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Code Monkey Like Fritos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the catchy-songs-in-your-head dept.

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.

196 comments

  1. Perfect for a hot sunny day by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3

    Back to work tomorrow after nice long Easter break - thanx for posting this Scuttle.
    Its going on my playlist in the morning ;)

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    1. Re:Perfect for a hot sunny day by Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

      I should pair this song up with Monkey Developers ("Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers!")

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      "This may be presumptuous..." "That's my favorite kind of 'This'."
    2. Re:Perfect for a hot sunny day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hi. I modded you redundant. Why? Because I have no life. I am a loser who has never been laid. I take it out by posting all first posts redundant. It is absolutely moronic, I know. First post cannot be redundant (short of reposting the summary).

      Yet I continue to get mod points. I can only wank off for so long, and need some way to take out my agressions -- if I pulled shit in real life, I'd get my 95 pound ass kicked. Not sure why I have to post explaining this, but just felt the need.

      And BTW: BSD RULES!

  2. And then... by pope1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    CodeMonkey insert RootKit into corporate software installer.. give credit to Rob.

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    /* * pope1 */
  3. Wow! by Physician · · Score: 2, Funny

    Robert Frost (though you're dead), watch out. This guy knows how to rhyme.

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    1. Re:Wow! by tiluki · · Score: 3, Informative
      Reminds me of another little ditty a guy I used to work with was prone to hum...

      I'm a code monkey, baby.

      Climb up my binary tree.

      Ten thousand lines to debug.

      So don't fling shit at me.

    2. Re:Wow! by elrous0 · · Score: 1
      Robert Frost (though you're dead)

      And no more miles until he sleeps. And no more miles until he sleeps.

      -Eric

      --
      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  4. Since when... by MustardMan · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do code monkeys talk like fucking cavemen?

    1. Re:Since when... by LithiumX · · Score: 4, Funny

      I *AM* a caveman coder, you insensitive clod!

      Though ironically, I'm the one at work who gripes about a lack funtionality and elegance...

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      Do not confuse "Freedom of Choice" with "Free Will".
    2. Re:Since when... by DAldredge · · Score: 1

      Since OOG SMASH HEAD WITH OPEN SOURCE CD!

      happy now - i didn't use too many caps.

    3. Re:Since when... by Jeremi · · Score: 5, Funny
      Do code monkeys talk like fucking cavemen?


      Okay, Mister I'm-pissed-off-because-my-sense-of-humour-has-gone -missing, I'll explain it to you: monkeys don't actually talk at all. However, it's hard to express humorous lyrics using only grunting and screeching, 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.

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    4. Re:Since when... by m50d · · Score: 1

      It's to emphasise the "monkey" part, you imbecile.

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    5. Re:Since when... by rawb · · Score: 5, Funny

      Seriously, we apologize. We had no idea you guys were still around :(

    6. Re:Since when... by MyLongNickName · · Score: 3, Funny

      Do code monkeys talk like fucking cavemen

      Yeah... they can talk like virgin cavemen, but FUCKING cavemen... no way.

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    7. Re:Since when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      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

    8. Re:Since when... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      Didn't they evolved into pointy-hair bosses?

    9. Re:Since when... by Nodatadj · · Score: 1

      "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.

    10. Re:Since when... by 2names · · Score: 1
      it's hard to express humorous lyrics using only grunting and screeching

      You could always just fling some poo...

      *ducks*

      --
      "I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
  5. Login Page :( by cyranoVR · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 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 :D

    1. Re:Login Page :( by Rei · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Coulton is great. The first track of his I ever heard was "Mandelbrot Set". Gotta love a song that includes the lyrics "badass f'in fractal"

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      "This may be presumptuous..." "That's my favorite kind of 'This'."
  6. Poor Jonathan Coulton by freeplatypus · · Score: 1

    Evil Code Monkeys slashdotted his Creative Commons

    1. Re:Poor Jonathan Coulton by BuddUggly · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well, let's at least make it easier for folks to discover Jonathan, even if his website no worky poo.

      Here's a Wikipedia article

      http://eventful.com/r/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Jonathan_coulton

      Here's a page on Eventful with more information and a way for you to "demand" Jonathan come to your town (cool concept!).

      http://eventful.com/performers/P0-001-000000067-4

      And here's a podcast that played three of Jonathan's songs, full length because of Creative Commons.

      http://treehouseconcerts.libsyn.com/index.php?post _id=80711

      The first is about an evil genius (think arch-villian, Syndrome, from The Incredibles) who lives atop a lonely mountain but with much love in his heart. Or maybe that's just the voices in his head.

      The second is a tender ballad about the love of his life...his Apple Macintosh G4 laptop.

      And the last is about a little furniture store called Ikea. Just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen. Selling furniture for college kids and divorced men.

  7. code monkey server by sl4shd0rk · · Score: 4, Funny

    get slashdotted

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    1. Re:code monkey server by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 1

      I just grabbed it (again) to test the mirror, heres the link to CodeMonkey.mp3

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      liqbase :: faster than paper
  8. mirror by PenguinX · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the slashdot monkey poo has killed the server

  9. Moderated by monkeys... by MustardMan · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The idiocy of slashdot mods never ceases to amaze me. How exactly is this offtopic? Troll, maybe. Flamebait, possibly. But offtopic? Come on, it's a song about code monkeys sung in a broken voice without normal sentence structure, that's a style people use to represent cavemen. It's a direct comment on the song in the linked article. Moderator monkey not like use common sense.

    1. Re:Moderated by monkeys... by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Some mods are deaf, you insensitive clod!

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  10. Pssh! He's an ameteur. by HoneyBunchesOfGoats · · Score: 0

    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.

  11. Here's a tip code monkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Girls and frito breath aren't fond of each other.

    1. Re:Here's a tip code monkey by Jon_E · · Score: 1

      however, some pimply girls with frito breath love code monkeys

    2. Re:Here's a tip code monkey by tekcsound · · Score: 1

      Crap! I'm eating Fritos right now. Maybe that's why my g/f is sitting on the other end of the couch.

    3. Re:Here's a tip code monkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, I suspect it's because you're posting to slashdot instead of paying attention to her, idiot.

    4. Re:Here's a tip code monkey by pclminion · · Score: 1

      It is, however, better than Cheeto fingers...

  12. code monkey job by gravesb · · Score: 1

    Gets outsourced...

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  13. Someone will find a way to complain about this by Infonaut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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    1. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 1

      So far your the only one upset about something.
      Did you get a login page to write as well?

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      liqbase :: faster than paper
    2. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by kfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

      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.

      Either that or it really does just plain suck.

      I have no idea where people get the idea that displaying a work of art for free is supposed to give it immunity to criticism.

      I suspect that most of the people who believe this are themselves the tortured artiste type who cannot seperate criticism of their work from criticism of their soul.

      For these type of people I can only say this:

      Dude, get a grip and think about this to brighten your day - Maybe your soul really does just plain suck.

      KFG

    3. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Guy creates reaction to free song and distributes it on slashdot for free. Slashdot readers read it. People post their counter-reactions. Many will be happy, but some will invariably complain about some aspect of the reaction or about the poster's sig or about the slashdot community in general.

      I think how you react to people posting their opinions on slashdot is a good litmust test of your outlook on life.

    4. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by Infonaut · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I suspect that most of the people who believe this are themselves the tortured artiste type who cannot seperate criticism of their work from criticism of their soul.

      Well, you are spot-on about me being a tortured artiste type. I'm glad you were able to quickly identify my classification and get to the heart of the matter.

      Actually I wasn't referring to criticism of the music itself. I should have more specifically stated that there will almost always be people ready to complain because the server is Slashdotted, or because the editors even posted the story in the first place, or because of something else. Something in the nature of threaded discussion like Slashdot brings out adversarial comments. That's a good thing, because it leads to thoughtful analysis. But it can also lead to criticism for its own sake, imho.

      Dude, get a grip and think about this to brighten your day - Maybe your soul really does just plain suck.

      Always a possibility, though I'm not sure how it'll brighten my day. Then again, something tells me you didn't really mean for it to brighten my day anyway.

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    5. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by Infonaut · · Score: 1

      Many will be happy, but some will invariably complain about some aspect of the reaction or about the poster's sig or about the slashdot community in general.

      Point taken.

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    6. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by icepick72 · · Score: 1

      Hey, you could've tried to rip the guy apart but you didn't. Great example. I think we can all learn from such a non-adversarial response. Thanks for the example.

    7. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by kfg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Dude, I posted my work for free! Why you dissin' me fo'?

      Well, you are spot-on about me being a tortured artiste type. I'm glad you were able to quickly identify my classification and get to the heart of the matter.

      I'm afraid that if I said anything about you I missed it. Get over yourself. We're not talking about you behind your back, because you aren't that important to us.

      I should have more specifically stated that there will almost always be people ready to complain because the server is Slashdotted, or because the editors even posted the story in the first place, or because of something else.

      Ah, yes, well, that would have given me some insight into your outlook on life.

      Did you know that there are people who go around complaining constantly about people complaining constantly?

      No, probably not.

      Something in the nature of threaded discussion like Slashdot brings out adversarial comments.

      Believe it or not, I'm not being adversarial right now. I'm being amused.

      KFG

    8. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by MustardMan · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I know you slashdot weenies like to think everything must be free, in whatever version of the term you like to use... but being free doesn't immediately make something good. If someone doesn't like the song, they have every right to say "this song sucks". Although, on slashdot the only acceptable choices are for everyone to hate it, or everyone to like it, and any viewpoints opposing the groupthink will quickly be modded into oblivion.

    9. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by darkmeridian · · Score: 2, Funny

      I hate how your post over-generalizes about the characters on Slashdot. I think we should petition to have you removed, Mr. "Infonaut", if that's even your real name. I mean, you are complaning about complaining. How am I supposed to complain if you already complained about complaining? You are depriving me of my pleasure, and the sole reason I would LTFA. I mean, what's the point of listening to pop culture if not to complain about how much it sucks? Hell, what's the point of participating in pop culture if we can't complaint about how we are all dominated by the consumerism of the culture we are inculcating amongst ourselves?

      Sigh.

      Codemonkey...

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    10. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Believe it or not, I'm not being adversarial right now. I'm being amused.

      Dude, you need to improve your standards of amusement. :-|

    11. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by devkM · · Score: 0

      Complaining about people complaining before they even complain...

      preemtively metacomplaining

      My term, I coined it!

      HA!

    12. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by FLEB · · Score: 1

      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.

      OTOH, it is a discussion board here, talk is cheap, controversy sells well, and it's not like anyone's going to get mortally wounded by some critique.

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      Entertainment wants to be paid.
      You just want to be cheap.
    13. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by FLEB · · Score: 1

      I wish to invest in your groundbreaking new enterprise.

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      Information wants to be free.
      Entertainment wants to be paid.
      You just want to be cheap.
    14. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by Breakfast+Pants · · Score: 1

      I'm not gonna complain about the guy's work, but I do have a complaint: Slashdot has officially turned into Digg with this non-story.

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    15. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by linvir · · Score: 1

      Actually it happened a few weeks ago, with this fantastic list of Firefox Extensions.

    16. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

      "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."

      I think you'd be better off testing that on a site that doesn't have the word "Insightful" appear magically next to some posts. I think some people here find something wrong in every story just to earn that mod.

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    17. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Does it matter? He hates arts majors. :P

    18. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by kfg · · Score: 1

      Does it matter? He hates arts majors.

      Nonsense. I love art majors, literally.

      Real women don't major in sociology.

      KFG

    19. Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Real women don't major in sociology.

      Why of course. Real women major in culinary arts, hotel administration, family studies... :O

  14. For the love of god by I+Like+Pudding · · Score: 3, Insightful

    PUT UP A TORRENT! Linking to an mp3 off slashdot is a surefire way to kill a man's hosting.

  15. arrg my ears by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    the headphones do nothing !!!

  16. Coral Cache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.jonathancoulton.com.nyud.net:8090/mp3/C ode%20Monkey.mp3

  17. Errr... here's another twist by squidguy · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

  18. Ultra Monkey, Code Monkey by alfrin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tux is going to be pissed off if some god damn monkey tries to take his fame

    1. Re:Ultra Monkey, Code Monkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      i'm just excited which monkey will be next. bastard monkey from hell ?

      ps. i think all these projects are pushed by ballmer, he's our ancient gorilla and therefor father of all monkey projects!

      windows vista shall be renamed to windows jungle!

  19. Mirror of Mp3 by coolnicks · · Score: 5, Informative
    Download here

    http://data.coolnicks.co.uk/Code Monkey.mp3

    1. Re:Mirror of Mp3 by Premo_Maggot · · Score: 1

      mod him up!

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    2. Re:Mirror of Mp3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Is there a pristine vorbis available too?

    3. Re:Mirror of Mp3 by imaginieus · · Score: 2

      There is a faster mirror here

    4. Re:Mirror of Mp3 by eweaver · · Score: 2

      Another mirror:

      http://www.cis.udel.edu/~eweaver/stuff/Code%20Monk ey.mp3

      Coulton is great; get "Mandelbrot Set" while you're at it:

      http://www.cis.udel.edu/~eweaver/stuff/Mandelbrot% 20Set.mp3

    5. Re:Mirror of Mp3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nice speed... Thanks.

    6. Re:Mirror of Mp3 by x_MeRLiN_x · · Score: 1

      Faster? Not after you work out what to click to download the file, not to mention close the multiple pop-unders and attempts at spyware installation.

    7. Re:Mirror of Mp3 by larytet · · Score: 1
      And another one

      http://gomyplace.com/Code%20Monkey.mp3

  20. Surprisingly good by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

    1. Re:Surprisingly good by Scrameustache · · Score: 1

      Slashdot has obviously been replaced by bizaro-Slashdot.

      That explain good code monkey song grammar! Me happy you explain.

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      You can't take the sky from me...

    2. Re:Surprisingly good by YeOldeGnurd · · Score: 1

      For another Creative Commons song that absolutely doesn't suck, check out Mix Tape by Jim's Big Ego.

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    3. Re:Surprisingly good by x_codingmonkey_x · · Score: 1
      fat computer programmer

      Hey, who are you calling a fat computer programmer... oh wait...

    4. Re:Surprisingly good by slux · · Score: 1

      What are you talking about? There are plenty of good Creative Commons -licensed songs available. In fact, most netlabels use their licenses. Check out Creative Commons Three Sixty Five for a selected CC-licensed song a day and I'm sure you'll find many you'll like.

    5. Re:Surprisingly good by gstoddart · · Score: 1
      My God, a Creative Commons song that's actually good. And makes fun of a fat computer programmer. I love it.

      The only person the word fat is used in reference to in the entire song is the receptionist he's lusting over -- ostensibly a GIRL.

      His propensity to eat fritos, tab, mountain dew, or coffee cake doesn't indicate that he himself is fat.
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  21. Perfect for me. by MikeFM · · Score: 1

    I work for Tub Monkey as a Tech Monkey so this song is perfect for me. :)

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    1. Re:Perfect for me. by SocialEngineer · · Score: 1

      That website should definitely be tested in Opera. Please.

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    2. Re:Perfect for me. by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 1

      Would that make the girl in the song a "Tub Girl"?

    3. Re:Perfect for me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because god knows your company doesn't want to lose the 0.01% possible viewership.

    4. Re:Perfect for me. by Eideewt · · Score: 1

      That web page puts my CPU usage near 100% when I scroll it!

    5. Re:Perfect for me. by MikeFM · · Score: 1

      Try Opera 9.

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    6. Re:Perfect for me. by MikeFM · · Score: 1

      Using Firefox on Linux? I've complained to the Firefox developers about that. It seems to work fine in Windows and OS X on Firefox. Page validates and it does that CPU killing even if I remove the Javascript and CSS. Very odd.

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    7. Re:Perfect for me. by Mr+Z · · Score: 1

      Historically, Gecko hasn't handled non-scrolling backgrounds very well. I guess its architecture didn't anticipate them. If you *really* want to slow down a page on a Gecko-based browser, pin the background and make the foreground elements translucent. Extra bonus points if you make the background an animated GIF. Even on my Opteron 246, scrolling such pages happens in seconds-long chunks.

      (ObFreudianSlip: I originally typed "scrolling such pages" as "scrolling suck pages.")

      --Joe

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    8. Re:Perfect for me. by Eideewt · · Score: 1

      Something about the non-scrolling background was my guess.

    9. Re:Perfect for me. by MikeFM · · Score: 1

      I'm pretty sure that when I tested it it was slow even without the CSS linked in though (it was a while ago) which would mean it'd have no backgrounds of any kind since all styling is in CSS. Either way though I consider it a browser bug and not especially likely to hurt my business so I'll leave it that way for the time being. I've reported the bug so it's someone elses job to fix it. I refuse to workaround crappy browsers even in the case of it being my favorite, Firefox.

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  22. Allen Ginsberg by dsfox · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since Allen Ginsberg wrote "Birdbrain"

  23. Signup for Thing a Week Podcast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    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

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  24. Give it time by Infonaut · · Score: 1

    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.

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    1. Re:Give it time by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 1

      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.

      *sighs* The curse of antipodeans stuck in the north hemisphere.

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    2. Re:Give it time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I didn't know that word, so I googled it
      doesn't seem to line up too well with your statement, or is that definition off?

    3. Re:Give it time by Eideewt · · Score: 1

      It lines up if the person saying it lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

  25. Other songs by the same guy by iantf · · Score: 2

    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.

    1. Re:Other songs by the same guy by dodald · · Score: 2, Informative

      don't forget "That Spells DNA", and "Mandelbrot Set"

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      101010b 2Ah 52o
    2. Re:Other songs by the same guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm a fan too. I'm surprised noone here that I see has mentioned his business model, what with all the anti *AA feeling on this site. He gives away some of his songs for free, so that people share them and his name gets heard more. The rest of the songs are available for listening for preview before you buy, via flash on his website.

      All of the songs are on sale for a dollar (for free or not, so that you can help support the site by buying free songs, you can also support by donating.)

      All of the songs that you buy are in mp3 format, and he says that it's legal to distribute the non free songs to your friends.

      In addition to the songs you and the other reply mentioned ('mandelbrot set' and 'that spells DNA' are the true nerd songs available for free), 'shop vac' and 'first of may' are pretty good.

      'I crush everything' is a great song too, but it's not free.

    3. Re:Other songs by the same guy by Mercano · · Score: 1

      /me adds A Laptop Like You to the list. Though a love song to a PowerBook might not fly in all circles.

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  26. If funny by From+A+Far+Away+Land · · Score: 1

    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
    1. Re:If funny by mshiltonj · · Score: 1

      Puggy from Big Trouble like Fritos too. People who have seen the movie will know who I'm talkin' about.

      Big Trouble is a surprisingly good and funny movie. It kind of slipped under everyone's radar. Probably because it was released so shortly after 9/11 and the plot is about a terrorist trying to get hold a nuclear bomb. But it's damn funny!

      --
      Software Wars
    2. Re:If funny by Xshare · · Score: 1

      It's also a great book by Dave Barry. I suggest you read it!

    3. Re:If funny by From+A+Far+Away+Land · · Score: 1

      The movie is based on the book. I read the book first, and then saw the movie, but both were great. I was less impressed with MIB the movie after reading the book based on the movie.

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      Oh You POS
  27. Mirror by ThinkingInBinary · · Score: 1

    Code Monkey.mp3 mirrored here.

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  28. Page is /.ed by Distinguished+Hero · · Score: 1

    Maybe a torrent should have been included in the summary...

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  29. Fast Mirror by imaginieus · · Score: 1

    Fast mirror here - http://uploads.kbupgrades.com/index.php?directory= music

  30. White Collar Holler by Nigel Russell by DrJimbo · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Well, I rise up every morning at a quarter to eight
    Some woman who's my wife tells me not to be late
    I kiss the kids goodbye, I can't remember their names
    And week after week, it's always the same

    And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
    Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
    I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line

    Then it's code in the data, give the keyboard a punch
    Then cross-correlate and break for some lunch
    Correlate, tabulate, process and screen
    Program, printout, regress to the mean

    Then it's home again, eat again, watch some TV
    Make love to my woman at ten-fifty-three
    I dream the same dream when I'm sleeping at night
    I'm soaring over hills like an eagle in flight

    Someday I'm gonna give up all the buttons and things
    I'll punch that time clock till it can't ring
    Burn up my necktie and set myself free
    Cause no one's gonna fold, bend or mutilate me.
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    We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are.
    -- Anais Nin
  31. Another way to access-- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If you're not too cool to use it, the song (and others) is available in a podcast from iTunes.

  32. i'll have my own lyrics by hihihihi · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!!!
  33. Johnny C! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    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! :-)

  34. The monkey effect isn't working for me.... by technoextreme · · Score: 1

    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.
  35. Rhyming is overrated. by hackwrench · · Score: 1, Insightful

    When I listen to songs, rhyming is not one of the things I look for.

    1. Re:Rhyming is overrated. by linvir · · Score: 2, Insightful

      How nice of you to share this information about your personal tastes. But if this is the only output of SELECT * FROM music WHERE subject = 'rhyming', you might consider tacking some other information onto it before adding it to the discussion.

  36. Torrent available by Fubar420 · · Score: 1

    http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3474908

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    -- (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars)
  37. Thing a week by isny · · Score: 2, Informative

    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.

  38. Code Monkey Torrent by toby360 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://static.thepiratebay.org/hashtorrent/3474917 .torrent/Code_Monkey.mp3.3474917.TPB.torrent

  39. NEW POLICY: Simian software oursourcing by mnemotronic · · Score: 4, Funny
    Attention all employees, especially those in sandels, tee-shirts, and shorts.

    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.
    1. Re:NEW POLICY: Simian software oursourcing by elrous0 · · Score: 1
      all software engineer positions above the rank of "obsequious toadie" will be eliminated.

      Finally, all those years of saying "Great idea, boss!" pays off.

      -Eric

      --
      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    2. Re:NEW POLICY: Simian software oursourcing by Hillgiant · · Score: 1
      I coulda lost my Saleen S7.

      What kind of self-respecting upper management critter would be caught driving an overbuilt mustang? Okay, granted they may not have self-respect. But still, a Saleen.

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      -
  40. ho hum. by mrselfdestrukt · · Score: -1

    Some people are easily amused...
    If I write a song about geeks programming and posting on slashdot while ignoring their shit president and policies, do you think it will be popular too?

    --
    "I used to have that really cool,funny sig ,but it got stolen."
    1. Re:ho hum. by Eideewt · · Score: 3, Funny

      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.

    2. Re:ho hum. by Heliode · · Score: 1

      Geek ain't no country I've ever heard of! Do they speak English in Geek?

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      Fox can take the sky from you.
    3. Re:ho hum. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "What?!?"

  41. Poor Code Monkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Poor Code Monkey got slashdotted and has run outa bandwith.

    1. Re:Poor Code Monkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not out of bandwidth, the server itself is just choking. :(

  42. Apr.23:Prostitute Schedule @ MBOT in San Francisco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Like Las Vegas, San Francisco offers prostitution as a tourist attraction. If you want to buy some prostitution services (i.e., hand job, blow job, or full sexual intercourse), you need to merely walk through the doors of the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater (MBOT), located at 895 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California.

    Check out the prostitute schedule for April 23, 2006 at the MBOT.

    The prostitute schedule is updated daily.

    Unlike Las Vegas, San Francisco does not regulate prostitution. So, the MBOT heartily welcomes everyone -- including HIV-positive customers.

  43. Music video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How long for a flash musicvideo?

  44. Code Monkey Lyrics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    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

    1. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How weird, some of the comments suggested this song was good. How can it transcend the lyrics?

      Or does this inane horseshit really resonnate with the average slashdotter?

    2. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by noamsml · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      No, the music's crap too.

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      My new blog
    3. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh come on. Sure it's not quite produced up to the standards of pop radio stuff, but OTOH it sounds like it could have been recorded all in one take by musicians playing actual instruments. In the grand tradition of rock music the melody and harmonies are pretty simple and derivitive, but this isn't a timeless composition for the ages here. This is a fun little song with a couple mildly interesting guitar riffs and understandable lyrics that both rhyme and make sense, that most slashdotters can probably identify with. And there's nothing wrong with that.

    4. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by NitsujTPU · · Score: 5, Funny

      Soo...

      Code Monkey puts up with crap at work (that's pretty much par for the course). He tries to socialize with the receptionist, who turns him down. Ok. Then, he sits there and ponders the moment like some kind of weird stalker.

      Glad I'm not Code Monkey then :-)

      Code Monkey look at your picture
      Code Monkey concentrate
      When nobody is looking
      Code Monkey (it starts with "m")

      Rob see Code Monkey's cube
      Rob see Code Monkey's piece
      Rob open up his cell phone
      Rob call up the police!

      Code Monkey sit in cell
      Until the day he die
      Rob ("f" rhymes with duck) the girl at front desk
      Code Monkey only cry

      I kind of dislike this song.

    5. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by linvir · · Score: 1

      Good execution of a bad idea in my opinion. I don't think the author quite gets nerds. Hitting on someone? Don't think so mate.

    6. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by Jeremi · · Score: 1
      I don't think the author quite gets nerds. Hitting on someone? Don't think so mate.


      Oh, I think he gets nerds quite well. Keep in mind that in this case, "hitting on" the receptionist consists of offering her a sugary soda that she doesn't want, then slinking back to his cubicle to sulk when she turns down the offer. The receptionist, of course, never realizes an attempt was made (because "she doesn't think of him that way", natch). That sounds about right to me...

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      I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
    7. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by TheSpoom · · Score: 1

      Indeed. Reminds me of my shy early days in high school.

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      It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
      - E. Debs
    8. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I tend to agree. The song starts out good, as it's about coding, managers and snacks. Then it goes into that rather obvious area of romantic awkwardness, and never really is interesting again. I mean, we're not all social misfits, right. Right!?

      Interpretation aside, it's got a nice beat, I can dance to it; I give it a 42.

    9. Re:Code Monkey Lyrics by Hillgiant · · Score: 1
      I mean, we're not all social misfits, right. Right!?

      Well, for a sufficiently broad definition of 'social'... and a sufficiently narrow one for 'misfit'

      =]

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  45. So Jealous by Wannabe+Code+Monkey · · Score: 2

    Jonathan Coulton's latest song in his thing-a-week series, Code Monkey...

    Oh man, I wanna be this guy so bad...

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    We always knew Comcast was corrupt, here's the proof: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1909890&cid=34545432
    1. Re:So Jealous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      lol

    2. Re:So Jealous by DirkK · · Score: 1

      So am I.

      So - everybody buy his stuff! Come on people, he ought to be filthy stinkin' rich. Then with all the money he'll lose all his good ideas and maybe even his talent! Then I still won't have ideas as good as him, but at least it'll teach him!

      I am so jealous.

  46. Name that Tune... by slashturt · · Score: 2, Informative

    Great song! For fun, play it back to back with 'Want You Bad' from The Offspring. The riffs are the identical!

  47. Kompressor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is it just me or do the lyrics sound like Kompressor from mp3.com?

  48. torrent by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 1

    http://bittornado.com/torrents/Code%20Monkey.mp3.t orrent

    1. Re:torrent by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 2, Informative

      Er... Sorry, didn't notice there already was one. Use http://static.thepiratebay.org/hashtorrent/3474917 .torrent/Code_Monkey.mp3.3474917.TPB.torrent .

  49. Code monkey like. by MooUK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Code monkey like code monkey song. As do I.

  50. He did a bunch of songs for Popular Science by Dr.+Manhattan · · Score: 2, Informative

    See here I like "Better" and "I Feel Fantastic"; "Todd the T1000" ain't bad either.

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    PHEM - party like it's 1997-2003!
  51. Direct iTMS link by mh101 · · Score: 1

    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.
    1. Re:Direct iTMS link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      iTunes downloads podcasts from the publishing site, so that will be slashdotted too.

    2. Re:Direct iTMS link by mh101 · · Score: 1

      Nope... I just subscribed, and am downloading all the songs lightning fast.

      I suspect the MP3s are on a different server from the web site.

      --
      Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
  52. Not impressed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sounds crap to me. I don't know why you're all getting so excited over it. Seriously.

  53. Re:Apr.23:Prostitute Schedule @ MBOT in San Franci by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, the MBOT heartily welcomes everyone -- including HIV-positive customers.

    Is it me, or is this a new line from the MBOT spambot? Wonderful business decision. I'm sure that they'll get lots of HIV-positive business to make up for the other 98% of the population that's HIV-negative and may have second thoughts about a whore that heartily welcomes "HIV-positive customers."

    And is there some reason these spammers haven't been arrested yet?

  54. Mirror by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    http://www.altecxp.net/host/CodeMonkey.mp3

  55. What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by i41Overlord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

    1. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by kadathseeker · · Score: 2, Funny

      What are you talked about? Were the cultural elitings of the intarwebs!

      Engrish in the spirit of Freedom!

      Writing of the damaged Engrish is inducement of Great Firewall failure! China is go for many information of the "freedom" by using spelling of the internet Engrish! 31i73 breaking of the language, for great justice!!

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      The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. - William Gibson
    2. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      *ahem*

      You mean "who", not "which", right?

    3. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by linvir · · Score: 1

      Fucking grammar nazi. Who cares what you thought?

    4. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by stedo · · Score: 2, Funny

      What with the piss-poor grammar on here?

      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.

      Now I may be wrong, but I'm convinced that was meant seriously, so I feel I have to point out the many grammatical mistakes in the post. I'm not normally a grammar nazi, but I have to do something when a grammar nazi has such awful grammar.

      "What with" Come on, that makes no sense. You need a verb
      "piss-poor" Colloquial, okay. Not usual when you're complaining about standards of English, but okay
      "on here" Bzzt! "on" is a preposition, and you follow it with an adverb ("here"). That makes as much sense as "near slowly"
      "people, even ones which" The relative pronoun to refer to people is "who", not "which". Try "people, even ones who", or, better, "people, even those who"

      Learn the language better before you complain about others' usage of it. Or else ignore the bad grammar. Your choice. But you can't be a grammar nazi with bad grammar.

    5. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by mukund · · Score: 2, Funny

      You know.. I once saw this Ali G show with an arrogant man who refused to speak to Ali G cause his grammar was "incorrect", and you remind me of him because you are just as arrogant.

      Do you know how new words in English turn up? Ever ponder why we don't speak English like in the 17th century? Yeah think about it. Standards are a great thing. Thankfully, English don't have none.

      --
      Banu
    6. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by GTMoogle · · Score: 1

      "But you can't be a grammar nazi with bad grammar."

      Can't? CAN'T?!? Oh ho ho! Around here internal consistancy is really a bit much to ask for, let alone demand!

      'Sides, hypocrisy's only wrong when other people do it.

    7. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by realityfighter · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'm not referring to people who speak English as a second language, either.

      How do you know? Do you go through their post histories, meticulously reconstructing the details of their sordid past? Because that's just...creepy.

      --
      A strain of paranoid prevention can be worse than the disease, whate'er the intention.
    8. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by i41Overlord · · Score: 1

      How do you know? Do you go through their post histories, meticulously reconstructing the details of their sordid past? Because that's just...creepy.

      Yes I do, and I masturbate furiously while doing so...giggity-giggity

    9. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by muellerr1 · · Score: 1

      that's "Thankfully, English DOESN'T have none."

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    10. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't you mean, "Thankfully, English doesn't have any"?

    11. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by pu'u_bear · · Score: 1

      You must be new here...

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      --You're BOTH right. It's a floor wax AND a desert topping!
    12. Re:What with the piss-poor grammar on here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thankfully, English don't have none.

      Yes, you are correct. English does indeed have standards. Not using double-negatives being one of them. ;-)

  56. can't get torrent to work either by Narcocide · · Score: 1

    is the torrent somehow slashdotted too?

    1. Re:can't get torrent to work either by Frozen+Void · · Score: 1

      You can't slashdot torrent without a giant hostile botnet,sending garbage to tracker and you have to crash all trackers to be sure.Except DHT and PEX will keep it alive ^^(for some clients) .BitTorrent is network within a network.

  57. Love/Hate by k31bang · · Score: 1
    Or does this inane horseshit really resonnate with the average slashdotter?


    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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    1. Re:Love/Hate by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 1

      Here's some middle ground: I downloaded and played it. It was a little boring after the first few seconds.

  58. NOT complaining. by Narcocide · · Score: 1

    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)

  59. Correct your own grammer first! :P by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    ... people, even ones which call themselves "educated", ...
    It's normal to use "who" rather than "which" when referring to people. Get your interrogative pronoun right, oh thou critic of English language usage! :-)
  60. What are you doing? by JahToasted · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:What are you doing? by realcoolguy425 · · Score: 1, Funny

      no no, pirates reduce global warming, pirates/pirated songs would never cause heat. Perhaps a deep cooling effect somewhere...arrrr

    2. Re:What are you doing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "... like mixing matter with antimatter? ..."

      Should be alright, just so long as no one tries reversing the polarity.

  61. This song is my LIFE! by bokmann · · Score: 1

    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!

  62. I'm appreciated... by x_codingmonkey_x · · Score: 1

    I think...

  63. catchy, reminds me of another track by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Cube Farm" by Beatnick Turtle. Can't remember where I heard that though...

  64. What is a code monkey? by Jerim · · Score: 1

    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.

    1. Re:What is a code monkey? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      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.

      I work for a code monkey and I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

        Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about, but trust me you don't.

    2. Re:What is a code monkey? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Everything is a monkey task if you look it one way. Everything is an enlightening task if you look it another way.

  65. Code Monkey should by Manuscript+Replica · · Score: 1

    Code Monkey should find better job and consider changing diet.

  66. Rejected Lyrics by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 1

    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!

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    It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
  67. Re:Since when... (saddest caveman) by JambisJubilee · · Score: 1

    We are still around!

    http://www.saddestcaveman.com/

  68. Re:SELECT * FROM music WHERE by hackwrench · · Score: 1

    What do you have in mind?

  69. Re:SELECT * FROM music WHERE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Where is my mind?

    Way out, in the ocean, see it swimming...

  70. Code Monkey want music video by plutonium83 · · Score: 1

    ... alot

  71. Love it by pojo · · Score: 1

    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.

  72. Some additional songs by the artist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    can be found on his garageband profile here.

    1. Re:Some additional songs by the artist by larytet · · Score: 1

      "ikea" is not that great

  73. slow news day... by HardCorePawn · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new CodeMonkey overlords...

  74. Yay, mod the guy up... by aybiss · · Score: 0

    ...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!?!

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  75. If there could be more about manager Rob by IUSR · · Score: 1

    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.

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  76. Re:SELECT * FROM music WHERE by linvir · · Score: 1
    I don't know, maybe a wikipedia reference, or a more general point.

    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.

  77. omg by Demerol · · Score: 1

    Wow, this is like Blink 182....only, if they sucked even harder than they already do.

    CodeMonkey no like shit music!

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  78. Re:White Collar Hollerby Nigel Russell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I don't know who Nigel Russell is, but I believe this song was written by fellow Canadian Stan Rogers who died in 1983.

  79. Re:White Collar Holler by Drey · · Score: 1

    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.

  80. Sanity Check by TheCoders · · Score: 1

    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.

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  81. Re:White Collar Hollerby Nigel Russell by billtom · · Score: 1


    No, it was written by Nigel Russell. Stan Rogers recorded a version of it (on the album "Between the Breaks").

  82. Re:White Collar Hollerby Nigel Russell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    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.

  83. Re:SELECT * FROM music WHERE by glassjaw+rocks · · Score: 0

    Cryptopsy

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  84. I love this song... by DesireCampbell · · Score: 1

    Just a little update: as of right now I've listened to this song 289 times :)

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