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From: Jeff Higgins on 21 Mar 2010 19:21
On 3/21/2010 1:17 PM, Lew wrote:
> Stefan Ram wrote:
>>> Is JUnit tested with unit tests itself?
>>>
>
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Yes. They do eat their own dog food.
>
> A nutrition researcher for the U.S. government of my acquaintance, who
> is an M.D., once told me that Alpo (a brand of dog food) contains all
> the nutrients necessary to sustain human life. He claimed there were
> three such foods: Alpo, grass (which must be juiced because cellulose is
> indigestible), and honeybee pollen.
>

Jeez, I hope the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office doesn't hear about the
grass bit. What's honeybee pollen?


From: Lew on 21 Mar 2010 19:27
Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>> Is JUnit tested with unit tests itself?

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> Yes. They do eat their own dog food.

Lew wrote:
>> A nutrition researcher for the U.S. government of my acquaintance, who
>> is an M.D., once told me that Alpo (a brand of dog food) contains all
>> the nutrients necessary to sustain human life. He claimed there were
>> three such foods: Alpo, grass (which must be juiced because cellulose is
>> indigestible), and honeybee pollen.

Jeff Higgins wrote:
> Jeez, I hope the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office doesn't hear about the
> grass bit.

Grass, not "grass" -
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass>

> What's honeybee pollen?

It's the pollen that honeybees gather from flowers, carry back to their hive,
and treat with various enzymes to be the staple food of the colony.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_pollen>

Ain't Wikipedia grand? In under five minutes you can answer all sorts of
questions!

GIYF, too!

--
Lew
From: Jeff Higgins on 21 Mar 2010 19:38
On 3/21/2010 7:27 PM, Lew wrote:
> Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>>> Is JUnit tested with unit tests itself?
>
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> Yes. They do eat their own dog food.
>
> Lew wrote:
>>> A nutrition researcher for the U.S. government of my acquaintance, who
>>> is an M.D., once told me that Alpo (a brand of dog food) contains all
>>> the nutrients necessary to sustain human life. He claimed there were
>>> three such foods: Alpo, grass (which must be juiced because cellulose is
>>> indigestible), and honeybee pollen.
>
> Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> Jeez, I hope the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office doesn't hear about
>> the grass bit.
>
> Grass, not "grass" -
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass>

Yep, the same.

>
>> What's honeybee pollen?
>
> It's the pollen that honeybees gather from flowers, carry back to their
> hive, and treat with various enzymes to be the staple food of the colony.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_pollen>
>
> Ain't Wikipedia grand? In under five minutes you can answer all sorts of
> questions!
>
> GIYF, too!
>
Yep, it did take 6 minutes for me to get your reply, but then again I've
had coffee and a cigarette on the back porch and didn't have to stretch
a finger. Thanks :)

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