[freenet-chat] Re: [freenet-devl] Re: April Fools Day
> David Allen: > > Maybe I'm just a humorless bastard, but I didn't think that one in > > particular was very funny. > > Last year's was just incomparably better: > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0104.0/0007.html Yeah, last year's was better. Although I liked his description of RMS this year, where he described him as an open source advocate. I must wonder if RMS himself realized it was a joke . . . Most of the online jokes were crap this year. Though the IPoXML RFC was pretty good (a.k.a. the BLOAT protocol). I don't think it compares to the Infinate Monkey protocol. > > Neither of them fooled anyone, but at least that was funny. > > > IMHO a good April fools joke should include confusion, humor, > > and maybe a spoonful of the incredulous, but it shouldn't be > > intentionally aimed at just pissing a whole lot of people off (like > > the slashdot "jokes"). I guess it depends on where the joke is > > targeted. Is it supposed to be funny for just the person playing the > > joke, or everyone? > > No. If that were the point, we'd call the occasion something like > April Joke or April Happy Silly Funny Day. > > Do they really have anything offensive on slashdot? Slashdot itself. ___ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
[freenet-chat] pirates of silicon valley
I just watched that move, Pirates of Silicon Valley, and have gained a new hatred for Microsoft and Bill Gates. But, the Mac people, especialy Steve Jobs, aren't all that much better, moraly. Jobs' people basicaly stole thier GUI technology from Xerox, but only because the Xerox execs were morons. And Bill Gates' people basicaly stole DOS from some tiny computer company somewhere. If Bill hadn't been able to get ahold of DOS, Microsoft would have died before it even got started. If the Xerox execs weren't incredibly stupid enough to just give away all their software people had been working on, things would be VERY different today. Who knows, maybe Mac would be the major computer people use, with either a license for the GUI or an outright purchase of the whole thing. Who knows. But at least Micro$oft wouldn't be the major thorn in the side of computer progress that they are now. GRRR, I HATE Micro$oft! Krepta. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ___ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
[freenet-chat] Re: [freenet-devl] Re: April Fools Day
David Allen: > Maybe I'm just a humorless bastard, but I didn't think that one in > particular was very funny. Last year's was just incomparably better: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0104.0/0007.html Neither of them fooled anyone, but at least that was funny. > IMHO a good April fools joke should include confusion, humor, > and maybe a spoonful of the incredulous, but it shouldn't be > intentionally aimed at just pissing a whole lot of people off (like > the slashdot "jokes"). I guess it depends on where the joke is > targeted. Is it supposed to be funny for just the person playing the > joke, or everyone? No. If that were the point, we'd call the occasion something like April Joke or April Happy Silly Funny Day. Do they really have anything offensive on slashdot? ___ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
[freenet-chat] Re: [freenet-devl] Re: April Fools Day
http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ It's a bit funnier once you see that it's actually been used. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [freenet-devl] Re: April Fools Day Timm Murray: > Most of the online jokes were crap this year. Though the IPoXML RFC was pretty good > (a.k.a. the BLOAT protocol). I don't think it compares to the Infinate Monkey protocol. I never liked the joke protocols very much. Oh, ha ha ha, they're going to use pigeons for internet traffic. Laugh, clap. ___ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat ___ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
[freenet-chat] Numconv
Mark J Roberts:
> static inline char *integer_to_string(unsigned int n, unsigned int base)
> {
> static char s[33];
> char *p = s + sizeof(s) - 1;
> if (!n)
> *--p = '0';
> else
> do *--p = integer_to_char(n % base);
> while ((n /= base) > 0);
> return p;
> }
Oops. The special case is useless. See, I told you I'd fuck it up!
Just ignore the stuff I wrote about the special case and viddy how
integer_to_char(0 % 10) = '0' and (0 /= 10) = 0.
static inline char *integer_to_string(unsigned int n, unsigned int base)
{
static char s[33];
char *p = s + sizeof(s) - 1;
do *--p = integer_to_char(n % base);
while ((n /= base) > 0);
return p;
}
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