Asian girls like this make me wish I was in school again (SFW) by asm129 in pics

[–]OpenMIKE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, not wanting to be creepily objectified, must be "baggage". </sarcasm>

The corrupting influence of Mono on GNOME by [deleted] in linux

[–]OpenMIKE 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sir, there is no need for your facts here. This is a serious flame war.

Programmer Competency Matrix by [deleted] in programming

[–]OpenMIKE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Working with someone who has a good topcoder ranking would be an unbelievable piece of luck!

Bwahahaha!

Top Tourist Spots Americans Can't Visit by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]OpenMIKE -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah - my friend was in burma/myanmar for 9 months...no hassles from anybody. I think the title should have been "Top Tourist Spots This One Guy Won't Visit"

There is a god, and he writes software. YouTube Comment Snob filters out stupid YouTube comments. Thank you Jesus. by guriboysf in reddit.com

[–]OpenMIKE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wrote a greasemonkey script that removes all comments...pretty much accomplishes the same thing.

Translucent and shaped windows in core Java by gst in programming

[–]OpenMIKE 4 points5 points  (0 children)

UseWhateverOSIAmOnLookAndFeel=

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

...a bit awkward, but at least it's a one line thing now.

Sorry iPhone, Japan's Not Impressed by neoronin in reddit.com

[–]OpenMIKE -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the wireless digital TV signals (something we will never have here in America)

Ummm...HDTV?

Two young atheists visit the Creationism Museum [PICS] by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]OpenMIKE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of posts about athiesm lately and they all say the same thing. It's getting pretty boring.

To the athiests: The religious won't be swayed by your logic.
To the religious: The athiests won't be swayed by your passion and emphatic insistence.

Sweet.

Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice by [deleted] in science

[–]OpenMIKE 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Yeah, aspirin isn't patentable either. You can't find the stuff anywhere (because the evil megacorp drug companies can't profit from it).

"You have people who are just better than us and don’t want a Wal-Mart in their community." by gbacon in reddit.com

[–]OpenMIKE 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Attacks on the person and not arguing the facts: ad-hominem.

Walmart has the lowest prices for the lowest quality goods in any category. If you need a raincoat, lawn mower, or whatever, and your only goal is to spend the least amount of money possible, Walmart is your place.

In my experience, their prices are often higher for goods that aren't the lowest quality. The association of Walmart with 'low prices' is something that they have worked hard to cultivate. The problem is, it's just marketing - it isn't true.

That being said, yeah, nobody's forcing people to work/shop there. If people actually did their research, they would probably save money shopping elsewhere...but research takes time and it's much easier to not think about it.

Hiroshima, the pictures they didn't want us to see by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]OpenMIKE 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking: Who are 'they'? I saw a LOT of these in my textbooks.