Sounds like all open source projects in Boston

As opposed to those of us with girlfriends.

That must be why the mother ship has all those lights. Cooling lasers. The overlords see in the heat spectrum (or not at all) and so never expected us to detect them. Blaart: It's like the huuuman is looking right at ussss. Pleaotard: Not possible, Overlord Blaartumus. We have the cooling lasers working overtime.

She seems to be collecting one of everything.

When they realize they canned their "best programmer"

Really? What does the employer bill for the employees hours on the project? I think $150-200 is the norm.

I can't say I'm shocked to see all these comments advocating commenting deleted code. I wish you would make it easier on the hiring managers and put in your resume that is your preference so we can weed you out of the hiring process.

Answers like this scare me. There's no reason to comment instead of delete code if you have source control. Diff "previous version" works better than any comment. Can't believe anyone considers commenting out for one iteration hasn't been slapped by even the most intermediate Dev on their team.

If he's a woman, what does it matter what sex he is?

Uh. I mean 12

Specifically, they had an idea that it was possible, and they tested it.

It certainly opens the door to ideas Star Trek fans have had for 40+ years.

Crighton characters also discussed in at length in the novel Sphere.

The cost of putting out this single fire CAN be quantified. It's ridiculous to think it couldn't.
The firemen went on-site and watched a man's house burn down despite him offering to pay "whatever it costs" to put out the fire.

Certainly if they put out the fire and accepted the $75 fee, everyone outside the city fire coverage would likely cancel their fire coverage.
But if the fire department stated simply, "Sir, you didn't opt in for fire covereage so you will be assessed a fee covering the cost of putting out the fire outside of the coverage. is this acceptable?"

The man would say yes, the city would put out the fire, save the dogs, and likely sue the mortgage company for the house to recover the cost.

They let the house burn, risked losing control of the fire, possibly damaged the property (and property values) of the neighbor which DID pay for coverage.

This is a mistake by the fire dept. they were not responsible for responding to his request for putting out the fire: true. but they were responsible for ensuring the safety and protection of the rest of the paying neighborhood. A moral obligation is a different issue, and something tells me this man has a history with the municipality that came into play during this decision.

Ha. Einstein. What an idiot.

Jesus, of course. Don't you read?