How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
12-25-2011, 09:13 PM
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Within the modern (1960s onward) hacker community, and among UNIX programmers specifically, the words FOO and BAR have long been used as generic and humorous placeholders for any variable, filename, etc., that the programmer wishes to express generically. For instance, “Suppose we have two functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR....”
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12-26-2011, 10:18 PM
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These people at my new place of employment have some ******* nerve. I went in today, and they sent me home. They told me to go home, all this week, and relax! Then they said they were going to pay me for the entire week! As soon as I crawl out of bed sometime tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to call them and let them know what I think about this!
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12-26-2011, 10:21 PM
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Minus working Christmas eve, I haven't worked since Tuesday. Have 2 days half days of work this week, and another 4 days off. Then off to Maryland for 5 weeks of really no responsibility. Really excited about these next few weeks. I will soon know if I can purchase an *** ton of car parts as well.
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12-26-2011, 11:44 PM
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I've been off since Wednesday, so I've had a pretty decent little break. I hope to buy a new car soon, not parts. My Miata is a ******* joke for any form of road driving. It's now only suited for a gutting and full overhaul.
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12-26-2011, 11:49 PM
Minus working Christmas eve, I haven't worked since Tuesday. Have 2 days half days of work this week, and another 4 days off. Then off to Maryland for 5 weeks of really no responsibility. Really excited about these next few weeks. I will soon know if I can purchase an *** ton of car parts as well.
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12-27-2011, 07:51 AM
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These people at my new place of employment have some ******* nerve. I went in today, and they sent me home. They told me to go home, all this week, and relax! Then they said they were going to pay me for the entire week! As soon as I crawl out of bed sometime tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to call them and let them know what I think about this!
Minus working Christmas eve, I haven't worked since Tuesday. Have 2 days half days of work this week, and another 4 days off. Then off to Maryland for 5 weeks of really no responsibility. Really excited about these next few weeks. I will soon know if I can purchase an *** ton of car parts as well.
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12-27-2011, 09:38 AM
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We don't do Christmas around here, but my birthday happens to be on New Year's eve.
Sooo, a cargo delivery truck pulled up by our place today.
My wife insisted I should stay in the house while she went out to sign for the package, and then promptly presented me with a Logitech G27 wheel.. Early B-day gift!
I haz happies.
Sooo, a cargo delivery truck pulled up by our place today.
My wife insisted I should stay in the house while she went out to sign for the package, and then promptly presented me with a Logitech G27 wheel.. Early B-day gift!
I haz happies.
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12-27-2011, 09:39 AM
Within the modern (1960s onward) hacker community, and among UNIX programmers specifically, the words FOO and BAR have long been used as generic and humorous placeholders for any variable, filename, etc., that the programmer wishes to express generically. For instance, “Suppose we have two functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR....”
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fubar
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12-27-2011, 10:10 AM
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Computers lost me at "peek and poke", although DOS made some sense. I thought you were referring to the military term:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fubar
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fubar
I suspect that foo and bar did evolve from the original Army fubar, in much the same way as kluge / kludge (in American old Hackish) and bodge (in the King's Hackish.) Today, Foo and Bar have an entirely seperate meaning, though.
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12-27-2011, 11:03 AM
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Can any of you Lords of the MegaSquirt convince me to jump off the cliff and build an MS3x? This is the next step in my progression as a man, but I'm scared. I don't know the first thing about this stuff, and "just doing it" is probably the way to learn, right?
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