Regardless of the context of any discussion, whenever women are visible, they are to be evaluated immediately in terms of their attractiveness to the men present.

Hang the motherfucker out to dry. He's betting that you'll do whatever it takes to build the thing he promised ASAP. He's betting that you won't realise that you're in control of the situation. You've done nothing wrong, he's promised something unreasonable without consultation. This is a calculated maneuver on his part ...

[quote user="Weng"].... Sweet fucking god, I knew there was a reason I avoided Rails like the plague.[/quote] Rails is genuinely pretty slick if what you're building fits its intended development scenario, and DHH means well, but yeah... anybody who claims they've put in their "10,000 hours" automatically gets a black ...

I remember hoping this would turn out to be a quickly-forgotten fad when it was first announced. Instead it's achieved that middle-of-the-road kind of traction where it'll never take over the world, but still lingers on with a large enough userbase to thrive somewhat. Such a shame. I think it's been helped a lot by its inclusion in ...

[quote user="Salamander"]You're assuming the only reason people respond to trolls is out of anger and not something like boredom or just to see how hilariously insane the troll's statements can become.[/quote]  Doesn't sound like the ingredients for the epitome of discussion to me ...

[quote user="arh"]Seriously, in what scenario could you possibly envisage this argument not happen?[/quote] Allow me to reiterate my earlier post in plain language. OldCrow does not actually believe that Genesis is the literal origin story of the world. Internet forums have a long and storied history of people feigning all kinds of ...

[quote user="OldCrow"]Controversial fringe religious opinions[/quote] [quote user="Everyone Else"]Taking those statements at face value and arguing about those opinions[/quote] [quote user="OldCrow"]Relishing the kind of attention that daddy would never give him when he was a boy[/quote] Oh, come on, guys.  ...

[quote user="Psychosmurf"]Does this antipattern have a name?[/quote]    http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OverUseOfPatterns

[quote user="ObiWayneKenobi"]he didn't even have a computer or internet at home[/quote]Well, that's the first time I've ever heard of that. Wow. Until today I'd have thought that not owning a computer would be fatal to a career in software. I guess if I was going to have an assumption like that challenged, it would ...

[quote user="ObiWayneKenobi"]I am bumping this back up because I'd like more comments on the actual WTF[/quote]  On-topic discussion? On these forums? [quote user="ObiWayneKenobi"]"We just do what the boss tells us to do"[/quote] I have caught myself following this thought process from time to time ...