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Code Monkey Like Fritos
Greyjack writes "Jonathan Coulton's latest song in his thing-a-week series, Code Monkey, is an anthem for under-appreciated developers everywhere. From the song: 'Code Monkey get up get coffee / Code Monkey go to job / Code monkey have boring meeting, with boring manager Rob / Rob say Code Monkey very diligent / But his output stink / His code not functional or elegant / What do Code Monkey think?' Like virtually everything he does, he's released it under a Creative Commons license -- go forth, download, and share the goodness!" Update: 04/23 19:23 GMT by SM: Several users have also provided a torrent.
Back to work tomorrow after nice long Easter break - thanx for posting this Scuttle. ;)
Its going on my playlist in the morning
liqbase
CodeMonkey insert RootKit into corporate software installer.. give credit to Rob.
/* * pope1 */
Robert Frost (though you're dead), watch out. This guy knows how to rhyme.
Does God treat us as servants or friends? Check my homepage.
Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
:(
:D
but his output stink
his code not functional or elegant
what do Code Monkey think
Code Monkey think maybe manager oughta write goddamn login page himself
I listened to this song just as I was reviewing my login page code for a project that's behind schedule
At least now I have a cool song to rock out to while I check my project into cvs
I *AM* a caveman coder, you insensitive clod!
Though ironically, I'm the one at work who gripes about a lack funtionality and elegance...
Do not confuse "Freedom of Choice" with "Free Will".
Evil Code Monkeys slashdotted his Creative Commons
get slashdotted
Join the Slashcott! Feb 10 thru Feb 17!
I think the slashdot monkey poo has killed the server
Since OOG SMASH HEAD WITH OPEN SOURCE CD!
happy now - i didn't use too many caps.
Like virtually everything he does, he's released it under a Creative Commons license / go forth, download, and share the goodness!
That doesn't rhyme at all.
Girls and frito breath aren't fond of each other.
Gets outsourced...
http://bgcommonsense.blogspot.com
Guy creates song and distributes it for free. Slashdot picks it up. People post their reactions. Many will be happy, but some will invariably complain about some aspect of the song or about the Creative Commons license or about singing in general.
I think how you react to a work of art that someone has made available for free is a good litmus test of your outlook on life.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
PUT UP A TORRENT! Linking to an mp3 off slashdot is a surefire way to kill a man's hosting.
Some mods are deaf, you insensitive clod!
http://outcampaign.org/
the headphones do nothing !!!
http://www.jonathancoulton.com.nyud.net:8090/mp3/C ode%20Monkey.mp3
Shut the hell up and sling some more code, like now. And make sure you document it before checking it in with CM. WTF do you mean you need another %&#()) tool? EMACS isn't sufficient? Damn whiners.
Okay, Mister I'm-pissed-off-because-my-sense-of-humour-has-gon
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
Tux is going to be pissed off if some god damn monkey tries to take his fame
http://data.coolnicks.co.uk/Code Monkey.mp3
My God, a Creative Commons song that's actually good. And makes fun of a fat computer programmer. I love it.
Slashdot has obviously been replaced by bizaro-Slashdot. I won't be able to relax until this story has been duped three times.
I work for Tub Monkey as a Tech Monkey so this song is perfect for me. :)
At what price learning? At what cost wisdom? The price is a man's peace of mind, and the cost is his life.
It's to emphasise the "monkey" part, you imbecile.
I am trolling
Since Allen Ginsberg wrote "Birdbrain"
Instead of downloading this song and forgetting about it, subscribe to the podcast and get a great song every week... there are some CLASSICS like:
All I want to do is eat your brains
The christmas song (forget the name)
and the IKEA song (great stuff)
Point your aggregators at:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/thingaweek
Better yet, support the artist and pay $1 a week via paypal
--
http://www.wormus.com/aaron/
So far your the only one upset about something.
I've simply noticed lately that despite the abundance of free information and valuable tools that people give away for free, a surprising number of people snipe at the giftgivers for one reason or another. I wanted to see if my theory would be borne out with this story, because it is so clearly a case of someone simply giving something away.
My guess is that a few of the sharpshooters will show up for this one.
Did you get a login page to write as well?
No, but I'm sure I came across sounding like I did. It's probably the weather. I think weeks and weeks of overcast sky are finally driving me to lunacy. Too much time in the virtual world, not enough running around outdoors.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
I've been a fan of Jonathan Coulton for a while now. He's got dozens of songs freely available on his web site, but here are a few of the ones that I think /.ers might particularly like:
"Better"
"Skullcrusher Mountain"
"Gambler's Prayer"
"Re Your Brains"
Enjoy.
then laugh.
Code monkey isn't only one who like Fritos.
Puggy from Big Trouble like Fritos too. People who have seen the movie will know who I'm talkin' about.
Oh You POS
Code Monkey.mp3 mirrored here.
ttuttle is a rankmaniac
Maybe a torrent should have been included in the summary...
Uttering logically derived and empirically supported truths to the disciples of the orthodox establishment.
Fast mirror here - http://uploads.kbupgrades.com/index.php?directory= music
We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are.
-- Anais Nin
If you're not too cool to use it, the song (and others) is available in a podcast from iTunes.
ScuttleMonkey get up get coffee
ScuttleMonkey go to slashdot
ScuttleMonkey have boring meeting, with boring Cowboy Neal
Neal say ScuttleMonkey very diligent
But his link stink
His link not functional or elegant
as the link have been slashdott (ed)?
everyone downmodding this post will be prosecuted for reading my post without first buying a license!!!
This guy needs more exposure.. his "thing a week" has some cool and funny stuff. He has a lot of talent and I hope you guys send some $$$ his way!!
:-)
I love his folk-rock rendition of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back".. tell your girlfriend you want to play her a romantic song and put that on!
It reminds me of George and Jimmy from Seinfeld. "George likes his food spicy."
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
When I listen to songs, rhyming is not one of the things I look for.
http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3474908
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If you like this, be sure to check out his thing-a-week podcast. More of the same type stuff. If you're already into podcasting, odds are that you've heard several of his songs already.
http://static.thepiratebay.org/hashtorrent/3474917 .torrent/Code_Monkey.mp3.3474917.TPB.torrent
Due to proposed laybacks by our funding venture canabalists, all software engineer positions above the rank of "obsequious toadie" will be eliminated. This includes all over-paid, under-producing, slashdotter "code monkey" positions in the north-40 cube-farm, whose jobs will be outsourced to S-E Asian simian coders, all of whom have doctorates in object-oriented poo-flinging, and work for coconuts. Don't be mad, you brought it on yourselves -- all those "Ludicrous" mp3 files on the server. You know how much it took to settle that lawsuit? Sheesh, I coulda lost my Saleen S7.
We, the upper management, almost sincerely regret the necessity of having to announce this decision, but our personal assistant was out today, so we got stuck doing it. Well, no time to chat -- my four-some is up, so get packing. Oh, by the way, all network access has been cut off, and security is on their way with some backup bouncers from my party last night! Whew, I'm glad the shareholders are picking up the tab for that. Have fun, and if you see me on the street, let's just pretend we don't know each other.
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
Poor Code Monkey got slashdotted and has run outa bandwith.
How long for a flash musicvideo?
Code Monkey
by Jonathan Coulton
Code Monkey get up, get coffee
Code Monkey go to job
Code Monkey have boring meeting
With boring manager Rob
Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
But his output stink
His code not functional or elegant
What do Code Monkey think?
Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write goddamn login page himself
Code Monkey not say it out loud
Code Monkey not crazy, just proud
Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey hang around at front desk
Tell you sweater look nice
Code Monkey offer buy you soda
Bring you cup, bring you ice
You say no thank you for the soda, cuz
Soda make you fat
Anyway you busy with the telephone
No time for chat
Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle
He sit down pretend to work
Code Monkey not thinking so straight
Code Monkey not feeling so great
Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you... a lot
Code Monkey have every reason
To get out this place
Code Monkey just keep on working
See a soft pretty face
Much rather wake up eat a coffee cake
Take bath, take nap
This job fulfilling in creative way
Such a load of crap
Code Monkey think some day he have everything, even pretty girl like you
Code Monkey just waiting for now
Code Monkey say someday, somehow...
Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you
Jonathan Coulton's latest song in his thing-a-week series, Code Monkey...
Oh man, I wanna be this guy so bad...
We always knew Comcast was corrupt, here's the proof: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1909890&cid=34545432
Seriously, we apologize. We had no idea you guys were still around :(
Great song! For fun, play it back to back with 'Want You Bad' from The Offspring. The riffs are the identical!
Is it just me or do the lyrics sound like Kompressor from mp3.com?
http://bittornado.com/torrents/Code%20Monkey.mp3.t orrent
Code monkey like code monkey song. As do I.
See here I like "Better" and "I Feel Fantastic"; "Todd the T1000" ain't bad either.
PHEM - party like it's 1997-2003!
Here's the link to his "Thing a Week" podcast in iTMS, which includes the Code Monkey song.
Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
Sounds crap to me. I don't know why you're all getting so excited over it. Seriously.
http://www.altecxp.net/host/CodeMonkey.mp3
I frequently see posts on here that use the wrong tense of verbs.
It seems that people, even ones which call themselves "educated", don't have a command of the English language.
I'm not referring to people who speak English as a second language, either.
is the torrent somehow slashdotted too?
You've just fell upon the Love/Hate feelings people have for Jonathan Coulton. Theres not much middle ground. I personaly love his music.
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Narcocide prefer mellow yellow over mtn. dew.
Otherwise, song is late chapter in story of life.
Anyone else?
(secret tip - if you answered 'yes' it probably means the part you're trying to figure out is that you need to loose alot of weight, put on a little muscle and buy some tight-fitting clothes at Macy's)
Do code monkeys talk like fucking cavemen
Yeah... they can talk like virgin cavemen, but FUCKING cavemen... no way.
See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
You put a legal torrent on thepiratebay. Isn't mixing creative commons stuff with copyright infringing stuff like mixing matter with antimatter? And given the amount of copyright infringement going on at the pirate bay, this could start a chain reaction big enough to ignite the atmosphere.
Replace Rob with Todd and Fritos with Cheetos, and this song could be my biography. My wife even used to be the receptionist where I work!
I think...
"Cube Farm" by Beatnick Turtle. Can't remember where I heard that though...
Programming takes skill and knowledge. Since when has the programming community itself accepted the fact that programming is a menial task?
Now sure, if the programmer is just typing in code from a 100 page document that already has the code printed on it, then sure, they are a code monkeys. But the last time I checked, programmers still have to think and apply everything they know.
Mopping a floor is a monkey task. Cutting grass is a monkey task. How is programming like either of those tasks? I mean, you can say he is a "monkey doctor" or a "monkey lawyer." But no matter how you view a profession, it doesn't make it true.
My complaint is that there are several people on these boards who seem to take the same view of programming as business managers do. I for one still think that programming takes skill and knowledge.
Code Monkey should find better job and consider changing diet.
Just as interesting are the lyrics that Jonathan Coulton considered, but ultimately rejected:
Code Monkey only pawn in game of life.
Code Monkey like Sheriff Bart.
Code Monkey like candy!
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Did you think you made sense? Geeks do not have a president. There is no country called "Geek". Maybe you were thinking of Greece? I don't know much about their politics, so I can't comment on that. Regardless, I'm not sure what politics have to do with funny songs about programmers.
P.S. I had to re-read your post several times and make sure there was no parent post whose context would bring it all into focus. That's how incoherent you are.
We are still around!
http://www.saddestcaveman.com/
What do you have in mind?
Way out, in the ocean, see it swimming...
Do code monkeys talk like fucking cavemen?
Code monkeys speak that way when it's the best common communication scheme to whoever they're speaking to. In the case of Rob, it would be because managers are only distinguishable from their cave-dwelling ancestors by their ability to wear ties and invoke buzzwords (Rob say elegant! Rob say functional! Rob wear tie!), and so anything greater than caveman level would be worthless noise.
In the case of the unnamed receptionist, Code Monkey flounders a bit, but who can blame him? She even refused a free soda. Obviously he's aimed his affections at a crazy woman, who is acting irrationally and differently than anyone else he's likely come into contact with during his education or previous experience. He's probably dropping down to caveman just to be sure she understood the offer.
-Anonymous Coward
... alot
I love this because besides being funny, it's good musically too. I've heard a lot of techie songs where the lyrics are funny but they just don't sound very good. This gets high marks on both.
can be found on his garageband profile here.
I, for one, welcome our new CodeMonkey overlords...
...who was 'informative' enough to use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to introduce already known information in the middle of a discussion. Note to self - so THIS is how one actually gets mod points!?!
It's OK Bender, there's no such thing as 2.
Didn't they evolved into pointy-hair bosses?
Then I could play the song for my manager who wrote our goddamn login page in a goddamn way.
Plus, we don't have front desk sitters with soft pretty faces.
"Houston, we have a problem."
My point is that replying that you're not all that interested in rhyming to a post praising the rhymes in a song is like replying to a post about Linux security in order to state that you don't actually use Linux.
I hope I didn't come across as a prick, because that wasn't the intention. It's just that potentially contentious one-sentence statements are often randomly modded into oblivion.
Wow, this is like Blink 182....only, if they sucked even harder than they already do.
CodeMonkey no like shit music!
Install COX in your backend today!
I don't know who Nigel Russell is, but I believe this song was written by fellow Canadian Stan Rogers who died in 1983.
"so the author tried to imagine what monkeys might sound like if they were able to talk, and came up with a form of pidgin English that resembles what some people imagine cave to sound like."
I thought it sounded like the way the black slaves spoke, "Masta say go dig field, masta say big tall john very dil'gent", which I dunno if he was going for it, Rob being slaveowner kind of slant. Thing is, as much as I don't want to think it, the links between the black slave speak and monkeys has hints of racism. I'd like to think that was unintended, but its still there in the back of my mind.
Thanks for this, I've got the song on an old crappy tape recorded off Dr. Demento on the radio and never could make out ALL of the lyrics.
I try to think, it only hurts my brain.
My PCI-bus arbiter is driving me insane
My memory's scrambled, bytes are getting swapped.
My registers are caching out, my carrier was dropped.
Sanity check.
Making sure I didn't break the world.
As in a sea of bugs we swirl.
Sanity check.
Under my desk I try and hide away
But soon i know I have to face the burning light of day.
The network's down, the router doesn't route,
And since it's Thursday, pretty soon the power will go out.
Sanity check.
Making sure I didn't break the world.
As in a sea of bugs we swirl.
Sanity check.
Nothing works: the way it was designed,
64-bit integers are coming undefined.
The hardware's buggy, the manual's arcane,
And every day I ask myself if I've already gone insane.
Sanity check.
Making sure I didn't break the world.
As in a sea of bugs we swirl.
Sanity check.
Sanity check.
My guitar chord generator.
Geek ain't no country I've ever heard of! Do they speak English in Geek?
Fox can take the sky from you.
No, it was written by Nigel Russell. Stan Rogers recorded a version of it (on the album "Between the Breaks").
You could always just fling some poo...
*ducks*
"I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
"What?!?"
Fair enough. I defer to you. I just figured that it being so old, and Stan Rogers being so far gone that he must have written it. I stand corrected.
Cryptopsy
-gjr
Just a little update: as of right now I've listened to this song 289 times :)
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