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Comment Re: Highways (Score 1) 176

I canâ(TM)t believe it hasnâ(TM)t been mentioned in this thread already. Mercedes-Benz didnâ(TM)t make it illegal. Technically, what happened, was that all vehicles were illegal, and Bill Gates wanted to import. I think a 983 or something. And he lobby to have that 25 year clause so he could import his Porsche.

Comment First post (Score 2) 171

No.

Thatâ(TM)s my answer. No. At this point the âoedesktopâ is moot.

Fifteen years from now âoedesktopâ will mean workstations. And a tiny sliver of the populace will use them.

I used to work in IT and in my new role everything is an app on my phone. So who cares if I run Void or Open BSD on my laptop?

I feel like itâ(TM)s becoming like being the biggest coachbuilder a decade after society switched to automobiles.

Comment And? (Score 1) 22

Congrats to those chemists! I hope that they enjoy the honor and prize money.

I don't put much faith in the awards themselves though. They gave a Nobel prize to the creators of the lobotomy.

They gave peace prizes to President Obama and Henry Kissinger.

Not to mention all is the economic prizes which aren't even technically Nobel prizes.

Comment Re: What did you expect? (Score 1) 524

Youâ(TM)ve been moderated troll but you speak the truth. Weather forecasting is becoming significantly more automated, though it has always been a running joke that âoeyou should be a weather forecaster, the only job you can be wrong more than half the time and keep your jobâ.

Also, why are there public sector unions at all? Isnâ(TM)t a union designed to band employees against their employer? Didnâ(TM)t Lincoln say our government was âoeof, by, and for the people?â So by that line of thinking isnâ(TM)t the union against us, the people?

Comment Re: Scrum Was Never Alive (Score 2) 371

I could not say it better myself.... being able to correctly express yourself (and timeframes) is the true gist of all these agile develoment models. I often say that there are a thousand ways to say the same thing, and how you say it (notice it is not what you say, since you are delivering the same information) is greatly dependant upon the listener. This is no different. Unfortunately, interpersonal communication is so nuanced that it is so much more than a language barrier, and unfortunately, so many developers around the world are lacking in this skill. If they weren't, many organizations would simply not use them.

Comment Scouts? (Score 1) 289

I was a cub scout, and a boy scout.

I was also a Cavalry Scout in the United States Army. MOS is 19D.

"Scouts" as a term predates Baden-Powell (the founder of the scouting movement). He took the term from the definition of reconnoitering - "scouting".

I don't know about the legal ramifications, but I know that they aren't the only organization to use the term "Scouts"

Comment Re:First purchase (Score 1) 770

I want to apologize beforehand; You sir, are an idiot. If I had the inclination, I would explain the difference between buckshot, deerslugs, and how the tumbling of a ar-15 round can cause major injuries. However, I almost feel as if your response is simply a troll. Your comment about sound in a enclosed space with a firearm shows that you really do not have that much knowledge about SPL level either.

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