/prog/ - Wise quote of the day

Name: Expert programmer 2008-09-12 1:10

Stupid mistakes in code are like typos: even if you think you have handled the language for tens of years, you still end up making spelling mistakes and occasionally forget a word.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 1:51

He who knows the language, knows. Not wise at all.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 2:27

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer. -- Fred Brooks

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 2:38

I have run all but dry of understanding for programmers that willfully pick anything else than OS X as their platform of choice. I know a few that are still stuck in the rut for various reasons -- none of them desire.
Apple will continue to trounce everyone else for the preferred geek platform. The stigma of not being able to use Textmate will increase (watch the Rails screencasts).

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 2:54

>>1
Unlike (unfortunately) most people, /prog/grammaers seem to make less mistakes with English.

Now that I think about it, it seems like the rest of 4chan is the same --- I tend to notice typos and grammatical errors really easily, but haven't seen much on this and the other boards, and the few that I have seen were almost always intentional. On the rare occasions that I read regular forums, it's almost painful how all the typos break up the text and make it difficult to follow.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 3:11

xkcd has no alt-text today.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 3:14

>>5
make less mistakes
fewer mistakes
haven't seen much
haven't seen many

Carry on.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 4:01

>>6
xkcd never has alt text; it has title text.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 4:05

>>6,8
lies.
<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/further_boomerang_difficulties.png" title="" alt="Further Boomerang Difficulties" /><br/>

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 4:29

What do you want out of life

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 4:39

Who are you in #sicp

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 8:45

>>11
I'm Christopher. Is that you, Xarn?

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 8:54

>>1
God damn it, this is true. Was just bug-hunting for hours because I forgot to change time.Date.CompareTo(endTime) < 0 into time.CompareTo(endTime) < 0 and I just didn't see it even after reading over the line multiple times.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 9:53

Judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgment.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 9:57

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Not exactly wise, but still true

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 10:02

>>12
There is no Christopher in #sicp anymore.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 10:02

Computational processes are abstract beings that inhabit computers. As they evolve, processes manipulate other abstract things called data. The evolution of a process is directed by a pattern of rules called a program. People create programs to direct processes. In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 10:05

$ fortune You may worry about your hair-do today, but tomorrow much peanut butter will be sold.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 10:21

>>18
Your fortune file seems more interesting than mine.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 10:52

$ fortune

Netscape is not a newsreader, and probably never shall be.

    -- Tom Christiansen

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 10:58

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Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 11:02

>>21
I didn't laugh at this, not even an internal laugh, nor a smile.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 11:05

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Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 13:00



              oooOOOooo                                           

           oOOOOOOOOOOOOOo                                        

         oOO"           "OO                                       

    ____oOO  ====   ====  OOo____    WHY IS THE COUNT SINGING     

    \   OO'      ! !.---. 'OO   /     A SONG ABOUT FUCKING COOKIES

     \  OO   <0> ! !!<0>!  OO  /                                  

      \ Oo       ! !'---'  oO /                                   

       \o        \_/        o/                                    

        .' _______________ '.                                     

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    ,'      -_         _-      '.                                 

  ,'          "oOOOOOo"          '.                               

,'              OOOOO              '.                             

-----------     "OOO"     -----------                             

                 "O"             cgmm

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 16:55

~$ fortune
What happened last night can happen again.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 17:04

[chris@chris-laptop:~] fortune

Bridge ahead.  Pay troll.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 17:13

$ fortune Many pages make a thick book, except for pocket Bibles which are on very very thin paper.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 17:57

$ fortune Do unto others before they undo you.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 18:42

$ fortune

JEWS

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 18:43

expert@macbookpro ~> fortune

fish: Unknown command “fortune”

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 19:35

david@david-desktop:~$ fortune Write yourself a threatening letter and pen a defiant reply.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 21:46

C:\Documents and Settings\Anon>fortune

'fortune' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-12 22:08

% fortune
If you don't pay attention to every little detail, you miss most of the jokes.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-13 6:10

$ fortune When the mind is disturbed, the multiplicity of things is produced, but when the mind is quieted, the multiplicity of things disappears. - Ashvahosha, "The Awakening of Faith. $ fortune panic: page segment violation $ fortune panic: can't spare any memory for you today. $ fortune There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here. it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. - Douglas Adams, "The Restaurant at the end of the universe"

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-13 7:13

>>32
>C:\Documents and Settings\Anon>fortune
>Windows
Theres your problem

Name: !4X8vLLNDE2 2008-09-13 7:21

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-13 7:47

$ fortune

    The Magician of the Ivory Tower brought his latest invention for the

master programmer to examine.  The magician wheeled a large black box into the

master's office while the master waited in silence.

    "This is an integrated, distributed, general-purpose workstation,"

began the magician, "ergonomically designed with a proprietary operating

system, sixth generation languages, and multiple state of the art user

interfaces.  It took my assistants several hundred man years to construct.

Is it not amazing?"

    The master raised his eyebrows slightly. "It is indeed amazing," he

said.

    "Corporate Headquarters has commanded," continued the magician, "that

everyone use this workstation as a platform for new programs.  Do you agree

to this?"

    "Certainly," replied the master, "I will have it transported to the

data center immediately!"  And the magician returned to his tower, well

pleased.

    Several days later, a novice wandered into the office of the master

programmer and said, "I cannot find the listing for my new program.  Do

you know where it might be?"

    "Yes," replied the master, "the listings are stacked on the platform

in the data center."

        -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-13 8:31

The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.

The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages.

Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao.

But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-13 8:32

% fortune -o Incest, n.: Sibling revelry.

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-13 11:37

$ fortune --kawaii

Incest, n.:

    The natural course of action. Deprived of social prejudice, your sister is a pretty good candidate for sex and love. You already love her, you're close, you have a lot of things in common (like your parents) and heck, you're genetically compatible!

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-13 16:16

$ fortune -o No fortunes found

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>>45
>le pedophile sage

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