diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index c1260897..8c8a75fa 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "bitwise":      false,
+  "bitwise":      true,
   "curly":        false,
   "eqeqeq":       false,
   "forin":        false,
diff --git a/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary.js b/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary.js
index 4f3c1651..18b1492a 100644
--- a/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary.js
+++ b/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary.js
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ var dictionary = {
     
     /** @function */
     isNamespace: function(kind) {
-        return ( ~ _namespaces.indexOf(kind) );
+        if ( _namespaces.indexOf(kind) !== -1) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        
+        return false;
     },
     
     /** @function */
diff --git a/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/type.js b/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/type.js
index 256cc5d4..d799bad9 100644
--- a/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/type.js
+++ b/rhino_modules/jsdoc/tag/type.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function parseVariable(type) {
 function parseTypes(type) {
 	var types = [];
 	
-	if ( ~type.indexOf('|') ) {
+	if ( type.indexOf('|') !== -1 ) {
 		// remove optional parens, like: { ( string | number ) }
 		// see: http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/docs/js-for-compiler.html#types
 		if ( /^\s*\(\s*(.+)\s*\)\s*$/.test(type) ) {