Though I can't speak for the grand-parent,
I also thought the first three seasons of buffy where the best, I still loved the last four, but: 4 was a bit of a soap opera, 5 was a lot of, oh god, oh god, a big mean, well god, is comming to kill us and we can't do anything about it (repeat x22) and well there was that "non" season, and then 7, though it started out well, turned into anouther, "oh god, oh god, we're are all going to die", "See what I Did There" - Willow
"One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong
One of these things is not like the others
Something, something, before I finish this song...
er... Sorry about that.
Anyway, let me get to my point... you are tired of unique because it is cliche, tired and formulaic... you instead whant tired cliched and formulaic... er... I think my head just exploded!
Sounds like my famous:/* I have no idea what the following 40 lines do, but they work, they work well, DO NOT TOUCH */
There is one thing that does tend to bug me, and all the instructors at the course I just finished did this. Comments focused soly on the How.
I don't need the How (unless, of course you are doing something strange, then they would be much apreciated). I need the What and the Why.
Example of what i would see all to often:
int addNums(int Num1, int Num2)
{ /*Declair Temporary Variable */
int tempNum; /* Add Params, store in temporary Variable */
tempNum = Num1 + Num2; /* Return Temporary Variable */
return tempNum;
}
This tells me nothing I can't figure out from the code myself.
as oposed to:
What /* addNums: Returns the Sumation of two numbers */
Why /* Used to do quick sumation on only two numbers */ /*Seperate from addNumsArray(int[] Nums) for speed improvement since dual number addition is used most often in prog */
int addNums(ect...
this on the other hand tells me what the function does, and (in this case) that we wrote this to handle a special case, what that special case is, and why we are handling it.
To many programers (IMHO) are not treating code as a language. They don't attempt to learn how to read it. Instead they rely soley on the comments to tell them what is going on. This leads to both usless comments cloging up what I am trying to read, as well as shifting the focus on the What and Why, and re-distributing it on the How.
(relates to grand parent)
To be fair, they (the network + paramount + Bermen) kept the show on the air through 3 years of crap. Then, when in finaly got better (ie, listening to the fans, Ditching the Time Travel (tm)*) cancelling it.
Enterprise failed because They (see list above) WHANTED it to fail!
* Registered trade mark of Bermen Enterprises (pun intended)
The problem is, two really great Sci-fi shows were introduced latly (within the last 3 years) They both got canned, Fast:
futurama and Firefly.
New and fresh doesn't sell adds, because dim witted people who buy stupid crap don't watch fresh and inventive stuff, their minds cannot handle it. They like their little ruts where every thing stays the same untill they die.
sorry, didn't mean to rant... just to point out that new, fresh and inventive Sci-fi tends to get canceled, while the rehashed shit gets green lighted every time. But why should it be any different from any other genera
There was also an episode of Family Guy, where they did the scrolling backgroud thing excessivly, untill it got to a point where Peter and Brian (IIRC) walked onto the Bedrock set. (Flintstones for all you under 20's) Stopped, looked at each other, then slowly backed away.
lets the programmer see what type it is without having to scroll up to the top of the function.
I thought that was what Hungarian notation was for.
i, j, k, x, and y where always assumed to be ints
Yes, but the amount of money introduced will dissapear when the future you travels back in time to by the stocks in the first place.
Unless you some-how aquire the money after you travel back in time, in which case it's a mute point.
Money cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change hands. If I introduce money into an economic system in the past, it must first have come from an economic system in the futer. Thus stabability is maintained.
Any economy based on any other system will result in massive deforistation.
It is introduced with some text, but what ships are whose? Why the hell is there a batttle being fought? Whose ships are whose? It's so chaotic it's hard to relate to.
This is how real battles tend to be like. Massive Confution, Moving to fast to take it all in. We know that the two ships we are following are important, because we are following them. Everything else is there to create the chaotic mess that all other large scale battles tend to become.
Would you date a girl that would likely require you to move into her 12x10 bedroom with cinderella sheets, n'sync posters, barbies on the shelves and her nutty parents across the hallway? How she looks and acts would barely come into play.
Lets get to the important part of this quote Would you date a girl (substitute Woman for girl to avoid pedifile imagry)
Would you date a woman
answer: Yes, God Yes, By the Lords of Cobal Hell Yes!!!
Remember: This is the/. crowed any question involving the words 'date' and 'woman' with phrased with affirmation (as in not phrased as "would you not date a woman"), will always have an affirmative answer, regardless of the conditionals.
So he got the numbers wrong, but the premiss is still correct.
(Don't get me wrong, I hate Columbus as mutch as the next person, but for the 'discovered' America Bit...)
And for the record... there are still people in this day in age who believe the earth is flat. Grandperent never mentiond which people...
(It is possable to travel faster than light, all you need to do is convert yourself to anti-mater...)
to your fellow man, and treat him like a brother
So I should wrap my fellow man in a pillow case, and fart on his face...
What, You never did that to your brother?
but 'So Long' explains the whole "Oh no, not again" thing...... it was "life, the universe, and everything" that explained it, when Slartybardfarst, Ford, and Aurthur are going to the party...
Yes, it was funny, but not Douglas Adams funny...
I whant to know what the scriped looked like BEFORE it got to the second Author.
(screen writer, what ever...)
It just felt that that the jokes Adam's himself had written were, well... er... to put it quite franly, the missed the punch line, on all of them... almost.
Marvin was spot on... Worth the price of the ticket right there.
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Though I can't speak for the grand-parent,
I also thought the first three seasons of buffy where the best, I still loved the last four, but: 4 was a bit of a soap opera, 5 was a lot of, oh god, oh god, a big mean, well god, is comming to kill us and we can't do anything about it (repeat x22) and well there was that "non" season, and then 7, though it started out well, turned into anouther, "oh god, oh god, we're are all going to die",
"See what I Did There" - Willow
Becoming Prt1/Prt2 is still my all time favorite.
unique, cliche, tired, formula hu? What...
"One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong
One of these things is not like the others
Something, something, before I finish this song...
er... Sorry about that. Anyway, let me get to my point... you are tired of unique because it is cliche, tired and formulaic... you instead whant tired cliched and formulaic... er... I think my head just exploded!
Sounds like my famous: /* I have no idea what the following 40 lines do, but they work, they work well, DO NOT TOUCH */
/*Declair Temporary Variable */
/* Add Params, store in temporary Variable */
/* Return Temporary Variable */ /* addNums: Returns the Sumation of two numbers */
Why /* Used to do quick sumation on only two numbers */
/*Seperate from addNumsArray(int[] Nums) for speed improvement since dual number addition is used most often in prog */
There is one thing that does tend to bug me, and all the instructors at the course I just finished did this. Comments focused soly on the How. I don't need the How (unless, of course you are doing something strange, then they would be much apreciated). I need the What and the Why.
Example of what i would see all to often:
int addNums(int Num1, int Num2)
{
int tempNum;
tempNum = Num1 + Num2;
return tempNum;
}
This tells me nothing I can't figure out from the code myself.
as oposed to:
What
int addNums(ect...
this on the other hand tells me what the function does, and (in this case) that we wrote this to handle a special case, what that special case is, and why we are handling it.
To many programers (IMHO) are not treating code as a language. They don't attempt to learn how to read it. Instead they rely soley on the comments to tell them what is going on. This leads to both usless comments cloging up what I am trying to read, as well as shifting the focus on the What and Why, and re-distributing it on the How. (relates to grand parent)
To be fair, they (the network + paramount + Bermen) kept the show on the air through 3 years of crap. Then, when in finaly got better (ie, listening to the fans, Ditching the Time Travel (tm)*) cancelling it. Enterprise failed because They (see list above) WHANTED it to fail! * Registered trade mark of Bermen Enterprises (pun intended)
The problem is, two really great Sci-fi shows were introduced latly (within the last 3 years) They both got canned, Fast: futurama and Firefly. New and fresh doesn't sell adds, because dim witted people who buy stupid crap don't watch fresh and inventive stuff, their minds cannot handle it. They like their little ruts where every thing stays the same untill they die. sorry, didn't mean to rant... just to point out that new, fresh and inventive Sci-fi tends to get canceled, while the rehashed shit gets green lighted every time. But why should it be any different from any other genera
There was also an episode of Family Guy, where they did the scrolling backgroud thing excessivly, untill it got to a point where Peter and Brian (IIRC) walked onto the Bedrock set. (Flintstones for all you under 20's) Stopped, looked at each other, then slowly backed away.
I second that, All in favor say "EH".. er... "AYE"
lets the programmer see what type it is without having to scroll up to the top of the function. I thought that was what Hungarian notation was for. i, j, k, x, and y where always assumed to be ints
Yes, but the amount of money introduced will dissapear when the future you travels back in time to by the stocks in the first place. Unless you some-how aquire the money after you travel back in time, in which case it's a mute point. Money cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change hands. If I introduce money into an economic system in the past, it must first have come from an economic system in the futer. Thus stabability is maintained. Any economy based on any other system will result in massive deforistation.
Or a Blue Police Box... er... sorry...
No, that was Tarfull, the leader of the Wookie Army.
It is introduced with some text, but what ships are whose? Why the hell is there a batttle being fought? Whose ships are whose? It's so chaotic it's hard to relate to.
This is how real battles tend to be like. Massive Confution, Moving to fast to take it all in. We know that the two ships we are following are important, because we are following them. Everything else is there to create the chaotic mess that all other large scale battles tend to become.
Would you date a girl that would likely require you to move into her 12x10 bedroom with cinderella sheets, n'sync posters, barbies on the shelves and her nutty parents across the hallway? How she looks and acts would barely come into play.
/. crowed any question involving the words 'date' and 'woman' with phrased with affirmation (as in not phrased as "would you not date a woman"), will always have an affirmative answer, regardless of the conditionals.
Lets get to the important part of this quote Would you date a girl (substitute Woman for girl to avoid pedifile imagry) Would you date a woman
answer: Yes, God Yes, By the Lords of Cobal Hell Yes!!! Remember: This is the
Key word being intelligent of course. I always had a problem with it in SETI, Haddn't We find it on our own planet FIRST???
So he got the numbers wrong, but the premiss is still correct. (Don't get me wrong, I hate Columbus as mutch as the next person, but for the 'discovered' America Bit...) And for the record... there are still people in this day in age who believe the earth is flat. Grandperent never mentiond which people... (It is possable to travel faster than light, all you need to do is convert yourself to anti-mater...)
Get copies of the Myst Games and their sequils(sp) Still the best MODERN Adventure game series.
to your fellow man, and treat him like a brother So I should wrap my fellow man in a pillow case, and fart on his face... What, You never did that to your brother?
but 'So Long' explains the whole "Oh no, not again" thing... ... it was "life, the universe, and everything" that explained it, when Slartybardfarst, Ford, and Aurthur are going to the party...
Yes, it was funny, but not Douglas Adams funny... I whant to know what the scriped looked like BEFORE it got to the second Author. (screen writer, what ever...) It just felt that that the jokes Adam's himself had written were, well... er... to put it quite franly, the missed the punch line, on all of them... almost. Marvin was spot on... Worth the price of the ticket right there.