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janrinok writes "A little light-hearted relief:
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
If it weren't for C, we'd all be programming in BASI and OBOL.
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.
In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows?
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.
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
More humour can be found at bash.org"
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
If it weren't for C, we'd all be programming in BASI and OBOL.
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.
In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows?
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.
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
More humour can be found at bash.org"
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Your reasoning powers are good, and you are a fairly good planner.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:20AM
Maybe this shouldn't have been released. It looks like it was for training only.
(Score: 5, Funny) by nobbis on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:23AM
true, buts it's funny, about tech and not a dupe, so beating most /. submissions already
It's easy to look up when your mind's in the gutter
(Score: 2) by mrbluze on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:30AM
Yeah I laughed at it. But also the other articles today have been fantastic, and the comments! Whoa! Highly recommended reading.
Do it yourself, 'cause no one else will do it yourself.
(Score: 1) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @10:37AM
it's not a dupe, but a rehash of the jokes everybody already knows.
but anyhow, does Soylentnews have an acronym like "/."? "SN" or "SNiP"? or just a S like the favicon?
(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:01AM
How about 'Oylentnew'? (Because the S is soylent)
Ugh, I embarrass myself.
(Score: 1) by bucc5062 on Thursday February 27 2014, @12:20PM
Thank you very much, now I have to clean off my screen. You must be from Brooklyn
The more things change, the more they look the same
(Score: 1) by EvilJim on Thursday February 27 2014, @08:45PM
yeah, that was brilliant, I usually don't lol, but I lol'ed
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:13PM
I'm partial to S/N because of the double meaning.
Impeach Donald Palpatine and his sidekick Elon Vader
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:40PM
What [wikipedia.org] double [wikipedia.org] meaning are you talking about?
(Score: 1) by TK on Thursday February 27 2014, @07:09PM
Clearly it's a play on the abbreviation of Senegal, but only true fans will get the joke.
Speaking of which, has soylentnews.sn been registered...?
The fleas have smaller fleas, upon their backs to bite them, and those fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum
(Score: 1) by EvilJim on Thursday February 27 2014, @08:42PM
Signal to Noise ratio?
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:40PM
Exactly.
Impeach Donald Palpatine and his sidekick Elon Vader
(Score: 1) by EvilJim on Thursday February 27 2014, @10:03PM
Very good sir, carry on.
(Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:52AM
FTFY
https://www.youtube.com/@ProfSteveKeen https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Interesting) by fotonix on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:34AM
This looks SO much like the final paper for my Computer Degree from the University of Easter Island (Nigeria Campus, payments by Western Union to Prof I.Ripov based in Belarus)
Actually, this made my day after "one of those days".. more like two such days in a row. Thanks for putting a smile back on my face!
Over-thought solutions get over-engineered and miss the user's requirements.
(Score: 3, Funny) by nobbis on Thursday February 27 2014, @09:41AM
did you pass ?
It's easy to look up when your mind's in the gutter
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday February 27 2014, @12:32PM
"posted by on Thursday February 27, @09:08AM"
If it hasn't been posted by anyone, then clearly it hasn't been posted. Which is good, as it means you won't have to waste your time reading my reply, which also I didn't post.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 3, Funny) by janrinok on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:26PM
Thanks for that, FatPhil. It was the result of a mistake, but I take some small pleasure in looking at the number of comments it has received. There are other sites which would welcome that level of a response!
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.