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  • D Dean Roddey

    Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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    patbob
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    A Religion. Spaces or tabs? Linux or Windows? ...

    I live in Oregon, and I'm an engineer.

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    • D Daniel Pfeffer

      A Dump (from core dump)

      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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      Dean Roddey
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      That has some unpleasant alternative implications though...

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      • M Member 9167057

        Nerdal FTW!

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        Dean Roddey
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        I kind of like that one myself, even if I did come up with it. It's an unused keyword that will not cause parsing ambiguity.

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        • S Simon Hart 0

          A Kludge, at least where I currently work!

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          Dean Roddey
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          I think that one should be high in the running.

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          • P patbob

            A Religion. Spaces or tabs? Linux or Windows? ...

            I live in Oregon, and I'm an engineer.

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            Dean Roddey
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            A Schism of programmers?

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            • D Dean Roddey

              Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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              It really depends upon their particular breed (e.g., a flock of geese but a murder of crows). One that fits well is "An Infestation of Agile Developers".

              Ravings en masse^

              "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

              "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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              • W W Balboos GHB

                It really depends upon their particular breed (e.g., a flock of geese but a murder of crows). One that fits well is "An Infestation of Agile Developers".

                Ravings en masse^

                "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                Daniel Pfeffer
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                APL programmers: a confusion C or C++ programmers: a corruption C# or Java programmers: a delegation FORTRAN programmers: a computation COBOL programmers: a company BASIC programmers: an asylum LISP programmers: a list (of course) Pascal programmers: a school

                Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                • D Dean Roddey

                  Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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                  ajhampson
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                  Can't believe no one threw in a "Heap". :laugh:

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                  • D Dean Roddey

                    Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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                    buckrogerz 0
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                    The responses are very funny unfortunately someone might take this seriously so we need to let identity stay in the political area of our society and not let it enter our profession. Such a sad state but it is what it is for now BTW I would prefer a Dorkal :D

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                    • D Dean Roddey

                      Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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                      RandyBuchholz
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                      A Hive. Bugs swarm out of hives...

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                      • D Dean Roddey

                        Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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                        Dean Roddey
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                        Hmmm... what about a Bitset?

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                        • M Matt McGuire

                          We are the Collection. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile

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                          obermd
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                          Matt McGuire wrote:

                          We are the Collection. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile

                          That would be a group of electrical engineers.

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                          • D Dean Roddey

                            Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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                            MSBassSinger
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                            A collection of good programmers could be a cluster. A collection of bad programmers would be a clusterf**k. :)

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                            • D Dean Roddey

                              Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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                              Kelly Wilkerson
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                              How about a Byte? Each one in a group is a Bit. If there are more than 8 in the group, it's a Word of Software Engineers, more than 16 is a DoubleWord (or DWord), more than 32 is a QuadWord (or QWord), etc.

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                              • D Dean Roddey

                                Is there such a thing? If not, we deserve our own. I mean if crows (a murder) and cows (a herd) and such can have one, why can't we? Some that come immediately to mind: A Frustration A Thinkin A Nerdal A Release A Nerdal of software engineers was spotted today west of the highway, officers were sent to investigate.

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                                ormonds
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                                A compilation?

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