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In a new paper posted to the arXiv, and accepted for publication by Physical Review Letters, the physicists report they’ve used X-ray laser light to to capture details as small as the width of an atom, lasting just 30 millionths of a billionth of a second. Spoiler alert! The cat {is|isn't} dead.
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Too bad they can't zap me with a laser so I could split and become one working me and one fishing me.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Give it a try. What's the worst that could happen? 
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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We could end up with 2 working me's? Yikes, that's just too gruesome to think about!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Somehow the film "tron" comes to my mind
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Researchers have found a new strain of document-based macro malware that evades discovery by lying dormant when it detects a security researcher’s test environment. Word and VBA: gifts that keep on giving
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Use smart pointers and move semantics to supercharge your C++ code base. I think a language is popular if someone is willing to pay me to use it
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The article shows a number of possible factors for measuring popularity...
And many of those factors can also indicate that the language is overly complicated or that people simply aren't familiar with it enough to know the answer themselves and are therefore googling for answers. For example, I'm constantly googling about Python stuff because my familiarity with it is orders of magnitude less than my familiarity with C#. Now, does that make Python more popular? Certainly not!
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: I'm constantly googling about Python stuff because my familiarity with it is orders of magnitude less than my familiarity with C#
Which may be the reason we see most of these surveys indicate the more mature languages declining popularity.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I've often felt that such "language ratings" carry an implicit bias against languages that are easy to learn and use.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Use smart pointers and move semantics to supercharge your C++ code base.
Methinks the quote belongs to the previous insider news 
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Yeah, thanks. Shows you how many people actually read this. 
TTFN - Kent
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Some of us have a day job...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Use smart pointers and move semantics to supercharge your C++ code base. I still don't think that language will ever catch on
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'I doubt I could have gotten away with either one,' says the father of the internet Use NetBIOS instead of that silly TCP/IP?
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Nah, IPX/SPX
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Whenever mega-hacks like the Yahoo! fiasco hit the news, inevitably the question gets asked as to why the IT security systems weren't good enough. The answer could be that it's not in a company's financial interest to be secure. A stitch in time costs too much?
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This applies to electronic voting systems to a much higher degree.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Twitter continues to inch its way to a sale process, and the latest developments come in the form of alleged bids from potential buyers. All purchase offers must be limited to 140 characters (or less)
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“Free speech in the age of the Internet is not really free,” journalist warns. "You have the right to free speech as long as you ain't dumb enough to try it"
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Investigations into rats wearing pants, the personalities of rocks and the truthfulness of 1,000 liars won Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday night at Harvard, where Nobel-winning scientists gathered to honor the strangest research of the year. "Science is the poetry of reality." (and these are the limericks)
Explaining that you want to put trousers on rats to a funding agency must have made for an interesting meeting.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: rats wearing pants, the personalities of rocks and the truthfulness of 1,000 liars
Well okay then... 
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Explaining that you want to put trousers on rats to a funding agency must have made for an interesting meeting
Yes, but yet still getting the funds...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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