Yes, I mean *that* dry, boring Deweys Decimal Classification used by libraries around the world. Here is what I noticed in Ottawa Public Library: Can you imagine two subjects so far apart from each other – and sometimes sooo close
Archive for the ‘fun’ category
Dewey's Classification can be funny
2008/10/13Great way how to deal with telemarketers
2007/10/08and similar plague (for some reason they were pretty active last few days): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_PjRXV5l8 I wish I could pull similar stunt – but I am not really a good actor and my accent would make it hard to believe. But it is hilarious anyway (video is a recording of phone call and contains text transcription [...]
Double negative
2007/09/03A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.” A voice from the back of the room [...]
More programming quotes
2007/05/15“If it works, leave it alone — there’s no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there’s no time to understand it.” “A one-question geek test. If you get the joke, you’re a geek: Seen on a California license plate on a VW Beetle: ‘FEATURE‘…” — Joshua D. Wachs, Natural [...]
Quote of the day
2007/04/15C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs to a dog. (Steve Taylor). When C++ is your hammer, everything starts to look like your thumb. (Unknown author). I guess somebody got pretty fustrated with good ole C++
Epigrams on Programming
2007/03/07My favorite top ten epigrams, for more see http://www.cs.yale.edu/quotes.html 0. One man’s constant is another man’s variable 1. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one. 2. If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some. 3. A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about [...]
Programmer's classification
2007/03/03Gabo sent me this link – it is some half-joke half serious knock-off of the Myers-Briggs personality classification. Same as in case of MB, it gives you four letters. Unlike in MB, the letters are different: Instead of E/I – Extroversion or Introversion, N/S (iNtuitive / Sensing), T/F (Thinking/Feeling) and J/P (Judging/Perceiving), it classifies you [...]
More great programming quotes
2007/02/24It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets. [Alan Cooper] And the users exclaimed with a laugh and a taunt: “It’s just [...]
Evolution of the math problem or dumbing down the recent grads
2007/02/191960 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of this price. What is his profit? 1970 (Traditional) A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of this price, or in other words, $80. What is his profit? 1970 (New Math) [...]
Math is fun
2007/02/10I’ve stumbled upon this page, full of math jokes. Many of them are IMHO really good and extremly funny (your mileage may vary, though). My favorite few: Two male mathematicians are in a bar. The first one says to the second that the average person knows very little about basic mathematics. The second one disagrees, [...]
