What is Digg?120 Comments
- ROBERTCAT, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52It reads like one of those forwarded joke e-mails
- blanktarget, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42Someone who relates sex to programming probably hasn't had much sex to compare :P
Had to throw that out there lol. - lateralus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+39"Programming Is Like Sex"
-It's cheaper in Banglore,India? I don't get it. - phil.busch, on 10/12/2007, -7/+41See, digg is this thing called a democracy. People submit stories, and others vote on them. Those stories with the most votes make it to the front page. This story got enough diggs to make it to the front page because others enjoyed it. I'm glad I could answer your question!
/me loves being a sarcastic jackass sometimes
Digg ; - afx1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33Sadly, I couldn't forward it to most of the people who forward me their crap joke mails...'cause no one would understand or appreciate it.
- Kiwwa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26'One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. (Michael Sinz)'
I caught that one horrible trout once, now all I do is buy it water and special minerals to support it... Oh wait no, that makes no sense at all.
^_^ - piznut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25Ive got an addition:
If your first priority isnt the end user experience you are just masturbating. - D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24also:
-people who haven't done it claim they're good - Z_Man, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20that's pretty funny, and i only have read 5 lines but so far it's all true.
- aer0sense, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18"Once you get started, you’ll only stop because you’re exhausted."
"It takes another experienced person to really appreciate what you’re doing."
Brilliantly said. Thanks for sharing. - rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16goat4: Still trying to get Hello World to compile?
- wastern, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16digg is only as good as its readers. sadly it seems there are too many minors that think they are uber 1337 and awesome by digging anything with programing, sex, or linux in the title
- nahdan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"when you see your parents doing it, its just sort of creepy."
- hello2usir, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20Send this to 20 of your friends within the hour or you'll have bad luck forever.
- rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12(edit time was only 60 seconds grr)
goat4: "making" web pages isn't programming. Markup languages are not programming languages. - krizhere, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12"Not really sure how or why this made it to the front page."
I'm not really sure why in 9 out of 10 frontpage stories there will be a smartass asking the very same stupid thing as you. - npsken, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Maybe for you. I love programming. Especially in PHP when I find out i forgot the semicolon at the end of one line and the whole script doesn't work. Hehe, fun...
- Klowner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10When you start getting paid to do it, it's not as fun anymore?
- itsmekirby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10@rauz
Support as in technical support for a flawed program which ends up getting released. Apparently the jokes were lost on you. - Protoss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10PHP doesn't count? Isn't it a PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE?! Hence, when writing, you are indeed programming right?
- gd007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I don't understand the first one : One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. (Michael Sinz) . No one supports a program for life. It is alway scrapped and rewritten from basic to cobol to java, etc. Here is much funnier joke Girlfriend 6.0 vs. Wife 1.0 :
http://www.math.unipd.it/~favero/varie/ragazzauk.html - Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Awesome list. I don't even program, but I can appreciate the humor
- hobosapiens, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@doctornkul - your definition of "programming" needs some help, chap. I know what you mean, I program in C and there is a good deal more complexity there than in say, PHP. But it is a bit inaccurate to say that languages like PHP are not real programming languages. 20 years ago there were assembler guys decrying this newfangled language called C as not a real language.
- MalDON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6They are both better at night :p
- doctornkul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@doctornkul
Even if you haven't programmed in C or Java or whatever, that doesn't mean that you can't appreciate the article. Sure these languages might be harder to program in, but even if you've just done HTML, you know how something as simple as forgetting a close bold "can ruin everything", and even if you haven't programmed at all, you can still understand "If you spend more time doing it than watching TV, people think you%u2019re some kind of freak." and "It%u2019s not really an appropriate topic for dinner conversation."
So just stop acting like such an elitist because you've had more exposure to languages than some others, and next time, try to be a little less arrogant. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"I caught that one horrible trout once, now all I do is buy it water and special minerals to support it..."
That one is straight from why marriage is like fishing - tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Hmm you've got an error there. Unless sleep or jail are declared as integers (which they aren't) you can't return them because you declared the main function as returning an integer... Oh and if you have an else statement so something will definitely return, why do you have a return 0 statement at the bottom?
- RBasil, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Anyone who thinks programming is even CLOSE to sex needs to get out of the house and get laid.
- nahdan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6how about this one:
"men can finish it quicker than women."
"after a while, your fingers get tired."
...eww - dielawn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"Other people just get in the way."
Go away man your code blocking me! - yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Richard Feynmann said physics is like sex.
Hey don't mod down, I'm not the one who said that. - DavidDigg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I have been wondering for a long time why geeks NEVER SEEM TO HAVE GIRLFRIENDS. Now I know the truth...
- Subcranium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I must be doing it wrong.
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4i'm seeing a lot of people who aren't programmers diss these similarities.... it makes me wonder if virgins think of sex in such a cynical way... if so, that would be another similarity to add to the list
- rauz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Yeah that too, of course. I'm just saying the similarities are not a big deal. It's like the horoscope - it can apply to anyone with a little imagination and will.
But if you're asking whether I am one, no I'm not. But I've been known to dabble. - dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The difference is that I get to program all the time.
- cwalk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"It doesn’t go so well when you’re drunk, but you’re more likely to do it."
Very true. To further compare programming and sex, when I wake up the morning after I often find myself asking what the ***** I was thinking. - Lavarock, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Cough.
40 year old virgin.
cough.
cough. - Subcranium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You only read five lines? You suffer from premature commentation.
- dielawn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5let me guess, your a virgin?
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i hate arguing pedantics after midnight... but....
"I think Markup language is also a type of programming language."
markup languages are script languages, because they are interpreted rather than compiled into a 'program'
unfortunately, one of my favorite (and one of my most experienced) languages is PHP, which is a scripting language :-
if you disagree, just bury me.. it may be sleep deprivation talking, but i think the point i'm making is a little moot to be the subject of a heated debate... - invader, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4CAPS LOCK IS FUN
- vagabond0101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I am afraid digg will remain a kid's tool. The sad thing is, the model on which digg is built is very powerful - 'peer to peer information sharing' but the potential is not fully eploited yet. It would be great if some mature people take interest in digging upcoming stories. Or digg management should do something to give more exposure to upcoming stories, instead of hiding them several clicks away. I think front page should consist of upcoming stories and the Popular Stories section should be a click away.
- klang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There are books about it!
You can learn, you just need somebody experienced to show you the way! - Purposeless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I get enough of this crap in email.
- smellinator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@doctornkul:
Why are you talking to yourself and calling yourself arrogant? (scroll up 4 messages). Did you forget to sign in with your "other nickname"?
Too funny. - gooddiggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ahaha a fair list! :P
- SirZRX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1since when u get orgarms... while programing or when u finish the program.?
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"You can compile PHP IIRC."
not that i am aware of.. i don't think i've ever heard of a PHP compiler, either.. but hey, i've only been PHPing for a few years... - uday0210, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2i think you wanna use gotos instead of returns, buddy.
-
Show 51 - 100 of 118 discussions
Check out the new & improved 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is