General Discussions

**dansgalaxy** · 08-17-2007, 12:02 PM

hey,

i got the idea for this thread from someone sig (sorry i cant remember who

)

and i find it quite funny what you sometimes come accross in other people scripts in the comments.

So whats the weirdest comments you have found in scripts or webpages?

Dan

**JamieLewis** · 08-17-2007, 12:07 PM

I have been programming for years so whenever I look back over old code I always find the odd comment.

Quote:

//Don't touch this line, I don't know what it does but it works

Quote:

//Stop reading and GET BACK TO WORK!!!! Or at least finish this code off

- I talk to myself it seems.

Quote:

//I hate writing admin areas, they are easy butt take too much time. I need a subordinate to write this kind of stuff so I can go and do something productive

Jamie

**Learning Newbie** · 08-17-2007, 01:23 PM

var ol_decode = "true"; // todo: understand, and put in the proper place

**dansgalaxy** · 08-17-2007, 01:44 PM

ive found of bits like that in peoples scripts obviously where they copied the script from somewhere else..

like

Quote:

#CODE // this dont seem to do anything..

ive done that ...

when going thro scripts i ve found and i just modify it and often make it simpler

**thevirus** · 08-17-2007, 01:48 PM

Haha this is a great thread guys, I wish I could contribute but I have not found any funny code

**tripy** · 08-17-2007, 03:40 PM

I don't have the code under hand no more, but I remember having one day a colleague, from my first job company that came to my office laughing, because on a review we had on our code, he found

Quote:

//Man, platypus are soooo cool.

followed some lines after by

Quote:

//But look how lousy they code !

I stayed as the "platypus guy" after that.

**tripy** · 03:48 PM

And if you want great quotes, look at http://www.bash.org

Quote:

<Donut[AFK]> HEY EURAKARTE
<Donut[AFK]> INSULT
<Eurakarte> RETORT
<Donut[AFK]> COUNTER-RETORT
<Eurakarte> QUESTIONING OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE
<Donut[AFK]> SUGGESTION TO SHUT THE **** UP
<Eurakarte> NOTATION THAT YOU CREATE A VACUUM
<Donut[AFK]> RIPOSTE
<Donut[AFK]> ADDON RIPOSTE
<Eurakarte> COUNTER-RIPOSTE
<Donut[AFK]> COUNTER-COUNTER RIPOSTE
<Eurakarte> NONSENSICAL STATEMENT INVOLVING PLANKTON
<Miles_Prower> RESPONSE TO RANDOM STATEMENT AND THREAT TO BAN OPPOSING SIDES
<Eurakarte> WORDS OF PRAISE FOR FISHFOOD
<Miles_Prower> ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTENCE OF TERMS

Quote:

<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

Quote:

Guo_Si> Hey, you know what sucks?
<TheXPhial> vaccuums
<Guo_Si> Hey, you know what sucks in a metaphorical sense?
<TheXPhial> black holes
<Guo_Si> Hey, you know what just isn't cool?
<TheXPhial> lava?

**ForrestCroce** · 08-17-2007, 07:30 PM

Song lyrics. Explains why the guy was always pounding away at the the keyboard, but never writing any productive code...

**fitnfree** · 08-17-2007, 11:13 PM

Someone sent me the following link once -- thought it was a definite keeper...if you haven't seen it before, it's worth a few minutes!
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795

**seolman** · 08-18-2007, 12:38 AM

I was reviewing some code done by one of our Sr. programmers and caught this line:

Quote:

//this is for the idiots who still use IE

**ADAM Web Design** · 08-18-2007, 01:21 AM

My favourite was about 3 years ago...it was on a writer's site, and he had some material he didn't want to be publicized (yet never bothered to password-protect for some reason).

Code:

<!-- F**K OFF, GOOGLE!  //-->
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow, f**k off">

I haven't seen a bot told to "f**k off" before or since.

**ForrestCroce** · 08-18-2007, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seolman

I was reviewing some code done by one of our Sr. programmers and caught this line:

Quote:

//this is for the idiots who still use IE

Hysterical! And very, very tempting. Except that I know it's just a matter of time before one of those idiots notices and gets offended.

**dansgalaxy** · 06:03 AM

hey IE rules its the best browser ever... o look wait i forgotten to take my medication...

haha i like that bot thing, has f**k off been reconised yet by w3c as standardised?..

the bot should have indexed it anyway just because he was mean to it XD