It's fun to see the same old stuff trotted out again. I worked for a company called Division (in Bristol, England) in the mid 90's. Our speciality was VR. We had everything from live-coding, to games, to military combat trainers, to nuclear power station simulations to fault analysis and engineering training systems…

I believe if you look around, you can find ways to buy a tiny bit of property, perhaps a square inch, if every state, if for some sentimental reasons Google turned up this example:

If you have the window seat, you get the armrest next to the window.

And the updated version

The story itself is cool, if not the cast. Anything is possible even in /famous people popping up in photographs, The cameraman Neil Davis filmed his own unexpected death in Thailand in 1985 for example.

The image was captured in 2009

Amen. Whenever a defect comes in related to code I am unfamiliar with, more than half the time is just spent figuring out what the code is doing, then resolving the issue.

So true. I used to program on a TI 83, which does not allow for comments (and only allows one letter variable names) so if I didn't keep paper notes and I left a program for a while, it was practically impossible to pick back up.

The code itself may suck, but what separates truly bad code from inefficient code is lack of documentation and comments. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at source for a project and had so many WTFs simply because someone failed to put in even a two word comment.

One of my favorite quotes goes "One of my…

This is silly because humans are pretty buoyant in salt water, they don't just start sinking. I could understand if the water was choppy with waves crashing over your head, but it's fairly calm. In a situation like this, you would die of exposure and dehydration or hypothermia after nightfall before you would die of…

A cable's bend radius is a function of how thick the wire is, how much insulation it has, and how much shielding.

Makes sense. You don't stare at or make eye contact with the homeless, because 1) you might offend some leading to an unpleasant confrontation, 2) you might give some the impression that they can approach you for money.

Windows XP

Maybe make HBO worth paying for?

At this point I don't think they are even pranking anyone... this is just testing public reaction for prototype products. Not a bad usage of April's 1st in any case.

I use Aviate and Cover. Wish I could vote for both.

Holding hands with strangers in the middle of winter. This is basically a flu transmission booth.

Discrimination against germaphobes!