Even if you're right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus two plus one plus one.

Hard to believe it's been 14 years. Well done, sir. Take a nice long break; you deserve it.

Hey, me too! I thought I must be the only one. Ah well, I may not have a nice UID but I know I was there.

Your English is fine... there was nothing wrong with that sentence. It was perfectly understandable. That guy is just being an asshole.

"You're just not thinking fourth-dimensionally!"

"Right, right, I have a real problem with that."

Yes, we wouldn't want anyone to upset the app cart.

Netcraft confirms it: Osama bin Laden is dead.

I'm afraid that was Edmund Wells. That's Ambbersands with two Bs, which I read when I was a sboolboy.

Well crap, I had my money on Perl 6.

Solar physicists have also threatened to melt every city on earth with liquid hot "plasma" unless we give them... one million dollars!

Sure, it's roguelike.

I love that Stephen Wright quote.

You're correct in that taxpayer money does supplement most universities budgets. However, taxpayer money mainly funds administrative costs, some operating costs, and faculty/staff salaries. At most universities, the majority of research funding comes from outside sources. The reason Federal grants allow PI's to patent their discoveries made with Federal dollars is that there is extra motivation for innovation, and eventually (in theory) the invention will become part of the public domain when the patent expires. Whereas a useful new pharmaceutical usually has a lifetime of decades and therefore yields benefits after patent expiration, advances in technology are typically useful for less time than the patent lifetime. Thus, I think the Feds intentions aren't quite fulfilled in those cases.

Here's one that no one seems to know for some reason. You can hit Ctrl-C instead of Esc for switching from insert mode into command mode. I find it much more convenient.