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Lumps of rock flying through space could cause catastrophic damage to our planet. What could we do if we found one on a collision course? Step 1: Put hands in air. Step 2: Run around randomly, screaming.
OK, that wouldn't stop it, but that (and a few [dozen] beverages) would be my contribution.
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Have everyone point their laser pointer at it ? That would destroy it right ?
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Those really cool ones I keep getting the adverts for might do a bit of ablation. Hmmm...
By the FSM, I think you've solved this one! 
TTFN - Kent
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How about start practicing with the non-doomsday ones...
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It depends. If it's almost as big as the Earth, I would move to the opposite side of the planet and wait for the Earth to start traveling the universe. 
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Mozilla has filed a motion with a U.S. District Court requesting information about potential Firefox vulnerabilities unearthed by the government in a criminal investigation. If it's broke, they need to fix it...
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If it's broke... eh, whatever. 
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Not spending enough time in the Land of Nod could turn you into a literal sleepyhead, reducing your cognitive capacities to the point of being “functionally drunk,” according to the co-author of a new study into sleeping patterns around the world. Which is my excuse for that code I wrote last night
It's just not as much fun
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In this house we call it Paste Face.
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Ron Anders wrote: Paste Face.
May I inquire as to the origin of that term?
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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Comes from the all night party days after rock n' roll gigs. You get pasty tongue, eyes, you name it. No amount of toothpaste, mouth wash, coffee or carbonated soda will bring relief save for some good sleep.
Now we're old (er) and any time we didn't sleep so well we call it that.
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I see.
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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"functionally drunk:" well, of course, how else would you write insanely great code ?
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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It required a study to confirm "sleep drunk" exists? Seriously?
Who is paying for this nonsense?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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From the study: This work was supported by the Biomathematics Program at the Army Research Laboratory (W911NF-13-1-0449), the Human Frontier Science Program grant RPG 24/2012, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant FA 9550-14-1-0092.
Apparently I am. 
"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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Well one thing is knowing it, another is knowing how much it does affect the single individuals.
For example, we all know that caffein is a stimulant. But how much, and how reliably? My father gets sleepy but has palpitations; a friend of mine becomes like euphorically drunk with no inhibitions whatsoever with half a glass of coke; I get functional. But what is the average? If a generic person drinks a certain amount of caffeine what's the more probable effect and what's its magnitude? Those things are important for a number of reasons.
Also if you look to the financers of the original research you may see that they are various branches of the Army - in battle operations sleep deprivation is a danger real and constant so it's of paramount importance to know exactly how it will affect the majority of operators AND possibly to devise methods of selection / evaluation of resistance to sleep deprivation. Lives depend on it.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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den2k88 wrote: Lives depend on it.
..yes, fine example of a justification for the expense.
den2k88 wrote: it's of paramount importance to know exactly how it will affect the majority of operators
As you have explained yourself, that would be rather subjective, not quite the average.
And no, ain't the first study looking for the effects of sleep-deprivation 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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If “Tracy” were on your team, how would you handle her? Think of this as online management certification training
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Message Closed
modified 13-May-16 6:43am.
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Did you actually read the entire article? She was moved to a different department where has been a valuable asset for 8 years.
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Before reading the conclusion I voted to get to the bottom of the issue and give her another chance. So I guess my instincts were good. Everyone deserves a second chance, sometimes it just takes time to figure out what makes a person tick.
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Certbot is the next iteration of the Let's Encrypt Client; it obtains TLS/SSL certificates and can automatically configure HTTPS encryption on your server. For everyone who wants a little 'S' in their HTTP
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James Gosling sounds off on Oracle's culture and handling of Java, clarifies some past comments, and addresses his "low expectations." "Oracle is a pretty transparent company in terms of motivation"
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Macros have always been popular, first as part of the product, and now as an extension. In response to your feedback we have upgraded the Macros for Visual Studio 2013 extension to be compatible with Visual Studio 2015. You can download the upgraded extension from the Visual Studio Gallery. Macro all the things!
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