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Language DOES shape human thought, as anyone who knows APL can tell you. "Language as an Intellectual Tool: From Hieroglyphics to APL" by Donald B. McIntyre in IBM Systems Journal …

I also considered that possibility, but since I don't know the real reason why, and you don't either, I figured I'd go with the more sensational response, especially since the comm…

OMG! OMG! I'm being downvoted by both females and their pussyboys, you know, the males who will valiantly protect any female, in any situation, against any male, just because of th…

Well, that's all very nice and good and whatnot, except that as soon as such a network comes into existence, one where "anything" is allowed, someone, possibly even the police them…

Followed by 9 paternity suits against the same guy.

Perfect! It just so happens that I am available for the newly-formed C3PO position at your company. My comment was actually BOTH a means of creating a position specifically tailore…

Before the CTO, you might want to get a CPO (Chief Proofreading Officer). "Let’s face it, only a fraction of your day is spent on the tasks and projects that directly effect your b…

Given the nature of the debate, I think it's funny that the HN URL here ends in "404".

"The only thing the US government has ever given up is control over the registry and DNS management. Under a MoU[1] that facility was handed over to ICANN ..." That's just a bureau…

If Google has actually spent that much on renewables, then why didn't they give Bussard the measly $5M (or maybe it was $20M) for which he practically begged them, back on 11/09/06…

But more importantly: Did someone try to use Prolog to mend it?

He wouldn't, unless they're pulling a "Guantanamo" on his ass.

"... the government isn't going to try to censor." Um, what? Our own government censors. They unilaterally take away domain names, without due process or even notice, and they crea…

If only I had some trash with which to create an Internet. I guess there is a downside to clean living. What they did is okay, except: "The public hospital, which houses the endpoi…

This may be a hoax. There are only two occurrences of his name on PACER, and both are discharged bankruptcy cases. Also, the federal inmate locator ( http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/Locat…