"Brutal" Google coding humor...

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Today I was skimming over a few pieces of the AOSP and found the following comment to be hilarious:

Determine whether it is a good time to kill, crash, or otherwise plunder the current situation for the overall long-term benefit of the world.

Below is the full snippet from the file, Watchdog.java.

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/**
 * Load the current Gservices settings for when
 * {@link #shouldWeBeBrutalLocked} will allow the brutality to happen.
 * Must not be called with the lock held.
 */
void retrieveBrutalityAmount() {
    mMinScreenOff = (mReqMinScreenOff >= 0 ? mReqMinScreenOff
            : Settings.Gservices.getInt(
            mResolver, Settings.Gservices.MEMCHECK_MIN_SCREEN_OFF,
            MEMCHECK_DEFAULT_MIN_SCREEN_OFF)) * 1000;
    mMinAlarm = (mReqMinNextAlarm >= 0 ? mReqMinNextAlarm
            : Settings.Gservices.getInt(
            mResolver, Settings.Gservices.MEMCHECK_MIN_ALARM,
            MEMCHECK_DEFAULT_MIN_ALARM)) * 1000;
}

/**
 * Determine whether it is a good time to kill, crash, or otherwise
 * plunder the current situation for the overall long-term benefit of
 * the world.
 *
 * @param curTime The current system time.
 * @return Returns null if this is a good time, else a String with the
 * text of why it is not a good time.
 */
String shouldWeBeBrutalLocked(long curTime) {
    if (mBattery == null || !mBattery.isPowered()) {
        return "battery";
    }

    if (mMinScreenOff >= 0 && (mPower == null ||
            mPower.timeSinceScreenOn() < mMinScreenOff)) {
        return "screen";
    }

    if (mMinAlarm >= 0 && (mAlarm == null ||
            mAlarm.timeToNextAlarm() < mMinAlarm)) {
        return "alarm";
    }

    return null;
}

Just some mild humor to lighten up the day is always nice :)