I have never actually paid attention to how different logical 'or' and english 'or' is. This strikes me as a trivial example of why legalese is so hard to read.

kqr215y ago

Obligatory link to pg's Ramen Profitable essay:

http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html

chaostheory15y ago

Courtesy of Google Translate:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h...

c1sc015y ago

I could see this take off in the startup community, just order a 3-month supply before you start coding. If you do this right & "sell the dream" then it could work for much the same reasons those crappy nutritional supplement products work. I'm not buying though, I'm already fully supplied.

patio1115y ago

This is, apparently, fresh ramen. It has a 30 day shelf life. 3 month supplies might be a little problematic.

Groxx15y ago

I'd love for this to come out in America. Everywhere I look, all I find is this junk: http://www.maruchan.com/maruchan_ramen.html

devinj15y ago

Beats this stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Noodles

I had some really interesting (and expensive) ramen called sapporo ichiban, it was delicious. Then I discovered it had about the caloric content of a big mac, but without any redeeming qualities (a big mac has, for example, actual vitamin content).

astine15y ago

Maruchan is better than Top Ramen.

c4urself15y ago

an attempt to tap into the ramen-eating startup market?

timinman15y ago

That's Ruby community love, folks.

ramen15y ago

I prefer Python.

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teilo15y ago

It claims that part of the proceeds from the sale of the noodles will be used to promote and develop the Ruby programming language. Truth or a stunt?

byoung215y ago

Literally ramen profitable?

bombs15y ago

No, profitable ramen.

nandemo15y ago

It's true:

http://www.ruby-assn.org/ja/index.htm

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h...

Matsue Ramen is from Matsue city, where Matz lives.

hartror15y ago

I love the japanese.

Groxx15y ago

It can't be both?

mdwrigh215y ago

He said 'truth or stunt?' not 'truth xor stunt?'!

tkahnoski15y ago

I have never actually paid attention to how different logical 'or' and english 'or' is. This strikes me as a trivial example of why legalese is so hard to read.

kqr215y ago

Obligatory link to pg's Ramen Profitable essay:

http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html

chaostheory15y ago

Courtesy of Google Translate:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h...

c1sc015y ago

patio1115y ago

This is, apparently, fresh ramen. It has a 30 day shelf life. 3 month supplies might be a little problematic.

Groxx15y ago

I'd love for this to come out in America. Everywhere I look, all I find is this junk: http://www.maruchan.com/maruchan_ramen.html

devinj15y ago