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		petercooper on Nov 2, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Highly ironic comment from Steve Yegge (scroll dow... Agree in principle, but it's not quite four years. The quoted post was on September 5, 2004. On September 25, 2006, Yegge said "Rhino rocks." - http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/bloggers-block-4-rub... - So two years. The only new thing in that time was JavaScript 1.7 (which was a pretty good release, AFAIR).

swombat on Nov 3, 2008 [–]

Even so, being able to change your mind is a sign of intelligence. Being able to publicly change your mind is a sign of moral fortitude.

Being incapable of either is a sign of stupidity and moral whoredom.

petercooper on Nov 3, 2008 | [–]

Oh, I totally agree. I was just being pedantic over the numbers.

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