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  • L Lost User

    On the BBC[^] I got 5 out of 7. (I am not asking a programming question, merely pointing at something that is (kinda)).

    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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    OriginalGriff
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    Six / Seven John Travolta can't even turn on a computer, much less use it... So I got that one wrong.

    Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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    • L Lost User

      On the BBC[^] I got 5 out of 7. (I am not asking a programming question, merely pointing at something that is (kinda)).

      Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      7 from 7. I had to guess the dummy language, but the rest I knew; for a given value of 'knew'.


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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      • L leppie

        And making web pages is not really programming at all... So there was zero in fact... (Also 4/7)

        IronScheme
        ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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        R Giskard Reventlov
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        leppie wrote:

        And making web pages is not really programming at all...

        And this from the man that only got 4 out of seven... :-)

        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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        • L Lost User

          On the BBC[^] I got 5 out of 7. (I am not asking a programming question, merely pointing at something that is (kinda)).

          Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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          Sander Rossel
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          2/7... Guess I'd better quit my job :( Oh wait, these questions didn't actually have anything to do with programming. I live to code another day :)

          It's an OO world.

          public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
          public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
          }

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            You can borrow all four of mine... :-O

            Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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            pt1401
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            Thanks Griff, I'll try to remember that :)

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            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

              2/7... Guess I'd better quit my job :( Oh wait, these questions didn't actually have anything to do with programming. I live to code another day :)

              It's an OO world.

              public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
              public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
              }

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              OriginalGriff
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              Nope - sorry, your resignation was final! :laugh:

              Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              • P pt1401

                Thanks Griff, I'll try to remember that :)

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                OriginalGriff
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                Remember what? :doh:

                Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • C Chris C B

                  I got a 7, but only because I took a blind guess at the movie question, on the basis that John Travolta was the only suspect without a picture.

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                  Pete OHanlon
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                  Richard Pryor - Superman 3 Samuel L Jackson - Jurassic Park

                  Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                  "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                  My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                  • S sucram

                    Other then the HTML, the C and acronym question I made educated guesses. Question 1: The only machine I could relate to in that question was a loom hence I chose weaving fabric. Question 2: Amazing Grace just sounded better then the others. Question 3: I learned that at uni. Question 4: I figured many developers survive those long midnight stints on pizza so there must have been some bright spark that developed a language and called it that, so lettuce was the only option left. Question 5: Got the movie question wrong. Question 6: That one was obvious. Question 7: That one was obvious.

                    If only closed minds would come with closed mouths. Ego non sum semper iustus tamen Ego sum nunquam nefas!

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    sucram wrote:

                    The only machine I could relate to in that question was a loom hence I chose weaving fabric.

                    The Jacquard Loom is rather famous.

                    Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                    "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                    • P Pete OHanlon

                      Richard Pryor - Superman 3 Samuel L Jackson - Jurassic Park

                      Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                      "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                      My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                      Lost User
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                      I don't think I've seen Jurassic Park. Read the book, but don't think I ever saw the film.

                      Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                        2/7... Guess I'd better quit my job :( Oh wait, these questions didn't actually have anything to do with programming. I live to code another day :)

                        It's an OO world.

                        public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
                        public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
                        }

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                        Pete OHanlon
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                        No, but we must mock you for your poor general knowledge.

                        Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                        "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                        • L Lost User

                          On the BBC[^] I got 5 out of 7. (I am not asking a programming question, merely pointing at something that is (kinda)).

                          Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                          realJSOP
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                          I got 8 of 7.

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                          • S sucram

                            6/7 got the movie question wrong.

                            If only closed minds would come with closed mouths. Ego non sum semper iustus tamen Ego sum nunquam nefas!

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                            Bassam Abdul Baki
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                            Same. I thought Johnny was also a programmer, but not a hacker. I thought SLJ tried to access the system, but wasn't a programmer.

                            Web - BM - RSS - Math - LinkedIn

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                            • L Lost User

                              My reasoning too.

                              Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                              Gizz
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                              Lettuce? I had concrete, pizza, python and ruby.

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                              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                I got 8 of 7.

                                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                Nagy Vilmos
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                                No John. You do not get extra points for shooting the monitor because you just wasted 5 minutes. It does not work that way.


                                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                • L Lost User

                                  On the BBC[^] I got 5 out of 7. (I am not asking a programming question, merely pointing at something that is (kinda)).

                                  Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                  Lost User
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                                  I got 5 out of 7 correct..

                                  ***** Programme comme si dept soutien technique. est plein de tueurs en série et ils savent adresse de votre domicile. *****

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                                  • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                    2/7... Guess I'd better quit my job :( Oh wait, these questions didn't actually have anything to do with programming. I live to code another day :)

                                    It's an OO world.

                                    public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
                                    public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
                                    }

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                                    Keith Barrow
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                                    Naerling wrote:

                                    I live to code another day

                                    Not if the team of highly trained monkey assassins I sent are successful. They are efficient because they can climb BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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                                    A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                                      No John. You do not get extra points for shooting the monitor because you just wasted 5 minutes. It does not work that way.


                                      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                      realJSOP
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                                      Either everyone accepts my score, or someone (most likely multple someones) is gonna die.

                                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                      • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                        leppie wrote:

                                        And making web pages is not really programming at all...

                                        And this from the man that only got 4 out of seven... :-)

                                        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                        leppie
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                                        My history of computing includes Babbage, Church, Turing and McCarthy. The rest are irrelevant! ;P

                                        IronScheme
                                        ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                                        • L leppie

                                          And making web pages is not really programming at all... So there was zero in fact... (Also 4/7)

                                          IronScheme
                                          ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                                          Lost User
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                                          leppie wrote:

                                          And making web pages is not really programming at all

                                          ok, agree. I should rephrase my comment: "There was only one technical question."

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