Live Nightclub Hacking

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Posted by michael on Thursday September 2, 2004 @01:43AM from the knit-one-perl-two dept.

rjjm writes "Alex Mclean has written a stormin' article at perl.com on Hacking Perl In Nightclubs. Alex programmes live on stage to perform his music."

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Why not? by arose · 2004-09-02 01:46 · Score: 4, Funny

What else would a geek do in a nightclub?

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Hmmmm.. by maggeth · 2004-09-02 01:47 · Score: 3, Funny

I've found the experiences of dancing and programming to have a great deal in common.

Why not just say, "I hate dancing, but want to get laid eventually, and just hang around nightclubs hoping that some chick is drunk enough to not notice?"
Well, TFA is interesting if you're into music composition in any case. :D

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1. Re:Hmmmm.. by Slashbot+Hive-Mind · 2004-09-02 02:05 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  We are confused. What is this 'chick' you speak off?
  
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white boy by smaksly · 2004-09-02 01:47 · Score: 5, Funny

play that funky
@P=split//,".URRUU\c8R";@d=split//,"\nrekca h xinU / lreP rehtona tsuJ";sub p{
@p{"r$p","u$p"}=(P,P);pipe"r$p","u$p";++$p;($q *=2) +=$f=!fork;map{$P=$P[$f^ord
($p{$_})&6];$p{$_}=/ ^$P/ix?$P:close$_}keys%p}p;p;p;p;p;map{$p{$_}=~/^[ P.]/&&
close$_}%p;wait until$?;map{/^r/&&}%p;$_=$d[$q];sleep rand(2)if/\S/;print

till you die
1. Re:white boy by Walterk · 2004-09-02 01:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  syntax error at - line 4, near "&&}"
  Execution of white boy aborted due to compilation errors.
  
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You blew it man by not_a_product_id · 2004-09-02 01:50 · Score: 5, Funny

geek gets into a night club with real live women and what does he do? He programs perl. jeez

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Re:hmm... Perl in a **nightclub** by hype7 · 2004-09-02 01:56 · Score: 5, Funny

perl in a nightclub?

I do not think that word means what you think it means...

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more like by schmu_20mol · 2004-09-02 01:58 · Score: 3, Funny

#!/usr/bin/perl print "YMCA\n";

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Obligatory Swordfish Reference by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-02 01:58 · Score: 3, Funny

What better place than a nightclub to crack 1024 bit encryption at gunpoint while having a 60-second sexual relation (depending on the defintion of "is" and "sex") with a beautiful woman.
Just goes to show by wackysootroom · 2004-09-02 01:59 · Score: 4, Funny

You can take the geek out of the nightclub, but you can't take the nightclub out of the geek.
1. Re:Just goes to show by duggy_92127 · 2004-09-02 05:28 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I prefer: You can lead a geek to a nightclub, but you can't make him get a life.
  Doug
Drinkin' and Codin' by subrosas · 2004-09-02 02:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Not sure about hacking Perl in nightclubs, but I did drink a fifth of gin while trying to debug a friend's Perl script.
Kind of like a Dantean descent into hell it was...
Perl's a Singer by mo^ · 2004-09-02 02:01 · Score: 2, Funny

She Stands up when she plays the Piano... In a night club...

Yah, Perl, night club.... Elkie did it first!

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Re:I swear to God... by Ignignot · 2004-09-02 02:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Since you sir, have made the first hack the planet joke, you are now contractually obligated to fulfill your promise because:

1)You have met and are currently co-located with yourself.

You are the first person to make a "Hack the Planet" joke.

Therefore, it is your duty and task to kick your ass forthwith.

Yours truly,
Ignignot

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Perl code is hard to re-use, huh? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-02 02:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Guess I'm a genius for using modules from CPAN, and I didn't even know it.
Waitaminnit... by nanojath · 2004-09-02 02:27 · Score: 2, Funny

Alex programmes live on stage

Programmes? Programmes? By god I smell a limey in our midst! Get 'im!

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Re:hmm by PorscheDriver · 2004-09-02 02:27 · Score: 5, Funny

I go to nightclubs to to dance and get rejected by women, but I guess this is the Slashdot way.

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Me too by TheCrunch · 2004-09-02 02:32 · Score: 4, Funny

I've been doing this for ages. I tried Techno but my code usually generates Blues.

Well.. bluescreens.

sorry.

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Lost me at the first sentence by DonkPunch · 2004-09-02 02:58 · Score: 2, Funny

"I've found the experiences of dancing and programming to have a great deal in common."

Then either your dancing or your programming needs some serious help.

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