

Another brilliant post on Slashdot!

The quality of responses around here improve every day.

Same problem here. I just tried to sign up and nothing on the site appears to actually work properly.

Holy shit.

I had to watch some of this. I don't know why, but I couldn't stop. I am in disbelief at just how retarded this is.

Hope and change my friends. Hope and change.

Until we dump the two party monopoly in America, the current direction will not waver regardless of which presidential candidate gets elected.

Even if they did cross breed peas and fireflies, who cares? Genes are genes. All "nature" has been doing is genetic engineering. Nature doesn't "intend" for anything so human meddling—which appears to be our genetic predisposition—is perfectly "natural."

My only issue with genetically engineered food is the patent bullshit that goes with it.

Wait a minute? Are you saying that the situation is more complex and reasonable than the sensationalist headline implies?

No. Not here. You sir must be mistaken.

(Thanks for your reasonable input.)

I'm sorry but how exactly is an iMac (a machine that in general is running UNIX) for people who are challenged? And iChat? So if I use that as a Jabber client now I'm some kind of moron?