Famously Stupid People From Internet Memes

moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
edited January 2005 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">I'm almost one of them.</div> <a href='http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rmoulton/FreeThisShnizzle.wmv' target='_blank'>This</a> incident happened a few years ago. Then somebody just sent me these links. I'll let the video and the links speak for themselves.

thedailyWT F.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=28605 (stupid swear filters)
<a href='http://www.extragroup.de/weblog/hmk/archives/001112.html' target='_blank'>http://www.extragroup.de/weblog/hmk/archives/001112.html</a>
<a href='http://www.it-administrator.de/aktuell/13229.html' target='_blank'>http://www.it-administrator.de/aktuell/13229.html</a>

People I've never met still joke about this at school, but I had no idea this had gotten around the internet. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

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  • SloppyKissesSloppyKisses omgawd a furreh&#33; Virginia Join Date: 2003-07-05 Member: 17942Members, Constellation
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    hahahahhah nice! ive never seen that one before.
  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited January 2005
    As soon as I saw that code the part of my brain that writes C cried out in agony as it attempted to rip its own eyes out. "No!!!!!", it was saying, "That is not how we free nodes in a linked list! Oh my god infinite recursion! Oh the humanity!" I mean seriously, what kind of warped mind decides that its a good idea to free null? (of course, he'd have to be stupid enough to pass null in the first place for that code to even be encountered). My god his formating isn't even consistant...

    Ok... deep breath....

    The freeThisShnizzle was mildly amusing I suppose. But thanks to the horror of that code, I may never be able to write C again.

    I couldn't hear many of the student answers, but it seems to me that none of them picked up on all that. Hell, one woman thought it was illegal to call a function from within itself ffs.
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    As one who has done it pictures of himself being shot in the face, I hate to break it to you but it is not hard to get onto german weblogs. Congrats on internet fame and fortune though.
  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    I feel so out of the loop..
  • kidakida Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13778Members
  • ScribblesScribbles Join Date: 2003-11-05 Member: 22323Members
    THEY MAKE TAKE OUR SHNIZZLE BUT THEY CAN NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    I actually think that freethisShnizzle is a good name for a function (and so did moultano, it seems). You know, when the teacher says that the name of the function is what causes the code to fail? <i>I think he's lying!</i>
  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    I laughed but felt like a proper geek.... so I laughed again.
  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    In my defense, this was a half semester intro c class that no one takes very seriously, and for christ's sake, the labs were due on friday night!
  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    "Freethesnizzle.exe caused a critical error in modul 43434nb3rbkn3434. The application savethebloodorange is shut down."
  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    What the hell is a meme.
  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Haze+Jan 28 2005, 05:43 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Haze @ Jan 28 2005, 05:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I feel so out of the loop.. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    bwahaha...

    BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
  • SloppyKissesSloppyKisses omgawd a furreh&#33; Virginia Join Date: 2003-07-05 Member: 17942Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jan 28 2005, 01:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jan 28 2005, 01:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Haze+Jan 28 2005, 05:43 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Haze @ Jan 28 2005, 05:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I feel so out of the loop.. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    bwahaha...

    BWAHAHAHAHAHA! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    h
    a....!11111
  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    <!--QuoteBegin-Sonic+Jan 28 2005, 12:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sonic @ Jan 28 2005, 12:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What the hell is a meme. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <a href='http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=meme' target='_blank'>meme</a>
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-lolfighter+Jan 28 2005, 10:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jan 28 2005, 10:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I actually think that freethisShnizzle is a good name for a function (and so did moultano, it seems). You know, when the teacher says that the name of the function is what causes the code to fail? <i>I think he's lying!</i> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I agree, freeThisShnizzle is a perfectly valid function name and was definatly not why this code failed. I've certainly seen (and coded) functions with worse and less descriptive names then that. I mean, who hasn't written a DoStuff function at least once? And who hasn't written one that takes 5 parameters, all the smae type, named stuff0 - stuff4?

    Maybe Moultano can enlighten us as to why the proffessor thought that the function name was the important problem with the code?
  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    I made a function called GodKillMeNow...
  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Ever made a linked list where each node is a linked list? Yeah sure, linked lists are cool and all but...
  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    <!--QuoteBegin-SkulkBait+Jan 28 2005, 03:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SkulkBait @ Jan 28 2005, 03:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-lolfighter+Jan 28 2005, 10:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jan 28 2005, 10:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I actually think that freethisShnizzle is a good name for a function (and so did moultano, it seems). You know, when the teacher says that the name of the function is what causes the code to fail? <i>I think he's lying!</i> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I agree, freeThisShnizzle is a perfectly valid function name and was definatly not why this code failed. I've certainly seen (and coded) functions with worse and less descriptive names then that. I mean, who hasn't written a DoStuff function at least once? And who hasn't written one that takes 5 parameters, all the smae type, named stuff0 - stuff4?

    Maybe Moultano can enlighten us as to why the proffessor thought that the function name was the important problem with the code? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It was a joke <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    A few people brought up the infinite recursion, and he said "NO!"
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Soylent green+Jan 28 2005, 04:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Soylent green @ Jan 28 2005, 04:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Ever made a linked list where each node is a linked list? Yeah sure, linked lists are cool and all but... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    isn't that a matrix?
    (note lack of coding for 2 years makes me forget what little I knew)

    oh, and I say it is a good name!

    I got put into our cookie file (bash for the cs department) for having the tendancy to use names like god or theDevil for objects, eventualy it came down to an out pout from my code reading:
    god moves north, god is now at (3, 4), god is now ****. (AVickery's cs151 lab)

    note: we were creating things that wandered around an island, and if they didn't rest for long enugh they became upset and wouldn't move.
  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    I don't see why this is so funny. Someone explain to me, I know nothing about coding <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mullet+Jan 28 2005, 05:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Jan 28 2005, 05:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't see why this is so funny. Someone explain to me, I know nothing about coding <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The problem with the code is that it was infinitely recursive. That means the computer would be locked into a series of tasks over and over, causing it to freeze. An example of this would be the following 'coding':

    1: Add X + Y
    2: Add A + B
    3: Go back to step 1.


    Essentially, the computer would add X & Y, then A & B, add X & Y again, add A & B again, and again and again untill the power was cut. That was the real problem with the coding mentioned. However, the teacher just couldn't resist the urge to use that mistake to question the name of the function.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin-SkulkBait+Jan 28 2005, 01:24 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SkulkBait @ Jan 28 2005, 01:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> As soon as I saw that code the part of my brain that writes C cried out in agony as it attempted to rip its own eyes out. "No!!!!!", it was saying, "That is not how we free nodes in a linked list! Oh my god infinite recursion! Oh the humanity!" I mean seriously, what kind of warped mind decides that its a good idea to free null? (of course, he'd have to be stupid enough to pass null in the first place for that code to even be encountered). My god his formating isn't even consistant...

    Ok... deep breath.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    My thoughts exactly. :)
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-moultano+Jan 28 2005, 10:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (moultano @ Jan 28 2005, 10:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It was a joke <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    A few people brought up the infinite recursion, and he said "NO!" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, yeah, I think everyone except Skulkbait caught that. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I still think freethisShnizzle is a great name for a function.
  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    I think I'm glad I don't know what's going on. I'm also glad I'm not skulkbait.

    the end.
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