Comments for Joel Grus

Comment on Toys “R” Us and/or the Chinese are Trying to Kill Me with Poison Monkeys by Professor Coldheart

Professor Coldheart — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:11:29 +0000

Don’t forget to close the font-shrinking tag when you’re done with your footnotes. Now everything else on the page is tiny.

Comment on Toys “R” Us and/or the Chinese are Trying to Kill Me with Poison Monkeys by Joel

Joel — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:05:24 +0000

My brain is forever developing.

Comment on Toys “R” Us and/or the Chinese are Trying to Kill Me with Poison Monkeys by fundling

fundling — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:07:44 +0000

It is time to face reality.
Your brain is no longer developing.
The lead cannot hurt you now.

Comment on A Sky Daddy Is a Sky Daddy by Pasquin

Pasquin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:34:13 +0000

I’m inspired by these events. To wit, I’m building a temple to the all mighty bomb, ala Planet of the Apes, right in Hiroshima. Maybe Nagasaki as well.

When people complain it is in bad taste, I’ll tell them they can’t question my irrational belief system. So there.

Comment on Bicycle Race by Ernunnos

Ernunnos — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:09 +0000

This post is useless without pictures.

Comment on The Validity of Keynesian Economics by Ben

Ben — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:37:30 +0000

How so? I’ve been thinking about this for a while and can’t come up with anything.

Comment on Equal Protection, Sex with Teachers, and Student-Athletes by Alrenous

Alrenous — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:02:01 +0000

Damn, I think it must be time to make my own private organization for the explicit purpose of having its rules written into criminal law.

Comment on Equal Protection, Sex with Teachers, and Student-Athletes by Joel

Joel — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:22:55 +0000

If you’re asking about the penalty for “sex with students,” the news article claims it’s criminal.

If you’re asking about the NCAA, it’s definitely criminal in Washington State:

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=19.225.110

and since it seems to be the same law in different states, I assume that’s true everywhere else:

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/ncaa/legislation+and+governance/eligibility+and+recruiting/agents+and+amateurism/uaaa/history.html

Comment on Equal Protection, Sex with Teachers, and Student-Athletes by William

William — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:19:17 +0000

Joel: Are you sure its a criminal penalty and no a civil penalty?

Comment on Why Software Testers Should Run for Congress by John Tchoe

John Tchoe — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:16:53 +0000

I don’t think software developers have to deal with perpetual cries of, “OH, WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?”