• a0a (unregistered) in reply to ehabkost

    Don`t think I need any, really..
  • fizze (unregistered) in reply to Meddler

    I say he's a bloody genious if he was payed by LoC ;)

  • (cs) in reply to Dan F
    Anonymous:
    within most of the LetFoo functions(the ones for special characters are different)

    int i, j;
    char temp;
      i = 0;
      j = i;
      while (j == i)
        {
        if(lcrBuffer.CurrentChar == 'Foo'){
    	j = 1;
        }
        if(lcrBuffer.CurrentChar != 'Foo'){
    	lcrBuffer.CurrentChar = getnextchar(lcrBuffer,lmpAction);
            j = i;
        } // 
      }
      if(j == 1){
       lcrbuffer.CurrentCharvalue = 123;
      
    }

    so it may not be 30 lines. I really wish I was making this stuff up

    Unnecessary if

    
int i, j;
char temp;  
i = 0;  
j = i;  
while (j == i)    {    
    if(lcrBuffer.CurrentChar == 'Foo'){
	j = 1;    
        lcrbuffer.CurrentCharvalue = 123;
    }
    if(lcrBuffer.CurrentChar != 'Foo'){

	lcrBuffer.CurrentChar = getnextchar(lcrBuffer,lmpAction);
        j = i;
    } //   
}

    What poster category does this post make me fit in? Stupid optimizer? :)

  • (cs) in reply to Enric Naval
    Enric Naval:

    What poster category does this post make me fit in? Stupid optimizer? :)

    Incidentally, the way I order my sentences when posting is similar to the way I order my statements when coding. I pity future maintainers of my code.

  • (cs) in reply to Mung Kee
    Mung Kee:
    Meddler:
    Mung Kee:
    Meddler:
    They'd at least be tolerable if they were pure acronyms (pronouncable) and not just initialisms.  Like, uh, RELOBLOPOCOCO.  That's much more fun to say!


    Oh, you mean pronouncable like "SQL?"


    Some still insist on saying each letter instead of using the established pronouncable acronym we all love.  It's interesting how one pronunciation becomes preferable to another. We could be going around saying "I love how easy it is to install my squall in windows."   And sometimes the word doesn't quite fit - around here people say NMEA (a type of GPS signal) as "nee-ma" as if it's NEMA.


    We had a pow-wow regarding pronunciation of acronyms a couple weeks ago, which is why I posted that.


    Ah, the dreaded (to a newb) type-A comment.
  • (cs) in reply to Meddler
    Meddler:
    Mung Kee:
    Meddler:
    Mung Kee:
    Meddler:
    They'd at least be tolerable if they were pure acronyms (pronouncable) and not just initialisms.  Like, uh, RELOBLOPOCOCO.  That's much more fun to say!


    Oh, you mean pronouncable like "SQL?"


    Some still insist on saying each letter instead of using the established pronouncable acronym we all love.  It's interesting how one pronunciation becomes preferable to another. We could be going around saying "I love how easy it is to install my squall in windows."   And sometimes the word doesn't quite fit - around here people say NMEA (a type of GPS signal) as "nee-ma" as if it's NEMA.


    We had a pow-wow regarding pronunciation of acronyms a couple weeks ago, which is why I posted that.


    Ah, the dreaded (to a newb) type-A comment.


    Guilty.  I don't think we should cater to the most inexperienced reader.  Who among us enjoyed "that guy" or "that girl" bringing your CS1 or Data Structures classes to a screeching halt because they didn't understand the for loop or how to implement a stack?  I say, keep up or change your major to marketing.
  • (cs) in reply to Mung Kee

    Mung Kee:
    Guilty.  I don't think we should cater to the most inexperienced reader.  Who among us enjoyed "that guy" or "that girl" bringing your CS1 or Data Structures classes to a screeching halt because they didn't understand the for loop or how to implement a stack?  I say, keep up or change your major to marketing.

    <FONT face="Courier New" size=2>as a teaching assistant for the introductory cs class, i had a fellow email me about having trouble getting scheme to interpret his program.  i met him after the recitation and told him to show me his source (he had printed it out).  i cried.  he had literally written out a C/C++ program in some kind of twisted psuedo-scheme.  ex (although his was even sloppier than this):</FONT>

    <FONT face="Courier New" size=2>(MAX 10)
    (for (i 0) ; (< i MAX) ; (++ i)
      (switch i
        (case (= i 4) (printf "%d"...</FONT>

    <FONT face="Courier New" size=2>ok, so someone has trouble with syntax, fine.  except, that when i looked to see what it was doing in this C/C++ mess, it was completely incorrect.  it was supposed to be a program to reverse a string, and he had written a program that printed out each letter of the string on its own line.  even after he figured out how to write in scheme syntax, his programs never ran through (he could never balance parenthesis (parentheses?) or understand the interpreter's messages) and just ended up printing out the input in different ways.</FONT>

  • (cs) in reply to Meddler

    Anyone else find themselves skimming over the on-topic posts looking for more of the off-topic banter between the sarcasm-challenged and the type [A-J] people?

    Funny stuff.

     

     

  • (cs) in reply to brotha_s
    brotha_s:
    Anyone else find themselves skimming over the on-topic posts looking for more of the off-topic banter between the sarcasm-challenged and the type [A-J] people?


    Practically every post is one of [A-J].
  • (cs) in reply to brotha_s

    brotha_s:
    Anyone else find themselves skimming over the on-topic posts looking for more of the off-topic banter between the sarcasm-challenged and the type [A-J] people?

    <FONT face="Courier New" size=2>nope.</FONT>

  • (cs) in reply to Mung Kee
    Mung Kee:
    Meddler:


    Ah, the dreaded (to a newb) type-A comment.


    Guilty.  I don't think we should cater to the most inexperienced reader.  Who among us enjoyed "that guy" or "that girl" bringing your CS1 or Data Structures classes to a screeching halt because they didn't understand the for loop or how to implement a stack?  I say, keep up or change your major to marketing.


    Indeed; the inside jokes are a reward for spending too much time at thedailywtf.  But hey, at least this is a semi-productive form of entertainment.  I pretend that the "code" justifies my browsing from the work computer.
  • Pequod (unregistered) in reply to Manni
    Manni:

    Which type of post-whore are you?

    There are several basic types of people who post on this board. Can you tell which one you are?

    A) Catch-phraseologist: They take portions of previous posts and make inside joke references to them. The most frequently-seen of these are "brillant" and "IsTrue( )". Newcomers to the site are confused and try to correct these apparent errors, while the seasoned veteran readers don't find it at all amusing. Continued pathetic attempts at humor like this will be met with a stapler to the face.

    B) Uber-geek: These argumentative assholes will write up a dissertation-sized response in which they go into detail about processor architecture and kernel operations, even if the WTF has to do with Javascript. They ignore the true nature of the problem originally posted, and prefer to engage in pointless debates with other uber-geeks. To these people, sex involves a keyboard, and no physical contact.

    C) The one-liner: It's as simple as that, they post one line that gives no further insight or comedic value to what everyone else reads. It could be as simple as "W... T.... F!?!" Thank you for the affirmation that we are, in fact, viewing The Daily WTF. There was no point to your post, my life would have been better without it because I wouldn't have wasted 2 seconds reading your trite submission. Quite a few of these people are "Anonymous" posters because they are afraid that registering an account with their email address will cause satellites to beam communist thoughts into their brain via microwaves.

    D) The optimizer: These geniuses quickly identify that the post of the day has logic flaws, spelling errors, or over-complex methods of performing simple tasks. As a way of showing off their programming skills, they re-write the post of the day to be the fastest and most stable piece of code known to man. If you printed their code out, you could take it to a bank becuase it's made of gold. Figure it out bonehead, the code was posted because it sucks. No one cares if you can write it better. It's especially fun when they "optimize" it in a different programming language, which makes the whole concept even less useful.

    E) The "first" post: They like to be at the top of the list, with the fame and notoriety of having the very first response to every article. These people are also one-liners, because they never have anything else to say except "First!" These people are tard-monkeys, useless members of society who will most likely grow up to be politicians. 'Nuff said.

    F) The whiner: They rarely have anything to contribute to the topic. Instead they complain about how people's conversations are going off on a huge tangent, and they try to find new and creative ways to insult those people like calling them names in different languages, or coming up with overly-descriptive lists of the types of people that piss them off. These people should be shot.



    You forgot the one category to which you undoubtedly belong.

    G) Annoying Post-Modern Netcop: While they believe deeply in their innate ability to produce clever commentary, they ironically submit only the most hackneyed of derivative, recycled pabulum. In the guise of humor, their meta-commentary is akin to the lowest form of netcopping, attempting to shame those forum users who don't "do it right" into cleaning up their act. Originally spawned on BBS systems, these pests have spread everywhere from usenet to blog forums. Anal retentive, intolerant, and completely incapable of appreciating the spirit of the community, they childishly imagine a fantasy world where everyone is just like them and posts accordingly. They are to be avoided, if possible.
  • (cs)

    I love this damn site.

  • (cs) in reply to Manni
    Manni:

    Which type of post-whore are you?

    There are several basic types of people who post on this board. Can you tell which one you are?

    A) Catch-phraseologist: ...

    B) Uber-geek: ...

    C) The one-liner: ...

    D) The optimizer: ...

    E) The "first" post: ...

    F) The whiner: ...



    Here's another one:

    G) Boob: An acronym for "Basically Out Of the Box." This type of poster is a superior philosopher and will justify any WTF code by asking the grand question, "Well, what if the values of true and false change?" or "What if the value for 6 changes?" These wise ones should be forced to work as lab assistants at a local college to help marketing students in Intro. to Programming 101.

  • G) Troll (unregistered) in reply to Manni

    Dear Mani, Are you a whiner?

    Sincerely, G) Troll

  • smithy (unregistered)

    simple realy it coms up all work and no play makes jack a dull boy in  lime green and the font is old type wright each tim certain keys are struck it coms up on the screen 4 times and stays there for 5 minuits

  • (cs) in reply to smithy

    Anonymous:
    simple realy it coms up all work and no play makes jack a dull boy in  lime green and the font is old type wright each tim certain keys are struck it coms up on the screen 4 times and stays there for 5 minuits

    <FONT face="Courier New" size=2>you embody the spirit of the faulknerian idiot man-child.</FONT>

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