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Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:16

Lately I've been seeing a lot of non-/prog/ related material on /prog/, let's look at the current threads:
0. Status of /prog/ - pointless meta-thread that should have never been made to begin with.
1. PS3 - typical /v/ trolling thread, some fag keeps posting TV Tropes links
2. LISP Considered Harmful - someone tries to troll Lispers by posting a known Lisper's post which only shows some good parts of Lisp, this is either a failed troll, or a clever meta-troll.
3. HACKED - /g/-level troll thread
4. Innovative and groundbreaking game - /b/,/g/ level "programming" thread
5. Lain - pointless anime thread, but slightly /prog/-related, bumped again by that TV Tropes poster.
6. <prog.h> - thread which attempted to get /prog/riders to write a C program, line by line, post by post, but someone ended up spamming hundreds of pages of horrible fanfiction to it, making it likely the longest thread on /prog/.
7. OPEN SOURCE MYTHBUSTERS - /g/-level license trolling thread
8. image matching, detect redundant thumbnails - newbie asking for help on a trivial problem
9. FORTRAN - 2 posts.
10. Secret TVtropes page - not /prog/-related thread, belongs in /b/?
11. Moving files/directories in Common Lisp - someone asks a sensible question, but mostly simple to answer question regarding moving directories across drives portably, thread gets trolled into the ground, OP doesn't get the answer he's looking for
12. delicious kopipe - /g/ trolling thread
13. Brainfuck - yet another Brainfuck compiler thread, but at least it's /prog/-related
14. Kaleidoscope - I don't even know what this is, but it seems /jp/-related, and somehow it devolved into UMH trolling
15. Point in Polygon? - Someone asks for help with some graphics/geometry problem, gets an answer. /prog/-related.
16. This truly is the /b/ of programming forums - troll thread ressurected by some necromancer.
17. php help - /pr/-quality thread
18. Best Free Anti-virus Software - /g/-quality thread

Of the first 18 threads on the front page, 6 are /prog/-related, from those 6, only 3 are non-troll threads or have not devolved into trolling. Our PSNR is quite low ;_;

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:27

>>1
Why PSNR? Did you just try to impress your peers with your erudition and failed miserably?

Also, wtf there is no Trope about Complaining Instead Of Doing Anything Tangible To Fix Things Oneself Or Offering A Practical Solution?

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:28

PSNR my anus

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:31

PSNR sounds suspiciously similar to PMS. Also, these ,,/prog/ status`` threads appear roughly once a month. Jus' sayin'.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:35

>>2
Peak Signal to Noise Ratio, it's a well-known term for expressing quality loss in data transmissions.
Also, wtf there is no Trope about Complaining Instead Of Doing Anything Tangible To Fix Things Oneself Or Offering A Practical Solution?
How would one fix things oneself? I don't have any programming questions, as I'm able to answer most of them by googling, looking up documentation and thinking for myself, which means that the only threads I post on /prog/ are those where I find an interesting topic of discussion, or when I write an interesting piece of code that I'd like to share with other people(this thread doesn't belong to either category, it's just a pointless meta-thread, which I posted after hesitating a lot, as I dislike such threads myself).

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:37

Given that it's Dec 21, it's likely that we are seeing the holiday influx of /b/tard CS students. Coupled with the inevitable weekend slump, it's unsurprising that the majority of threads on the front page are shit.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:40

14. Kaleidoscope - I don't even know what this is, but it seems /jp/-related, and somehow it devolved into UMH trolling

Check the email field of the OP numbnuts

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 9:41

>>5
That seems to be the problem with all the /prog/ regulars, we all know where to look for most of our questions, and are far too lazy to help the irregulars ;). Recently, I've been the one posting coding contest/toy problem threads just so that we have some actual code on the front page.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 12:42

>>8
That seems to be the problem with all the /prog/ regulars, we all know where to look for most of our questions, and are far too much fun to troll the irregulars ;)


Fixed for truth

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 15:36

>>5
I don't have any programming questions, as I'm able to answer most of them by googling, looking up documentation and thinking for myself
That's the thing :(

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 16:42

I don't have any programming questions, as I'm able to answer most of them by googling, looking up documentation and thinking for myself

Sums it up well. The last 3 programming questions I had, even Stackoverflow failed to find an answer because they were questions that there were no answers for. I did did ask one architecture question at /prog/ (which actually elicited some reasonable answers), but those are difficult to explain, and usually requires an understanding of the framework in question.

Perhaps however /prog/ should move into requirements engineering. Requirements should be vote-able with change tracked wiki-editing. Each requirement has a unique id that doesn't change. That should give us a good start into total anarchy.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-21 16:51

>>11
Oh ya, forgot to mention--4chan could make fucking bank if this requirements management system worked well. Right now IBM (formally Telelogic) pretty much has a monopoly on requirements management software with DOORS--AND IT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE OF SHIT EVER IN THIS HISTORY OF ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE--but is used heavily by defense contractors and automotive companies.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-23 22:09

>>12
used heavily by defense contractors and automotive companies
Well, there's the problem. If these were companies that actually had to make money instead of simply exist, perhaps they would not use such shitty software.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-24 22:18

All I can say to this is lol. This is basically the exact experience that I have had with the post-secondary institutions within the United States. I can honestly say that for the majority that professors and the institution wish to stifle creativity and independent thought. The narrow minded answers they want completely disregard the plethora of other choices that would reveal the correct answer. Whether or not the story is true, this is the attitude of the American educational institute, for those that think outside the box continue to. Revolutionist, non-conventionalist, and the blatant disregard for normalcy are the fundamentals to continuing our species in the area of science.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-25 12:37

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Name: Anonymous 2009-12-27 8:52

pantsu.
Do a re-evaluation, if you would.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-27 10:03

>>16
NO U

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-27 11:31

>>17
Very well.
0. Status of [spoiler]/prog/[spoiler] - pointless meta-thread that should have never been made to begin with.
1. Programming language brawl on /g/! - /g/ QUALITY
2. Homework - /pr/ QUALITY
3. Programming challenge - lame thread, but at least it's [spoiler]/prog/[spoiler]-related.
4. FIOC mixed caps - pointless troll thread.
5. BBCODE - ancient thread, trolls trolling trolls
6. 3d mesh boolean operations - good thread. Makes sense that it has like 5 posts.
7. best programming language? - dur hur.
8. christmas - /b/, /lounge/ QUALITY
9. hey fags im from /b/ - /b/ QUALITY
10. =[ - dur hur.
11. return a struct - cleverly disguised meta-troll.
12. What did you get your gf for Christmas? - [b][u][i]/r9k/ QUALITY
13. NECKBEARDS [part 1] - dur hur.
14. Jibba Java - dur hur.
15. λ - pointless troll.
16. texture libraries - fair question thread, but we are not Google.
17. Sepplesox General - good thread. Makes sense that it has 2 posts.

Of the first 18 threads on the first page,
5 are [spoiler]/prog/[spoiler]-related and only 3 of these are non-troll.

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-27 11:33

>>18
/prog/*
/r9k/ QUALITY*

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-27 15:28

>>18
dur hur
IMAGEBOARD QUALITY

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-27 21:44

>>18
You forgot sage.    So did I!   

Name: Anonymous 2009-12-28 4:43

>>18
5. BBCODE - ancient thread, trolls trolling trolls
No man, this is one of the best threads /prog/ has ever had.

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