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Comment Re:death by manhole cover? (Score 1) 213

How about instead of a party blower we use:

Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man

Hi, I’m Al Harrington, President and CEO of Al Harrington’s Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man emporium and warehouse. Thanks to a shipping error, I am now currently overstocked on Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Men, and I am passing the savings on to you.

Comment Re:Makes sense (Score 1) 1123

And that Ladies and Gentlemen is exactly why you can't argue with someone who believes in the Bible. They'll always have be able to say things like:

You seem to be doing a lot of "Miracles can't happen because I believe the way I see the world work is the way it always works and has worked"

When their view is a 100% dependent on Miracles that none of us have seen and with the added bonus that we believe in evolution which points to the fact that things were different in the past and will continue to be different in the future.... Double Double thinking makes my head hurt

Comment Dont Hide your work (Score 1) 842

I'm an application engineer who started off as a validation tech and I can tell you that helping people out and making my resources available have helped me keep my job in uncertain times and be accepted as a peer. There's a tendency among a lot of programmers to keep their "magic sauce" to themselves (and no I dont mean anything dirty by that, I mean those little tools and scripts that you accumulate to make your own job easier). Some guys seem to think that it makes them more valuable, but in my experience sharing your "magic sauce" lets those around you appreciate your skill set and gives you an informal peer review process that can correct/optimize your own tools. In my experience helping people out always pays long term dividends, but can cause short term heart ache. There will always be some jack ass that will try to take credit for your work, but (generally) it'll bit them in the ass in the end and those guys/gals that do appreciate your help will often surprise you with what they have to offer at a later date.

Comment Re:Troll? Really? (Score 1) 445

Wow, you almost caused my head to explode ... I personally consider libertarianism to mean "Taking responsibility for your own actions with a strong belief in personal/economic freedom". I guessing in your "unfair" world, we should all just blame someone else and then have our impartial governments sort it out. Most of the libertarians I've met live in rural communities and are not rich. They/we feel like Governments pass laws primarily for self preservation, whether its to increase reliance on itself or by pandering to lobbyists for financial incentives , the end result is that the public good is often an after thought.

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