08-06-2008, 02:14 PM | #61 |
Member
Posts: 20
Karma: 10
Join Date: Nov 2006
Device: Sony Reader
|
|
08-06-2008, 02:24 PM | #62 | |
Cultural Artist
Posts: 1,128
Karma: 12829
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Georgia
Device: Sony 505, Kindle 2
|
Quote:
<Oh, someone left that on your desk? Really? Nope, never seen it before. > Dreamer |
|
Advert | |
|
08-06-2008, 03:32 PM | #63 |
Evangelist
Posts: 499
Karma: 20623
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: North Salem & NYC, NY
Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad
|
The "general failure" line is from Dave Barry's book on computers. The book also contains this wonderful line (I am quoting from memory and the actual phrasing may not be correct): "We need ever more powerful computers so that we can get error messages faster."
Last edited by radleyp; 08-06-2008 at 03:34 PM. |
08-06-2008, 03:33 PM | #64 |
Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah!
Posts: 11,726
Karma: 8255450
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox
Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!
|
I think my brain just melted down.
|
08-06-2008, 03:38 PM | #65 |
Evangelist
Posts: 499
Karma: 20623
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: North Salem & NYC, NY
Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad
|
R Wood: why from right to left in Greek?
|
Advert | |
|
08-06-2008, 03:52 PM | #66 | |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
Quote:
______ Dennis |
|
08-06-2008, 03:56 PM | #67 |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
|
08-06-2008, 04:39 PM | #68 |
Technogeezer
Posts: 7,233
Karma: 1601464
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Device: Sony PRS-500
|
Also because the APL (it stands for A Programming Language) code is executed from right to left on the line.
Long ago in grad school a friend of mine and I would write APL programs and then have the other figure out what they did. The loser bought pizza. Since whole programs can be written in just one line of APL this is harder than it sounds. |
08-06-2008, 05:06 PM | #69 | |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
Quote:
______ Dennis |
|
08-06-2008, 05:13 PM | #70 |
Technogeezer
Posts: 7,233
Karma: 1601464
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Device: Sony PRS-500
|
TECO was a pain. I always used (when available SOS (Son of Stopgap.) I stayed on DEC-10s when I could and the only time I remember that I had to use TECO was a stint on a RSTS-11 box and once on a PDP-8.
|
08-07-2008, 10:05 AM | #71 |
Wizzard
Posts: 1,402
Karma: 2000000
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite
|
Ah, TECO was fun! At my first job I wrote a set of TECO macros to transform quite a few Record & Field definitions (from formal interface specs) into PL/M-86 structure definitions, including such things as having to calculate field sizes & offsets for the varient parts! Took a few days but saved weeks of effort (& excluded all the manual mistakes that would have crept in).
|
08-07-2008, 10:12 AM | #72 | |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
Quote:
I still have an editor or two around that emulate EDT. ______ Dennis |
|
08-07-2008, 10:15 AM | #73 | |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
Quote:
Though I have thought on occasion of trying to track down the old ITS macro set and recreate the original emacs... Gotta love a language whose code bears a strong resemblance to line noise... ______ Dennis |
|
08-07-2008, 10:17 AM | #74 |
Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah!
Posts: 11,726
Karma: 8255450
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox
Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!
|
These jokes are just thigh slappers, let me tell you!
|
08-07-2008, 10:21 AM | #75 |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
|
Tags |
unutterable silliness |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Computer programming books | JoshLessard | Amazon Kindle | 6 | 08-08-2010 06:08 PM |
Unutterably Silly Really BAD Christmas Jokes | Slite | Lounge | 97 | 01-04-2010 05:43 PM |
Free programming and computer science e-books | TadW | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 2 | 01-17-2005 10:39 PM |