If you're doing the math (and, hey, who isn't?), then the cake must be at least a 1000 foot square, just to hold the candles. The candles will put out at least 25 GigaWatts -- which is, uh, a lot. Poor Ed might just get sucked into a swirling vortex of flame! (Baker's Dresden, baby!)tbaker2500 wrote:Good one. I love the imagery of Ed sitting at the table, cake in front of him, chin resting on both hands as everybody around him shouts "Happy birthday!"eric_marsh wrote:The problem with infinite parallel universes is that every possibility must occur, Ed mused on his billionth birthday.
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Urban Planning:
Gridlock, folks going North and South. If they just swapped homes, they'd all be there.
No matter, he calls in the nukes.
Gridlock, folks going North and South. If they just swapped homes, they'd all be there.
No matter, he calls in the nukes.
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Simon had an epiphany... He knew that some ideas are just too big for one hundred characters. His brilliant solution was
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Has the flavor of a Far Side cartoontbaker2500 wrote:Good one. I love the imagery of Ed sitting at the table, cake in front of him, chin resting on both hands as everybody around him shouts "Happy birthday!"eric_marsh wrote:The problem with infinite parallel universes is that every possibility must occur, Ed mused on his billionth birthday.
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That would be serial universes, not parallel universes. And if we follow THAT line of reasoning, the story is well and truly broken, so we won't go there.Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:If you're doing the math (and, hey, who isn't?), then the cake must be at least a 1000 foot square, just to hold the candles. The candles will put out at least 25 GigaWatts -- which is, uh, a lot. Poor Ed might just get sucked into a swirling vortex of flame! (Baker's Dresden, baby!)
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The policebots' new programming to shoot armed and masked persons on sight made this Halloween far deadlier than usual.
The policebots' new programming to shoot armed and masked persons on sight made this Halloween far deadlier than usual.
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The policebots were vulnerable to an SMS exploit. Discovered and patched by 13 year old Ned Fert, new ruler of the world.
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Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Simon had an epiphany... He knew that some ideas are just too big for one hundred characters. His brilliant solution was
Part 2?
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No, It's meta.guitardel wrote:Part 2?Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Simon had an epiphany... He knew that some ideas are just too big for one hundred characters. His brilliant solution was
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Eric's ambition is to be a writer, but his ADD makes it hard to focus for more than a sentence. Two sentences is about his...
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Hey, that looks familiar...eric_marsh wrote:Eric's ambition is to be a writer... Two sentences... (cut)
"It's derivative; It's been done!" They cried. But Eric chuckled -- knowing he had the MGM deal and Adam Sandler as lead.
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Good one! Nice to know I've also got the 'right' approach. Or do I? ...
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printf("I'll be damned if a 100 char limit can stop me from spewing crap!\n");
for (;;)
putc( (char) (rand()%94) + ' ');
for (;;)
putc( (char) (rand()%94) + ' ');
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The Dream
I’m falling! Crash! I sit up. Just a dream. I’m in bed, my wife beside me.
I twine my tentacles in hers and fall back asleep.
I’m falling! Crash! I sit up. Just a dream. I’m in bed, my wife beside me.
I twine my tentacles in hers and fall back asleep.
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I only get 99 chars for that (spaces don't count, no matter where). Maybe use %101??eric_marsh wrote:printf("I'll be damned... ...
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The esoteric question is whether or not the quoted whitespace acts as a character in this context.Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:I only get 99 chars for that (spaces don't count, no matter where). Maybe use %101??eric_marsh wrote:printf("I'll be damned... ...
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Ron Jeremey found it hard to play the straight man in the comedy film One Eyed Monster but he was up for the task in the end.
Ok - I know this is getting silly but when I heard that there really is such a film I couldn't help myself.
Ok - I know this is getting silly but when I heard that there really is such a film I couldn't help myself.
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Nah, the questions are:eric_marsh wrote:The esoteric question is whether or not the quoted whitespace acts as a character in this context.
(1) How did you get my company's proprietary coding style?

and
(2) Does it count, since it won't compile as is? ("I got your stinkin, stdio right here, pal!"
