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Wed Dec-01-04 04:01 PM
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Poll question: OK, I can't hold it in any longer: I just gotta know! |
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:05 PM
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:08 PM
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2. But foo making up ground and taking the lead! |
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On reflectuion, the attraction for bar is probably the alcohol connection. :)
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:14 PM
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3. I believe the proper acronym is |
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FUBAR. Which stands for something I won't repeat in mixed company. The recent popularity of the obvious distortion "foobar" has caused me considerable concern. This change should not be used as proof of evolution. There has to be an intelligence that provided the new information.
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:18 PM
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FUBAR still means what it means, and "foobar" does not, although it is pronounced the same.
Foobar is popular amongst hackers, "foo" and "bar" being the first two metasyntactic variables. (If you need an arbitrary name for anything, it's called foo. The second thing is called bar, then baz, quz, quuz, etc.)
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Thu Dec-02-04 11:46 AM
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15. Learn something new every day |
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There is a veritable fount of knowledge flowing throughout the DU! Thanks.
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:38 PM
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12. Either you don't hang out with geeks enough |
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Or you hang out with them too much and they've played tricks with your brain :)
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Thu Dec-02-04 11:52 AM
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I am the only geek (and not the computer kind). They don't leave me alone with their chickens.
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:23 PM
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:25 PM
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How unsatisfying! Don't tell me the Lounge is a 50:50 forum!
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:37 PM
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10. Foo is the last thing you want up a nose |
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:42 PM
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Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 05:43 PM by billyskank
while (bar) { foo(); }
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:39 PM
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13. Its Foo! Everyone knows its Foo! |
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