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Several buildings at Facebook’s Menlo Park campus have been evacuated after a machine at the company’s mailing facility alerted employees that a package may contain sarin Not going to make light of this. Hopefully it's a false positive.
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Hating the b@stards: OK.
Murdering the b@stards: way over the top.
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Even then. You can dislike the top brass for the greedy decisions, but the mail room guys trying to feed their family? I guess that would assume the potential senders had the mental capacity to think before acting.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Murdering the b@stards: way over the top.
Now hold on - I heard that Facebook employees could survivee a nuclear explosion - like cockroaches...
".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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#realJSOP wrote: I heard that Facebook employees could survivee a nuclear explosion - like cockroaches...
The fact that I believe that wholly and unreservedy has nothing to do with motivation bias.
(Or the laws of Physics, but ne' mind)
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It’s always inspiring to see new technologies making a real difference in our everyday life. It's got to be better than typing it
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Jeeze! Great one!
Biggest laugh I've had this week!*
Anyone who can read out loud -- and properly pronounce -- a fiftieth the perl I've had to try to make head and tail of is a better man than I, Gunga Din!
* Pay no attention to the fact that it's only Tuesday behind the curtain
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I once shared a cube with 3 other programmers. My first day one emailed me and said if I had any questions don't hesitate to ask. I replied back and said I would give them a jingle if I did. Programmers don't talk to people, why would we talk to an inanimate object? Besides I don't think I want my laptop typing in the words I say when my code doesn't work the way I want it to. Maybe I'm just old school introvert.
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I just wrote my first voice generated PERL script:
open open bracket no open bracket you stupid pile of tin am i meant to say ( ah yes so i am good now where was i yes open bracket damn no backspace backspace will you delete all start again open ( o do come on infile comma arg vector zero no you berk that's dollar sign upper A upper R upper G upper V open square bracket zero close square bracket o my god are you serious i have to leave at midnight close square bracket close bracket oh not again god i hate computers awe no i said awe not or really where's my goddamn keyboard die double quote no scratch that just die
It's a cool enough script but for some reason it won't run.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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A new study suggests people stop gathering evidence earlier when the data supports their desired conclusion than when it supports the conclusion they wish was false. All the evidence I need to believe them
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OK, I have a "Duh!"
Any raise on "Duh!"?
Anyone?
Yes, we have a "Fer F^^k's sake!"
Any raise on "Fer F^^k's sake!"?
Anyone?
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Another proof... they won't stop doing "studies" of the elephantingly obvious just because their interest is in the funds and no the relevance of the "conclusions"
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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Nelek wrote: Another proof... they won't stop doing "studies" of the elephantingly obvious just because their interest is in the funds and no the relevance of the "conclusions"
That's not the only reason, though.
Don't forget the "I'm a cr@p teacher who wouldn't last ten minutes in the real world, and I haven't got a clue what to do with my students!" factor.
Never ascribe to, and all that.
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Early reports of 'Oumuamua's odd characteristics led some to speculate that the object could be an alien spacecraft, sent from a distant civilization to examine our star system. So much for a "Rendevous with Rama" sequel
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Kent Sharkey wrote: So much for a "Rendevous with Rama" sequel
Well, apart from the three that Gentry Lee wrote and Clarke edited. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Don't spoil my bad blurbs with The Truth!
TTFN - Kent
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You Can't Handle The Truth![^] 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Given that astronomers have to admit they were "mistaken" 80% of the time, it's much more than reasonably safe to assume that Oumuamua is an alien spacecraft, sent from a distant civilization to examine our star system.
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Duh 
#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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Seventeen years after Kylix, Embarcardero adds a complete Linux toolchain to Delphi That's the feature that will bring everyone back!
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I never used Delphi professionally, but I pottered with it, and, at a time when VB was "the next big thing", it was a lot bigger and a lot better.
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Microsoft announced it almost a year ago, but starting today Windows Phone 8.x handsets will no longer receive app updates from the Microsoft Store. "Something touched me deep inside, the day the music died" (or the books anyway)
People actually bought books from the Microsoft store?
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People actually bought ebooks? (At least ones with DRM you can't break?)
Dead-tree-books never stop working.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Until you drop them in the bath, yes.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Until you drop them in the bath, yes.
Ah, so that's why the pages of some of your books are stuck together!
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