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Funny non-IT Uses of UML?

Posted by Cliff on from the bet-the-spec-writers-never-thought-of-these-uses dept.

_pruegel_ asks: "Most people will (if at all) use UML for documentation of software projects. Others come up with non-IT uses like writing poems. Now, I came up with some sort of collaboration diagram for The O.C. (as of episode 2.09). What funny or not so funny but non-IT uses for UML have you found?"

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  1. Dear _pruegel_ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I feel like I want to punch you.

  2. Not strictly UML but... by Sklivvz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ok, it's a flowchart, but it documents the recipe for making tomato sauce. :-)

    http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/cecconi/articles/2413.a spx

    Have fun!

    --
    My Stack Overflow user
    1. Re:Not strictly UML but... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Informative

      That sounds pretty much like "cooking for engineers".

  3. Wait a second.. by Klowner · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't feel good..

    It just occured to me, there now exists a person that is capable of both comprehending UML, and being a fan of the O.C.?

    Where is my umbrella? I sense pig feces will fall from the sky any moment now..

  4. Argh by FullMetalAlchemist · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I understand the desire to use visual modeling tools, but I have a hard time understanding why UML is the standard that everyone uses; man, it sucks ass.

    It was inconsistent; to the point that it was actually umbigous, in version 1 and a few dot-releases. So it couldn't be checked by a parser.

    Some claim that UML and EER have 1:1 mapping, and while that isn't strictly true the EER is not the answear we're looking for.

    So, to the point; does anyone know of a visual modeling language that isn't inconsistent and more than 600 pages in the basic spec?

  5. ambiguity by graf0z · · Score: 3, Funny
    Strange idea to use UML for documentation. I use it for jailing my gameservers.

    /graf0z.

  6. sad by clambake · · Score: 2, Funny

    The sad thing is, most UML I've seen used in IT tends to be unintentionally funny all by itself.

  7. Only one question .. What the heck is 'OC'? by talexb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Occasional Coward?
    Occluding Clot?
    Old Cow?
    Official Cap?
    Ontological Catalyst?
    Odd Couple?
    Off Center?
    Octagonal Crustacean?
    Outlying Cottage?
    Omnipotent Creature?
    Opposing Canine?
    Orthogonal Cusp?
    Original Catsup?
    Overwhelming Certainty?
    Outter Circumference?

    The only clue I have is the definite article that precedes 'OC' .. no periods. So what is it?

  8. A challenge by YetAnotherAnonymousC · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK then. And excellent start. But I now hereby challenge someone to attempt a diagram for a *daytime* soap. Bonus points if it's Days of Our Lives and includes demonic possessions.

  9. Nothing by alan_dershowitz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    UML is so torturous that using it for fun is out of the question. It's useful, but it's also annoying to actually use :-(

  10. Why ? by Vanieter · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought UML was meant as a punishment for misbehaving programmers - nobody it their right mind would use that for fun unless they're suits ... and even then ...