Jul 17
A creed is a statement of belief or faith often recited as part of a religious service or organizational gathering. The word "creed" derives from the Latin credo (I believe) or credimus (we believe). Perhaps the oldest is Apostle's Creed cited in Christianity. However, the Rifleman's Creed is arguably the most famous, made popular by the Stanley Kubrick war movie "Full Metal Jacket" (warning: language). This has inspired me (with tongue planted firmly in cheek) to write a creed for our noble profession of software development.
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Jul 10
From Dragon Tails by Tim Dawson
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Jun 17
As any experienced computer programmer knows, there are unwritten laws that govern software development. However there are no penalties for breaking these laws; rather, there is often a reward. Following are 21 Laws of Computer Programming:
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Jun 03
You have to wonder if these robot programmers ran any unit tests on the robot software before strapping in. The rider's head appears to come very close to smashing against the ground many times.
And this is what happens when you don't adequately test robot software (warning: graphic violence):
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Tags: robots, unit testing
May 06
How can you tell when a programmer has had sex?
When he's washing the pepper spray out of his eyes.
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Two bytes meet. The first byte asks, "Are you ill?"
The second byte replies, "No, just feeling a bit off."
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Apr 23
I'm a dog person, but this is too funny.
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Apr 12
In response to my original article, "101 Great Computer Programming Quotes," José M. Aguilar doubled the fun with "101 More Great Computer Quotes," which was translated, edited and republished here by Timm Martin (and Google Translator) with permission from Mr. Aguilar.
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Mar 17
From xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language.
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