This is related to the recent "Why the Fuck?" thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5088815 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5088815) and is something

This is related to the recent "Why the Fuck?" thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5088815 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5088815) and is something I wrote a couple of years ago