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Re:Sorry Dan Shipper and other coders, you are wrong. by kitsune_ on Friday August 17, 2012 @01:41PM (#4397656)
This is a flawed comparison because you do not need to "become a doctor" or read up on medical science to know that there is currently no way to get another pair of functioning human arms on top of the two you already have.

By the way, there are surgical options to grow taller by lengthening the limbs [1]. I'm not a doctor.

[1] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/york-man-grows-inches-surgery/s...

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Re:Sorry Dan Shipper and other coders, you are wrong. by vecinu on Friday August 17, 2012 @01:46PM (#4397703)
I believe the strength of the joke lies in its cunning lesson, not in its details.
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Re:Sorry Dan Shipper and other coders, you are wrong. by Stefan_H on Friday August 17, 2012 @02:03PM (#4397800)
The comparison is spot on. You do not need to "become a developer" in order to understand what is within the realm of possibility for developers to do.
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Re:Sorry Dan Shipper and other coders, you are wrong. by ecubed on Friday August 17, 2012 @01:52PM (#4397734)
And a BizBrah who was somewhat versed in the medical vocabulary would have the ability to research a problem the dotor says is not possible, provide a link to an implemented solution, and the whole project benefits.

The medically educated patient knows just enough to challenge the patient rather than blindly asking for the imposisble

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