Just wondering if this "New Code of Conduct" isn't some indication of a slow slide or an eventual crash dive to oblivion.

Would love seeing a Linux port of "ExamDiff Pro".

Perhaps rational thought will indeed become common place...

Does your theory take into account the additional heat generated by tidal forces when the moon's orbital radius was smaller?

I think those that write software on terminals limited to 80 characters need to either: 1) retire (you're obviously a fossil) ;) 2) stop being a cheapskate and upgrade your equipment More seriously now, I think a maximum of 100 or 110 columns should be the "new standard or convention" for the column width of source code files (I deal primarily with C/C++, so a different maximum may be better suited for other languages).