User: Monkey Troll

Re:Just for fun... C is a hoax?

On: C

sure... or if you want to avoid that strange 0 == replacement for !, you could use

(n % 2 || putchar('_'))

Re:Just for fun... C is a hoax?

On: C

The only thing making it unreadable is the spacing. Well, I find that I always have to look twice at the idiom:

printf("_" + n % 2)

There are much, much clearer ways to print a "_" if a number is even, and nothing if a number is odd. Spacing has nothing to do with it.

Re:No, really, what are they talking about?

On: Turnitin.com - Placebo for Plagiarism or Worse?

It does NOT matter that the story was factually incorrect, and very poorly written. Slashdot only has two requirements for a story to get on the front page:

1. Will this story generate lots of responses, and,
2. uhh...

Slashdot only has one requirement for a story to get on the front page. -- Slashdot. The Placebo for technology journalism.

Re:cheating

On: The Challenges of Making a Multiplayer Game

Every time you click "play" you win, and your name is added to the top of the high-scorers list, with a score one point higher than the highest score already there. I hacked your crappy game so that it presses the play button for me, in an infinite loop. Now, I can get a higher high score, much faster. I'm like Neo's God now!

Is this real?

On: Clear Hard Drive Mods

What are the chances that this is a joke?

I didn't see any smileys on those pages anywhere like they we use on AOL to communicate our mirth and sarcasm, but I still think this might not be real.

Re:Katz reviews look better wide

On: Arguing A.I.

jesus fucking monkey christ. how hard could this be to fix?