• The Zune Man (unregistered) in reply to The Zune Man
    The Zune Man:
    Diversity Wins:
    The Zune Man:
    Which of my posts are not funny?
    The ones from fake Zune Men
    I don't think there are any...
    So I make only good posts, right
  • Jani (unregistered)

    I find the //ADDED comment kind of ironic :)

  • Nagesh (unregistered) in reply to The Zune Man
    The Zune Man:
    Yoose one saucy dot-face, Nagerp.
    Im cumming* from home of tantra sex, crackre.

    *lolokl

  • Иagesh (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh

    You're about three characters away from incomprehensibleness.

  • The Zune Man (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    The Zune Man:
    Yoose one saucy dot-face, Nagerp.
    Im cumming* from home of tantra sex, crackre.

    *lolokl

    Wow. I stand corrected...

    (...I guess - can anyone understand what he's saying?)

  • woulda coulda shoulda (unregistered) in reply to Diversity Wins
    Diversity Wins:
    Come on all. Play nice.

    Posts from Zunesis and every other people just give these comments sections a very refreshing diversity. It's the same with the guys who insist in explaining the jokes, in trying to fix the WTFs or who think that no one else is as good programmer as they are.

    The only thing I see in common between all of those are that I don't want to see either. All of them make this site less funny. While the average comment is nothing awesome, at least we eventually get something funny. But if I wanted to read Zunesis's attemp at being funny I could just open 4chan or other sites with even more sex innuendo. No need to fulfill that inexistent need here.

    But now I wonder, why am I answering to Zunesis's sock puppet? After all it's pretty obvious that nobody would like his posts other than himself.

  • (cs)

    Good thing he only needed 70 versions. Think how big the program would need to be for 999 versions.

  • Nagesh (unregistered) in reply to Coyne
    Coyne:
    Good thing he only needed 70 versions. Think how big the program would need to be for 999 versions.
    I have muslum coleague who believe that marter to be getting 70 versions in afterlife.
  • woulda coulda shoulda (unregistered) in reply to Nagesћ
    Nagesћ:
    The Zune Man:
    Diversity Wins:
    Posts from Zunesis and every other people just give these comments sections a very refreshing diversity. It's the same with the guys who insist in explaining the jokes, in trying to fix the WTFs or who think that no one else is as good programmer as they are.
    Exactly! Thank you for making me feel justified!

    I imagine there are at least several people who come here to hear what I have to say. I know I do.

    It gets the website a healthy audience.

    but...

    Diversity Wins:
    Just don't laugh when it's not funny and go read the next comment.

    Which of my posts are not funny?

    Pretty much all of them.

    I remember there was a funny one. Someone mentioned something about his baby's foot stretching and he said "It wasn't the foot. You must be proud."

    Too bad I had the misfortune of also reading every other post.

  • (cs) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    Coyne:
    Good thing he only needed 70 versions. Think how big the program would need to be for 999 versions.
    I have muslum coleague who believe that marter to be getting 70 versions in afterlife.
    +1 interwebs for you.
  • The Zune Man (unregistered) in reply to woulda coulda shoulda
    woulda coulda shoulda:
    But now I wonder, why am I answering to Zunesis's sock puppet? After all it's pretty obvious that nobody would like his posts other than himself.
    What's really funny is that you think he is one of my sock puppets. I sure didn't write that. Unless you think of Zunesis as part of a distributed, subconscious mindset that we all share.
  • ᴺᵃᵍᵉsh (unregistered) in reply to C-Octothorpe
    C-Octothorpe:
    Nagesh:
    Coyne:
    Good thing he only needed 70 versions. Think how big the program would need to be for 999 versions.
    I have muslum coleague who believe that marter to be getting 70 versions in afterlife.
    +1 interwebs for you.
    That's funny, because Hindu's think 70 versions of after life is jest getting started.
  • The Zune Man (unregistered) in reply to woulda coulda shoulda
    woulda coulda shoulda:
    I remember there was a funny [Zunesis comment]. Someone mentioned something about his baby's foot stretching and he said "It wasn't the foot. You must be proud."

    Too bad I had the misfortune of also reading every other post.

    I thought the fucking the baby while it's being born and using it's unbirthed head to fuck it's mother while she's giving birth was one of my high points, but whatever. Glad I could be of service.

    I think my real triumph is yet to come. I'm working on an autobiography about my life as a stalker/writer of secret admirer notes.

    I'm thinking of calling it "Cum-Sealed Envelope", although "Cum-Stained Envelope" would be more accurate historically, as would "Cum-Stained Outside-Of-Her-Window" or "Cum-Smeared Footprints in My Kitchen".

    Maybe I'll call the boxed set of my works: "Cum-Stained Everything" or "No Sleep 'til SlamHerMuff".

    Just throwing out ideas now.

  • (cs) in reply to frits
    frits:
    This whole industry is constantly promoting code abuse.

    ftfy

  • (cs) in reply to C-Octothorpe
    C-Octothorpe:
    The Zune Man:
    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, that's your problem.
    Your high-school 'hurmor' doesn't offend me in the slightest. I was speaking more for the people who are offended by it, that's all.
    High-school? Nah... middle-school, tops.
    C-Octothorpe:
    Also, even though you didn't *say* your rights supersede those of others, the fact that you insist on continually posting this shite shows otherwise...
    Nonsense. Zuney-tunes has the right to post his sorry attempts at shock value, just as much as you have the right to ignore him.
  • (cs) in reply to boog
    boog:
    C-Octothorpe:
    The Zune Man:
    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, that's your problem.
    Your high-school 'hurmor' doesn't offend me in the slightest. I was speaking more for the people who are offended by it, that's all.
    High-school? Nah... middle-school, tops.
    C-Octothorpe:
    Also, even though you didn't *say* your rights supersede those of others, the fact that you insist on continually posting this shite shows otherwise...
    Nonsense. Zuney-tunes has the right to post his sorry attempts at shock value, just as much as you have the right to ignore him.
    Just trying to fight the good fight. Ah well, back to being a degenerate...
  • woulda coulda shoulda (unregistered) in reply to The Zune Man
    The Zune Man:
    woulda coulda shoulda:
    But now I wonder, why am I answering to Zunesis's sock puppet? After all it's pretty obvious that nobody would like his posts other than himself.
    What's really funny is that you think he is one of my sock puppets. I sure didn't write that. Unless you think of Zunesis as part of a distributed, subconscious mindset that we all share.
    No, I think it's more probable you have multiple personality disorder, and one of them is afraid the main personality can somehow harm it unless praised enough.

    The "distributed mindset" idea works great as a terror movie plot. Imagine a hero working against some deranged internet sick pedo that keeps eluding him and the police, only to discover in the end that some Cthulhu-like entity was behind it all, that even he unconsciously posted as the villain some times, and that there's no way to avoid his mind being taken now and then. Now that's pure terror.

  • Altourus (unregistered)

    What's the joke behind Nagesh? I can't understand anything he types.

  • (cs) in reply to Altourus
    Altourus:
    What's the joke behind Nagesh?
    That? Oh, that's just his shadow. The joke is actually Nagesh himself.
  • Over here!! (unregistered)

    WOW!!! Now that is loopy...

    or not....

  • (cs) in reply to iToad
    iToad:
    VAXcat:
    The real WTF is using an operating system without automatic file versioning. On VMS, you add an ACL that controls how many versions to keep - then you don't even have to think about it anymore....

    or PURGE/KEEP=30 DATFIL.ZIP

    Damn, sometimes I really miss VMS...

    No, no, no! That's absolutely no good at all! Not 30, 70! I'm going to have to throw your suggestion away completely and go back to the original implementation.

  • UhOh (unregistered) in reply to Chelloveck
    Chelloveck:
    This algorithm runs in constant time. The best you could do with a loop is linear time. Last I heard, O(1) beats O(n). This implementation *rocks*!
    Don't know whether to laugh or cry....

    There are seriously people who think (maybe that's not the right word) like this (I've met them)

  • Decius (unregistered) in reply to Nick
    Nick:
    Something weird I noticed.

    They only check that the OLD file exists, then delete it, and replace it with the file with 1 lower number.

    The problem exists that if the original file DATAFIL.ZIP does not exist, then DATAFIL.001.zip will be deleted and then replaced with nothing (the copy command will fail.)

    There will then be a cascading effect that with each time the program is run, it will delete one older backup, and replace it with nothing.

    After 70 iterations of the program running, there will be no more data, and no more backups.

    Presumably the program will only be ran if \DATAFIL.ZIP has just been created, or is otherwise assured to exist.

    Biggest improvement I can see would be to stop the 'delete, then copy' though line and instead delete the oldest backup, then rename all the others to their new number, then copy the current database to \old\DATAFIL.ZIP

    Also, I think it acceptable for the backup archive program to fail when files in the backup directory and user directory are deleted.

  • (cs) 
          WRITE (7, 1000)
      DO I = 70, 2, -1
         WRITE (7, 1001) I, I, I-1, I
      END DO
      WRITE (7, 1002)

 1000 FORMAT (' ''Function for renaming DATFIL.ZIP files anD maintaining 30 versions'
     > / ' Public Sub renameDATFILFiles()'
     > / '      ''Checking whether the ImportDir has the OLD sub-directory'
     > / '    theSystem.runDOSCommand("if not exist " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old mkdir " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old")'
     > // '    theSystem.runDOSCommand("if exist " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.ZIP del " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.ZIP /F") ''//ADDED'
     > / '    theSystem.runDOSCommand("copy " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\DATFIL.ZIP " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.ZIP")'
     > // '    '' Running the commands to copy the DATFIL.ZIP to their OLD names!')

 1001 FORMAT ('   theSystem.runDOSCommand("if exist " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.', I3.3, '.ZIP del " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.', I3.3, '.ZIP /F") ''//ADDED'
     > / '    theSystem.runDOSCommand("copy " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.', I3.3, '.ZIP " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.', I3.3, '.ZIP")')

 1002 FORMAT ('    theSystem.runDOSCommand("if exist " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.001.ZIP del " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.001.ZIP /F") ''//ADDED'
     > / '    theSystem.runDOSCommand("copy " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.ZIP " _'
     > / '      & theSystem.ImportDir & "\old\DATFIL.001.ZIP")'
     > / 'End Sub')
  • (cs) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    The Zune Man:
    C-Octothorpe:
    The Zune Man:
    Anno:
    Aren't there supposed to be moderators around who will remove stupid and off-topic comments? You all know which ones I'm talking about. And yet the same commenters are allowed to crap all over every comments thread.
    Hey! The right of consenting adults to crap all over each other is... well it's a right!

    Besides, isn't the topic always "Curious Perversions in Information Technology"? What could be more on-topic than my posts?

    I'm not too sure how your "colorful" posts are in any way IT related, other than the fact that you use a computer to access this site.

    I always love the claptrap argument of "freedom of speech"... Your right does not supersede everyones elses.

    When I was a support tech, I got calls that ran on the same theme that my posts here do. (Maybe it's because our number was 1-off from a phone sex line) So it seems related in my experience.("Just keep the customer happy" they said. The things I had to repeat)

    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, that's your problem.

    How very free you are with other people's property. I'm gonna take a big risk here and guess you're a leftist.

    Property is illusory.

  • Herby (unregistered)

    I can see it now:

    Manager: Make backup Underling: copy to '001'

    Manager: Make more backup Underling: 'cut' 'paste'

    Manager: That is not enough, need 10. Underling: 'cut' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste'

    Manager: Silly law happened, we need to save a month's worth. Underling: Grumble, I don't want to do this again! 'cut' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste' 'paste'. That ought to satisfy things!

    That is probably what happened!

  • Are you for real? (unregistered) in reply to Kuba
    Kuba:
    Craig:
    How do some "programmers" ever manage to get, and keep, their jobs.
    Programming is not house building: people can tell, to some extent, that a house is built like crap, or that a car is a piece of crap. But with software we're so used to "weird" glitches, that it's treated like magic and people don't care to understand what's going on. Thus people who have no job of doing any programming, do.

    The real problem is an issue of required deep societal change. Our society is a century behind times when it comes to understanding of everyday objects. Electronics and software pervade our lives, yet are pretty much treated like magic. The gap is not getting any narrower either, it seems.

    Hundreds of years ago, basic arithmetics and writing were done by educated people only. These days it's a skill that everyone is expected to have. We call it literacy. Time has come, too, that basic programming skills should be regarded the same way as writing and arithmetics. It's required to be a literate member of the society.

    I don't think programming skills can be compared to literacy skills, but rather certain aspects of computing could be compared to literacy (in fact, we call this Computer Literacy).

    I think a better analogy might be with software and a car. You don't need to be a mechanic to own a car, however car owners get the most out of their vehicles by understanding (at a very high level, mind) how the car works - and are able to do simple maintenance like checking and topping up oil levels, topping up radiator fluid, changing a tire etc (not so much now, but certainly 10-20 years ago).

    Computers would be a lot less "magic" if users actually had a basic (albeit high-level) grasp of what a computer is (a glorified calculator ;) ), and were able to do simple tasks like navigate the file system (including copying and deleting files), searching for programs they want/need, Choosing the right program for a task (The number of people {not so much now} I've seen use Access for tasks that could be done simpler in Excel has always worried me).

    The problem is for years we've focused on creating systems that idiots can use. Unfortunately, this has meant the world no longer sees the need to think, and all we have achieved is created more generations of idiots. If instead we required users to have a vague understanding of what is going on, we would find a smarter end user (and the idiots who can't cope wouldn't bother - which is not a bad thing, judging by FB and the like).

    In DOS (same for UNIX) you could kill things, but you'd at least know how you killed them (even if you didn't really understand). In some Windows versions (IMO especially 95,98, ME,SE) there seemed to be an attempt to simplify any users' attempt to administer the system - and breaking systems became as easy as selecting an option you didn't understand. Making it difficult to do tasks keeps simpletons out. System administration should not (for the most part) be done by idiots, so why give idiots access? Sure, life is simpler for a few sys admins - but for them there is little issue in jumping through a couple of hoops to get things to work the way they want.
    Computers can be used to reduce workload by automating repetition, they can also be used to execute tasks that need an accuracy that humans struggle to achieve (robotics), however computers should never been used to replace people (or at least to replace the THINKING of people). There are countless examples of systems that have (unsuccessfully) been created to eliminate human error - Early auto pilot didn't let pilots override controls in certain emergency situations - and there are cases of planes flying into trouble rather than out of it, despite a pilot's best efforts to fly the other way....

    But a lost my train of thought

  • BrettM (unregistered) in reply to Jon

    "Differently youthed", please.

  • (cs) in reply to Are you for real?
    Are you for real?:
    The problem is for years we've focused on creating systems that idiots can use. Unfortunately, this has meant the world no longer sees the need to think, and all we have achieved is created more generations of idiots. If instead we required users to have a vague understanding of what is going on, we would find a smarter end user (and the idiots who can't cope wouldn't bother - which is not a bad thing, judging by FB and the like).
    To add to your point, consider that we're so obsessed with creating systems that idiots can use that we also constantly reinvent interfaces to appeal to the idiots. So once the idiots finally start to grasp this moving target, it gets "easier" (not really). Then they have to re-learn the new interface, making them frustrated and discouraged about computing in general.
  • Dirk (unregistered) in reply to Craig
    Craig:
    How do some "programmers" ever manage to get, and keep, their jobs.
    The good prgrammers are always late in the morning and get fired by PHBs.
  • PRMan (unregistered) in reply to BlackBart
    BlackBart:
    I see it like this: V1 of the product had an 'evil loop' that just created a new backup. After a customer filled up their hard drive, they realized the evilness of unconstrained loops, and used the featured code as a solution.

    A side benefit is that the unrolled loop is super-optimized.

    I like how they copy to a new version instead of just renaming.

    Actually, these days loops often win over unrolled loops, because the shorter the code, the more likely it is to fit entirely in the CPU cache. It has been this way for over a decade.

  • Alex (unregistered)

    Nagesh : please ban yourself to ban the real/fake whichever version of Nagesh you want to get banned. The restrain that you show in posting comments will be matched by all other Nagesh.

  • (cs) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    hoodaticus:
    The Zune Man:
    C-Octothorpe:
    The Zune Man:
    Anno:
    Aren't there supposed to be moderators around who will remove stupid and off-topic comments? You all know which ones I'm talking about. And yet the same commenters are allowed to crap all over every comments thread.
    Hey! The right of consenting adults to crap all over each other is... well it's a right!

    Besides, isn't the topic always "Curious Perversions in Information Technology"? What could be more on-topic than my posts?

    I'm not too sure how your "colorful" posts are in any way IT related, other than the fact that you use a computer to access this site.

    I always love the claptrap argument of "freedom of speech"... Your right does not supersede everyones elses.

    When I was a support tech, I got calls that ran on the same theme that my posts here do. (Maybe it's because our number was 1-off from a phone sex line) So it seems related in my experience.("Just keep the customer happy" they said. The things I had to repeat)

    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, that's your problem.

    How very free you are with other people's property. I'm gonna take a big risk here and guess you're a leftist.

    Property is illusory.

    Intellectual property is theft!
  • ks (unregistered) in reply to VAXcat
    VAXcat:
    The real WTF is using an operating system without automatic file versioning. On VMS, you add an ACL that controls how many versions to keep - then you don't even have to think about it anymore....
    ...until you hit version 32767
  • reductio ad ridiculum (unregistered) in reply to VAXcat
    VAXcat:
    The real WTF is using an operating system without automatic file versioning. On VMS, you add an ACL that controls how many versions to keep - then you don't even have to think about it anymore....
    Yeah, it's predecessor TOPS20 had the same feature. Loved it. Saved my ass a time or two. Every OS since I've written scripts for genning files.

    SAN/NAS systems sort of provide these features now with incremental snapshots.

  • King Arthur (unregistered) in reply to Machtyn
    Machtyn:
    JasonA_:
    Created by someone who thought they were working in a DOS batch file?
    Heck, you could loop this in DOS batch just as easily as any other scripted language.
    I demur. I don't believe it's easier to do *anything* in bats dos as in any other scripted language.
  • reductio ad ridiculum (unregistered) in reply to Dirk
    Dirk:
    Craig:
    How do some "programmers" ever manage to get, and keep, their jobs.
    The good prgrammers are always late in the morning and get fired by PHBs.
    +1 insightful. Been there, done that.
  • Mike (unregistered)

    Anybody else find the "// ADDED" comment on the line that deletes the file to be a smidge ironic? Captcha: dolor ... ok now you're just phoning it in ...

  • Moonraquel (unregistered)

    Instead of The Daily WTF this site should really be called The Daily CIAD as in Captcha Is Always 'Damnum'

  • itsmo (unregistered) in reply to The Zune Man

    [quote user="The Zune Man"][quote user="C-Octothorpe"][quote user="The Zune Man"][quote user="Anno"]Aren't there supposed to be moderators around who will remove stupid and off-topic comments? You all know which ones I'm talking about. And yet the same commenters are allowed to crap all over every comments thread.[/quote]Hey! The right of consenting adults to crap all over each other is... well it's a right!

    Besides, isn't the topic always "Curious Perversions in Information Technology"? What could be more on-topic than my posts?[/quote]I'm not too sure how your "colorful" posts are in any way IT related, other than the fact that you use a computer to access this site.

    I always love the claptrap argument of "freedom of speech"... Your right does not supersede everyones elses.[/quote]When I was a support tech, I got calls that ran on the same theme that my posts here do. (Maybe it's because our number was 1-off from a phone sex line) So it seems related in my experience.("Just keep the customer happy" they said. The things I had to repeat)

    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, then fuck you.

    FTFY

  • itsmo (unregistered) in reply to DaveK
    DaveK:
    Matt Westwood:
    hoodaticus:
    The Zune Man:
    C-Octothorpe:
    The Zune Man:
    Anno:
    Aren't there supposed to be moderators around who will remove stupid and off-topic comments? You all know which ones I'm talking about. And yet the same commenters are allowed to crap all over every comments thread.
    Hey! The right of consenting adults to crap all over each other is... well it's a right!

    Besides, isn't the topic always "Curious Perversions in Information Technology"? What could be more on-topic than my posts?

    I'm not too sure how your "colorful" posts are in any way IT related, other than the fact that you use a computer to access this site.

    I always love the claptrap argument of "freedom of speech"... Your right does not supersede everyones elses.

    When I was a support tech, I got calls that ran on the same theme that my posts here do. (Maybe it's because our number was 1-off from a phone sex line) So it seems related in my experience.("Just keep the customer happy" they said. The things I had to repeat)

    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, that's your problem.

    How very free you are with other people's property. I'm gonna take a big risk here and guess you're a leftist.

    Property is illusory.

    Intellectual property is theft!
    And copyright is extortion
  • Jibble (unregistered)

    Is this wrong?

    I do exactly the same thing, except I do it with a DOS batch file:

    ...more ... move %file%.cp16 %file%.cp17 move %file%.cp15 %file%.cp16 move %file%.cp14 %file%.cp15 move %file%.cp13 %file%.cp14 move %file%.cp12 %file%.cp13 move %file%.cp11 %file%.cp12 move %file%.cp10 %file%.cp11 move %file%.cp09 %file%.cp10 move %file%.cp08 %file%.cp09 move %file%.cp07 %file%.cp08 move %file%.cp06 %file%.cp07 move %file%.cp05 %file%.cp06 move %file%.cp04 %file%.cp05 move %file%.cp03 %file%.cp04 move %file%.cp02 %file%.cp03 move %file%.cp1 %file%.cp02

    It also copies the files to a dropbox folder and a USB stick which is permanently stuck in the back of the machine.

    I click on "backup.bat" once a day and it does its thing. Every once in a while I try to restore/compile from one of the backups.

    I've never lost a file...

  • derari (unregistered)

    TRWTF is the comment '//ADDED

    While it is technically correct, it is completely nonsensical. Yes, the code was added, otherwise it wouldn't be there, maybe you care to say WHY it was added? Further, it's written there 70 times, reducing its information value even more; and finally, what is this doubled commenting '// thingy? An explanation of ' in case a C programmer should look at it, or what?

  • Hortical (unregistered) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    hoodaticus:
    How very free you are with other people's property. I'm gonna take a big risk here and guess you're a leftist.
    Property is illusory.
    So are "rights", but our governments still have laws regarding them for some reason.
  • (cs) in reply to Hortical
    Hortical:
    Matt Westwood:
    hoodaticus:
    How very free you are with other people's property. I'm gonna take a big risk here and guess you're a leftist.
    Property is illusory.
    So are "rights", but our governments still have laws regarding them for some reason.
    Everything we perceive is illusory. Including free will, or at least the perception of conscious decision making.
  • Gettin' Tired of the Haters, and not Too z00n (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    C-Octothorpe:
    The Zune Man:
    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, that's your problem.
    Your high-school 'hurmor' doesn't offend me in the slightest. I was speaking more for the people who are offended by it, that's all.
    High-school? Nah... middle-school, tops.
    C-Octothorpe:
    Also, even though you didn't *say* your rights supersede those of others, the fact that you insist on continually posting this shite shows otherwise...
    Nonsense. Zuney-tunes has the right to post his sorry attempts at shock value, just as much as you have the right to ignore him.
    [image]
  • Gettin' Tired of the Haters, and not Too z00n (unregistered) in reply to itsmo
    itsmo:
    The Zune Man:
    C-Octothorpe:
    You Suck! You Suck! You Suck!
    When I was a support tech, I got calls that ran on the same theme that my posts here do. (Maybe it's because our number was 1-off from a phone sex line) So it seems related in my experience.("Just keep the customer happy" they said. The things I had to repeat)

    And I didn't say anything about my right's superseding that of other people's. I pointed out that I'm not hurting anyone and there's nothing wrong with what I say. If you're offended, then fuck you.

    FTFY
    Actually, I intentionally didn't use such strong language because I didn't want to protract a flamewar. I'm just here to have some fun and escape my mind-numbing, soul-crushing job for a few minutes and anyone else who wants to join in is welcome to.

    I'd love to have C-Octo join in. (It's guys only night in the hottub!) My loins burn with desire to hear the fruits of his foul mind. Yum.

  • (cs) in reply to itsmo
    itsmo:
    fuck you. FTFY
    How clever... Did you think of that all by yourself?

    Also, way to quote fail. You do know there is a preview button, right?

  • ted (unregistered) in reply to PRMan
    PRMan:
    BlackBart:
    I see it like this: V1 of the product had an 'evil loop' that just created a new backup. After a customer filled up their hard drive, they realized the evilness of unconstrained loops, and used the featured code as a solution.

    A side benefit is that the unrolled loop is super-optimized.

    I like how they copy to a new version instead of just renaming.

    Actually, these days loops often win over unrolled loops, because the shorter the code, the more likely it is to fit entirely in the CPU cache. It has been this way for over a decade.

    Gentoo fanboys would like a word with you.

  • anonymous_coward (unregistered)

    The program looks like the output from a code generator.

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