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Re:Are Your Programmers Working Hard, Or Are They Lazy? by dllthomas on Thursday December 12, 2013 @04:18PM (#6897357)
To be fair, it's perfectly possible that the typical Roman patio cracked and warped in four years. We don't see the things that didn't survive.
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Re:Are Your Programmers Working Hard, Or Are They Lazy? by lostlogin on Friday December 13, 2013 @12:59AM (#6899311)
This may be true, and while I am no archeologist, the summer I spent digging up Roman stuff disagrees. Their style of bricks, more like tiles, is very strong. I'd guess it relates to the ratio of tile to mortar.
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Re:Are Your Programmers Working Hard, Or Are They Lazy? by dllthomas on Friday December 13, 2013 @07:32AM (#6900189)
I don't see how that disagrees substantially. If there was substantial variation in projects (intentional or unintentional), both could easily be the case.
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