Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
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Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
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Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#2To be fair, 0xDEADBEEF may be considered offensive to hindus.
Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#3That's a horrible way to talk about Steve Ballmer.
Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#4It was discussed in reddit a week ago http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/wi4bf/inappropriate_m... .
Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#5Looks like another slow news day...
Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#6Wasn't this already resolved??
Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#7To be fair, 0xDEADBEEF may be considered offensive to hindus.
And let's not forget Java's 0xCAFEBABE or any of the others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak
Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#8The point of this is to make sure you recognize a number as the magic number it is when you see it scrolling by in a debugger. Preprocessor directives have this problem where they don't survive the preprocessor stage.
Its not just a meaningless joke, it has an actual raison d'être. Of course there might be less offending choices, but this hardly ranks among the top of the problems that plague open source development (communities).
Re: Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' ... Yes, really
#9"Puerile sniggering at breasts contributes to the continuing impression that software development is a boys club where girls aren't welcome"
This is a primary building block of such articles.
But in fact magic numbers are kind of art: good art shocks you a little - or a lot; more for people who are less free. Who gets offended by big boobs? People who think they are religious, as if Jesus had anything against boobs; people who think boobs are strategic weapons that should be controlled; people who are afraid of any life because life is non-professional; people who try to close their eyes on the existence of two genders; and some women that are insecure.
I feel sorry for the latter because I don't want any woman in the world to feel insecure. But for all other people, it's like they had this demon inside and we're exorcising and it tries to escape the host body by ripping its way outside. It's a good thing. Maybe they'll become less religious and more spiritual; maybe they'll become less restrictive; maybe they'll become less "professional" and more skilled; maybe they'll be forced to acknowledge woman and man.
I don't think it helps insecure girls, I even think it might actually harm them, but is this the reason to harm art? It never was. Who is responsible for insecure people? It's society. Who should be punished for that? Not artists, mind you.