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Title: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on December 28, 2010, 06:05:59 pm
1. Make him make binary Raycaster;
2. Force him to use Visual Basic during all of his life;
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Binder News on December 28, 2010, 06:06:42 pm
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3) Make him/her play typing games for at least 6 hours a day
4) Chain him/her to a chair right in front of a fully loaded desktop
5) give him/her a computer with no internet, and the only thing on it is Dora the Explorer videos
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: c.sprinkle on December 28, 2010, 06:13:27 pm
6. Give him/her a calc with 2.53 MP.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Raylin on December 28, 2010, 06:29:29 pm
7. Give them a Casio.
8. Make them code spaghetti code.
9. Make them destroy their calc with a hammer.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: jnesselr on December 28, 2010, 06:30:28 pm
5) give him/her a computer with no internet, and the only thing on it is Dora the Explorer videos
*shudders*
10) Tell him he has to program an OS in Java.

EDIT: Raylin just had the gaul to ninja me and then edit my post. ;-)
11) Ninja a programmer and edit his post.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: AngelFish on December 28, 2010, 06:35:59 pm
12) Change the specifications for the Java OS halfway through the project to make the OS pure TI-BASIC.

EDIT: Graph has the audacity to Ninja me and not edit my post [even though he's not staff].

Double Edit: ... and then point it out.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: jnesselr on December 28, 2010, 06:36:29 pm
Qwerty.55: Your number should be 12.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on December 28, 2010, 07:02:53 pm
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9. Make them destroy their calc with a hammer.

This is the worst one!

13. Make them use Internet Explorer to play Runescape.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Raylin on December 28, 2010, 07:04:02 pm
14. Make them play RuneScape.

Fixed for ya.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on December 28, 2010, 07:10:46 pm
I don't wanna go for how to torture a professional gamer...

15. Make them use Kompozer for HTML/CSS making.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: eriktheorange on December 28, 2010, 07:26:46 pm
16. Alternate Qwerty and Dvorak keyboards every 10 minutes
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: nemo on December 28, 2010, 07:30:37 pm
16. Alternate Qwerty and Dvorak keyboards every 10 minutes

that's ruthless...
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Juju on December 28, 2010, 09:20:42 pm
17. Change his/her keyboard layout to
ABCDEFGHIJ
KLMNOPQRS
TUVWXYZ
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Binder News on December 28, 2010, 09:25:48 pm
* Binder News welcomes erictheorange

18) A never-ending loop of rick-rolls interspersed with text saying "YOU lost The Game" and pictures of lobsters being fried
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Geekboy1011 on December 28, 2010, 09:32:22 pm
19)make them code in bash and only use suicide linux
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Eeems on December 28, 2010, 09:33:31 pm
19: label 19
20: goto 19
21: give them code with ;understand comment hard
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: SirCmpwn on December 28, 2010, 09:36:00 pm
22: Ask them about their love life
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Eeems on December 28, 2010, 09:41:46 pm
23: Ashley Tisdale rickroll
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Masinini on December 28, 2010, 10:43:08 pm
24. Infinit unbreakable loop of Hannah Montana.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Binder News on December 28, 2010, 10:49:10 pm
25) have a computer-smashing day!!!!!!!
26) have a calc-smashing day
27) have an Omnimaga-server-smashing day!!! (NNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!)
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: holmes221b on December 28, 2010, 10:52:42 pm
28. Forget to buy AAA batteries so that she has to take the house apart to find four batteries for her calc.
29. Refuse to at least indulge her by looking at her latest project.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on December 28, 2010, 11:03:09 pm
30: http://jokes.aspcode.net/9912/Bill-Gates-picks-his-own-punishment.aspx
31: Give him an 84+ loaded with OS 2.53MP with the battery case locked.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on December 29, 2010, 05:00:59 am
32. Make him choose between Internet or Sex NOOOO
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Silver Shadow on December 29, 2010, 05:36:31 am
32. Make him choose between Internet or Sex NOOOO
He will definitely choose Internet.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Ikkerens on December 29, 2010, 07:23:07 am
33. Ctrl+A, Del, Ctrl+S, Alt+F4
Happened to me once, totally freaked out... 36kb file... GONE!
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on December 29, 2010, 07:33:48 am
34. Coding hannah montana's website OH MY GOD NO!!
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Ikkerens on December 29, 2010, 08:12:04 am
35. Coding Rick Astley's Website, and with every preview "Never gonna give you up" plays
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on December 29, 2010, 09:10:13 am
36. Coding a script to hack Omnimaga (NOOO!)
37. Put advertisements in their website to Justin Bieber's fan page. (OMG! DON'T EVER DO THIS TO A PROGRAMMER)
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: jnesselr on December 29, 2010, 02:25:55 pm
38. Steal their computer.

Especially don't do this to a hacker. ;-)
(If you've seen a hackaday article about this recently, you know what I'm talking about)
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Hot_Dog on December 29, 2010, 02:50:17 pm
39: Seceretly hack Wabbitemu so that the calculator shuts down when PC reaches $9D95
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Yeong on December 29, 2010, 05:58:00 pm
40: You give them a non-hexed number every time.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Masinini on December 29, 2010, 07:54:00 pm
41. Make them eat or have human interaction.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Happybobjr on December 29, 2010, 08:16:37 pm
42*  break the prgm and apps button on their calc.
/me shudders at 41
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: holmes221b on December 29, 2010, 10:48:36 pm
32. Make him choose between Internet or Sex NOOOO
You do realize that if you chose the former, you can have both, right?

42*  break the prgm and apps button on their calc.
If those buttons broke, I probably could find a way around that...

43. Download a trojan on their computer for them.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: z80man on December 30, 2010, 12:13:06 am
44. Force them to use their calc for math only
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: AngelFish on December 30, 2010, 12:36:57 am
45: Let them program, but only in Brainf*ck... Ternary Brainf*ck >:D
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: calcdude84se on December 30, 2010, 06:16:58 pm
46. Make them program in Malbolge (http://www.esolangs.org/wiki/Malbolge)
(You can't, really. You have to pretty much search for a program that does what you want ;D)
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Masinini on December 30, 2010, 10:03:03 pm
47. Turn the face plate pink.

48. Break the alpha button, the make them program in hex.

49. Drain the back up batteries.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on December 31, 2010, 10:43:36 am
48. Break the alpha button, the make them program in hex.

They'd never return from that! D:
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: qazz42 on December 31, 2010, 11:15:07 am
50: Force them to read a book that has absolutely nothing to do with computers
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Ashbad on December 31, 2010, 01:35:50 pm
51. watch them while they're programming.
52. ask them what they're programming.
53. tell them it's a waste of time.
54. ask how they learned how to program.
55. ask them what they're programming in.  (I once was asked if I was using java on calc :P)
56. pretend you actually know more about calcs than a z80 programmer.
57. Make a calc zelda remake. (NOOOOO NOT AGAIN)
58. tell a programmer that the stuff they made is just downloaded and they're lying
59. pretend you know how to program too.
60. press clear when they're typing a really long line of code like pt-on(X+(sin(A+Y)//L^Z,Y*8-(cos(X-A)**55)^-1, rotc([00FF354892D48C56]>>8 )
61. trying to talka bout calc games and how youre good at phoenix
62. ask how you change the contrast of single pixels to make grayscale
63. ask where they learned to program calcs.


all of these have happened to me. :P

EDIT: and very often too.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: apcalc on December 31, 2010, 01:39:34 pm
64.  Ask them when they are going to release something
65.  Insist that they are coding in Assembly when they are coding in C
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: fb39ca4 on January 01, 2011, 01:10:22 am
66. Make them write programs on a household appliance
67. Make go cold turkey on technology of any sort for a year
68. Make them program an OS in Brainfuck EDIT: The OS has to have a GUI
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: AngelFish on January 01, 2011, 01:15:08 am
56. pretend you actually know more about calcs than a z80 programmer.

Well, what other non-z80 programmer can do Greyscale... in TI-BASIC!

Yes, it's possible. The fact that it's utterly useless is irrelevant  ;)

(http://img.removedfromgame.com/imgs/Greyscale.gif)
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: fb39ca4 on January 01, 2011, 05:29:04 am
I did that with a 6x6 square and it looked fine.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 01, 2011, 09:13:23 pm
I did that with a 6x6 square and it looked fine.

What about 6x6x6?

7B: Confuse them.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: fb39ca4 on January 01, 2011, 09:23:25 pm
Whaaaaaaaaat ? ? ?
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Juju on January 01, 2011, 09:32:27 pm
0x46. Have the number wrong in the last way, skipping the number 69 to avoid sexual jokes.
0x47. Make them program in Malboge by hand.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: willrandship on January 01, 2011, 09:57:13 pm
Err, 71, right?

Tell them to code something in BASIC, then hand them an nspire :P

72: Tell them to code an infinite loop where every available memory address is set to 0
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Snake X on January 01, 2011, 10:07:59 pm
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28. Forget to buy AAA batteries so that she has to take the house apart to find four batteries for her calc.

that happened to me and it was not fun.

73: Hack their pc to take away any ASCII characters and give them a foreign keyboard
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 02, 2011, 10:15:25 am
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28. Forget to buy AAA batteries so that she has to take the house apart to find four batteries for her calc.

that happened to me and it was not fun.

73: Hack their pc to take away any ASCII characters and give them a foreign keyboard

74: Leave their keyboard, but secretly switch its layout to AZERTY (or QWERTY if you used that before).

EDIT: I actually have a secret stash of tr1p1eas (as well as a rechargeable set I use) so I never run out :D
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Yeong on January 02, 2011, 07:08:09 pm
75: Make them program with chinese letter
(Erm...How many letters do they have?)
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Happybobjr on January 02, 2011, 07:16:57 pm
as many as they have words :P.....

I am taking Japanese.
we have to learn 46 hiragana 46 katakana and 500 Chinese symbols in the 1st year....
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 02, 2011, 10:18:23 pm
75: Make them program with chinese letter
(Erm...How many letters do they have?)

About 47000 :P

EDIT: Maybe make a full UTF-16 version of BrainF_ck?
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Masinini on January 02, 2011, 11:01:31 pm
76. Tell them to make a fun, original menu based RPG that doesn't get boring after 15 minutes.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: AngelFish on January 02, 2011, 11:21:37 pm
Wouldn't that be how to make a programmer want to kill you?  :P

77:
Quote
While 1
Disp "The Game
End
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Juju on January 03, 2011, 02:16:10 am
75: Make them program with chinese letter
(Erm...How many letters do they have?)

About 47000 :P

EDIT: Maybe make a full UTF-16 version of BrainF_ck?
It exists. Chinese Python.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChinesePython
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: TIfanx1999 on January 03, 2011, 07:15:28 am
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28. Forget to buy AAA batteries so that she has to take the house apart to find four batteries for her calc.

that happened to me and it was not fun.

73: Hack their pc to take away any ASCII characters and give them a foreign keyboard

74: Leave their keyboard, but secretly switch its layout to AZERTY (or QWERTY if you used that before).

EDIT: I actually have a secret stash of tr1p1eas (as well as a rechargeable set I use) so I never run out :D
You have a stash of <a href="http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=profile;u=5">tr1p1ea</a> clones hidden somewhere? Is that where all your programming expertise comes from? O.O/me imagines hordes of tr1p1ea clones suspended in cryo-stasis in a secret underground research facility.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: JosJuice on January 03, 2011, 07:17:42 am
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28. Forget to buy AAA batteries so that she has to take the house apart to find four batteries for her calc.

that happened to me and it was not fun.

73: Hack their pc to take away any ASCII characters and give them a foreign keyboard

74: Leave their keyboard, but secretly switch its layout to AZERTY (or QWERTY if you used that before).

EDIT: I actually have a secret stash of tr1p1eas (as well as a rechargeable set I use) so I never run out :D
You have a stash of <a href="http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=profile;u=5">tr1p1ea</a> clones hidden somewhere? Is that where all your programming expertise comes from? O.O/me imagines hordes of tr1p1ea clones suspended in cryo-stasis in a secret underground research facility.

He's talking about triple A batteries. :P
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: holmes221b on January 03, 2011, 07:44:27 am
Either way, it's still hilarious.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Masinini on January 04, 2011, 08:03:07 pm
78. Make them program a greyscale game using only Ti-basic.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: willrandship on January 04, 2011, 08:16:04 pm
79 Make them choose either calcs or food.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 05, 2011, 08:57:03 pm
They don't need food to survive, unlike with calcs.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Ashbad on January 07, 2011, 01:37:48 pm
हारे nice one :P
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: qazz42 on January 08, 2011, 10:36:51 am
80: Dont use 1337 spk. ever
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Masinini on January 08, 2011, 12:31:51 pm
81: tell them to make an unhackable game using onlt basic, and then hack it, telling them to start over.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 08, 2011, 01:03:26 pm
82: Petition the government to ban all programming languages except for TI-BASIC, with no variations allowed.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on January 08, 2011, 01:32:29 pm
82: Petition the government to ban all programming languages except for TI-BASIC, with no variations allowed.

XD

83: Make them make a TI-Basic OS.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Snake X on January 08, 2011, 02:15:27 pm
82: Petition the government to ban all programming languages except for TI-BASIC, with no variations allowed.

XD

83: Make them make a TI-Basic OS.

84: Make them make a TI-Basic OS *with* a hannah montanah boot logo, and hannah montana/justin beiber skins only. And only make it on calc.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Builderboy on January 08, 2011, 02:22:42 pm
85: Make this Basic OS *off* calc
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Happybobjr on January 08, 2011, 02:35:03 pm
86:use water plank... on their calc...
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 08, 2011, 05:26:39 pm
87: Give them the Windows 7 Beta (http://xkcd.com/528/).
88: Give them Windows Vista.
89: Give them the TI-OS.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Munchor on January 08, 2011, 08:07:37 pm
90: Make them press 'Delete Forum' button of Omnimaga.
91: make them use a touchpad to program!
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Yeong on January 13, 2011, 07:48:00 pm
92: Make them use padless nspire to program  :P
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: qazz42 on January 14, 2011, 11:31:16 pm
93: Force them to buy some Apple products, that ought to make a dent in the old wallet
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: fb39ca4 on January 14, 2011, 11:47:33 pm
94. Force them to program a microwave os.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 15, 2011, 12:02:59 am
93: Force them to buy some Apple products, that ought to make a dent in the old wallet

Apparently Mac software's gonna take a huge hit: http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/01/05/1332212/For-Mac-Developers-Armageddon-Comes-Tomorrow

So maybe it won't be that expensive anymore? :-\
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: AngelFish on January 15, 2011, 12:13:05 am
92: Make them use padless nspire to program  :P

85: Give them a Commodore 64 and one way to program... a three position light switch that inputs ternary.
Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: wvstudios on January 15, 2011, 12:30:54 am
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Title: Re: 500 Ways to Torture a programmer
Post by: Deep Toaster on January 15, 2011, 11:34:05 am
http://xkcd.com/378/

;D