Comment Obligatory (Score 0) 383
"I don't know how to explain source control without waving a gun." -- The Profound Programmer
http://i.imgur.com/I4C16.jpg
Comment It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. (Score 0) 134
And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
Comment Re:heh (Score 0) 1091
I have used many different Linux distributions since 1985
You sure about that? Linux was released in '91.
Comment Re:Well (Score 0) 756
I'm not a nutter, I am a realist.
How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily--how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
Comment Re:Well good to know (Score 0) 356
Can you even tell us what exactly Stratfor is and just what it is that they do- without looking it up on Google or Wikipedia?
Fine, I'll use bing, but nobody said I have to like it.
Comment Oblig. XKCD (Score 0) 361
Comment Re:I encode my email with ROT13 (Score 0) 601
Well that's pretty silly considering ROT13 has been considered broken for YEARS now. As soon as I found out myself, I made the switch to ROT26 right away.
Comment Re:Just like desktop linux. (Score 0) 636
You, sir, are a genius. You may have just revolutionized the future of analogies. You're average Joe nowadays probably doesn't understand car analogies, and consequently, won't understand the presented reasoning. With these new McDonald's analogies we now have the power to reach a much broader audience. From all of us at slashdot: Thank you.
Comment Re:Information (Score 0) 650
In his theory, gravity exists because of a difference in concentration of information in the empty space between two masses and its surroundings.
So... information wants to be free?
Yeah, he's just not getting it. Somebody queue the car analogies.
Comment Re:Mammals (Score 1, Insightful) 478
Are you implying that God is Just Another Perl Hacker?
Comment Re:Mammals (Score 0) 478
That would certainly explain the Perl Golf Apocalypse.
Comment Re:While slightly humorous (Score 0) 208
And when you go around mocking the people who died doing something stupid, often times you are too busy laughing to know the whole story."
And how would knowing the whole story make her actions any less stupid? Her actions led to her death. Mocking her actions is a good thing-it might encourage others not to do similar things. I'd like to think I would never do anything as stupid as that but if I do, I fully expect to be mocked for it. Because I'd deserve it.
Take the story of the girl jumping in the water after her moped for instance. Now lets say she had a ring worth $100,000 tucked away in the seat. Now the person's actions don't seem so stupid. Granted some people will argue that no amount of money is worth risking your life, but the point still remains. Almost anything can seem "stupid" if you're not looking at every variable in the equation.
That being said, I don't condone stupidity. I am a firm believer in this bash quote.
#4753 +(16242)- [X] The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
Comment You're best bet (Score 0) 799
Just may be finding a way to get him interested in programming. Find something the kid likes and (if applicable) relate it to programming. If the kid's personality has developed enough to where you can tell if he's an Introvert or Extravert it may make it easier on you. Introverted personality types (such as INTJ or INTP) tend to have the interest in subjects like programming which may drive them to excel at it.
Comment Re:Innovation! (Score 0) 525
An engine can either be a V or an inline, not both...
Actually, the VR6 engine is somewhat of hybrid, which combines the benefits of a straight-6 and V-6 engine.
Comment First submitted application! (Score 0) 80
I have taken the honor of making the first application to utilize these API's. My application is attached to my email address and all you have to do is email me your credit card number, along with your full name and full SSN (don't panic, the SSN is only needed as a Primary key for the database). Help me and paypal get started testing! Email me payments to JoeFisher@blatantscam.org, I'll take that $150,000 any time you're ready, paypal.
