codes

IfYouSaySo · 11-17-2005, 12:35 PM

Quote:

the codes written in MFC are almost unreadable.
it is really hard for me to find out what's going on by reading these codes.

I see this quite a bit. "Source code" refered to in the plural with "codes". To me it sounds juvenille, uneducated, and somewhat annoying. Is it just me?

Govtcheez · 11-17-2005, 12:37 PM

up up down down left right left right b a b a select start

**CornedBee** · 11-17-2005, 12:40 PM

I think I heard that one once.

left up right down xy

down x x x x

On topic: no, it's not just you. Code as in program code is neither singular nor plural, though I forgot what you call those words.

no-one · 11-17-2005, 12:41 PM

up down left right b a b y l a r a

Shadow · 11-17-2005, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Govtcheez

up up down down left right left right b a b a select start

So that's how I get into your safe.

Quantum1024 · 11-17-2005, 01:00 PM

Not everyone on the internet is a native english speaker which could explain such things.

-=SoKrA=- · 11-17-2005, 01:17 PM

@CornedBee: They're called uncountable nouns, like water, milk, money.

@Quantum1024: It's not just English. Every language I know (Spanish, English, German and French) has this. I think Arabic has it as well, but I'm not sure. I don't know much about asiatic languages apart that they don't have articles (Chinese and Japanese at least, Vietnamese probably neither. Russian doesn't have them, but that's not really asiatic) so I can't comment on those.
Sure, some of the people that say that may not have that distiction in their own language, but I think most of them is just that they don't stop to think.

And it also annoys me when I read stuff like that.

**CornedBee** · 11-17-2005, 01:20 PM

Sokra, the problem is not that the distinction doesn't exist, but that people think they have to learn the words where it applies. They don't apply common sense.

major_small · 11-17-2005, 01:21 PM

hold A, press up, down, left, right, release A. hear a sound. hold B, press start. another sound. hold C, press start. Invincible.

yeah, i see that alot around here, and it really bugs me, but I never correct anybody that does it...

-=SoKrA=- · 11-17-2005, 01:34 PM

CornedBee, yeah, that's another factor. People who either try to base a language completely on rules, which doesn't always work, or people who just don't give a ........ and do whatever they feel like, which never works.

Of course, let's remember this is the Internet. As a general rule poeple leave their common sense somewhere else when they're using a computer, and doubly so if they use the Internet.

kryptkat · 11-17-2005, 02:44 PM

Quote:

up up down down left right left right b a b a select start

mouserbaiting?

nickname_changed · 11-17-2005, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Govtcheez

up up down down left right left right b a b a select start

Isn't that the cheat to get the monster in Killer Instinct (you have to be the flaming guy or the ninja guy, I can't remember which)?

Shadow · 11-17-2005, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stovellp

Isn't that the cheat to get the monster in Killer Instinct (you have to be the flaming guy or the ninja guy, I can't remember which)?

Nope:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/coinop/arcade/code/583590.html

This is:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/code/563399.html

IfYouSaySo · 11-17-2005, 05:58 PM

I was wondering about the up-down-right-right-start stuff. I don't play games, but I figured it was a reference to something like that. For what it's worth, I think the "codes" people are the same ones who say "wat" instead of what, and "enuf" instead of enough.

Govtcheez · 11-17-2005, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow

This is:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/code/563399.html

There's only one B A? That's a little disappointing. I've been remembering it wrong this whole time.

Paul, I'm ashamed in you.

11-17-2005, 12:37 PM	#2
Govtcheez Mayor of Awesometown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MI Posts: 8,826	up up down down left right left right b a b a select start __________________ -Govtcheez govtcheez03@hotmail.com
Govtcheez is offline

11-17-2005, 12:40 PM	#3
CornedBee Cat without Hat Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 8,492	I think I heard that one once. left up right down xy down x x x x On topic: no, it's not just you. Code as in program code is neither singular nor plural, though I forgot what you call those words. __________________ All the buzzt! CornedBee "There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code." - Flon's Law
CornedBee is offline

11-17-2005, 12:41 PM	#4
no-one Has a Masters in B.S. Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,267	up down left right b a b y l a r a __________________ ADVISORY: This users posts are rated CP-MA, for Mature Audiences only.
no-one is offline

11-17-2005, 01:00 PM	#6
Quantum1024 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 847	Not everyone on the internet is a native english speaker which could explain such things.
Quantum1024 is offline

11-17-2005, 01:17 PM	#7
-=SoKrA=- Me Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 448	@CornedBee: They're called uncountable nouns, like water, milk, money. @Quantum1024: It's not just English. Every language I know (Spanish, English, German and French) has this. I think Arabic has it as well, but I'm not sure. I don't know much about asiatic languages apart that they don't have articles (Chinese and Japanese at least, Vietnamese probably neither. Russian doesn't have them, but that's not really asiatic) so I can't comment on those. Sure, some of the people that say that may not have that distiction in their own language, but I think most of them is just that they don't stop to think. And it also annoys me when I read stuff like that. __________________ SoKrA-BTS "Judge not the program I made, but the one I've yet to code" I say what I say, I mean what I mean. IDE: emacs + make + gcc and proud of it.
-=SoKrA=- is offline

11-17-2005, 01:20 PM	#8
CornedBee Cat without Hat Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 8,492	Sokra, the problem is not that the distinction doesn't exist, but that people think they have to learn the words where it applies. They don't apply common sense. __________________ All the buzzt! CornedBee "There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code." - Flon's Law
CornedBee is offline

11-17-2005, 01:21 PM	#9
major_small Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,787	hold A, press up, down, left, right, release A. hear a sound. hold B, press start. another sound. hold C, press start. Invincible. yeah, i see that alot around here, and it really bugs me, but I never correct anybody that does it... __________________ Join is in our Unofficial Cprog IRC channel Server: irc.phoenixradio.org Channel: #Tech Team Cprog Folding@Home: Team #43476 Download it Here Detailed Stats Here More Detailed Stats 52 Members so far, are YOU a member? Current team score: 1223226 (ranked 374 of 45152) The CBoard team is doing better than 99.16% of the other teams Top 5 Members: Xterria(518175), pianorain(118517), Bennet(64957), JaWiB(55610), alphaoide(44374) Last Updated on: Wed, 30 Aug, 2006 @ 2:30 PM EDT Last edited by major_small; 11-17-2005 at 01:25 PM.
major_small is offline

11-17-2005, 01:34 PM	#10
-=SoKrA=- Me Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 448	CornedBee, yeah, that's another factor. People who either try to base a language completely on rules, which doesn't always work, or people who just don't give a ........ and do whatever they feel like, which never works. Of course, let's remember this is the Internet. As a general rule poeple leave their common sense somewhere else when they're using a computer, and doubly so if they use the Internet. __________________ SoKrA-BTS "Judge not the program I made, but the one I've yet to code" I say what I say, I mean what I mean. IDE: emacs + make + gcc and proud of it.
-=SoKrA=- is offline

11-17-2005, 05:58 PM	#14
IfYouSaySo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hermosa Beach, CA Posts: 446	I was wondering about the up-down-right-right-start stuff. I don't play games, but I figured it was a reference to something like that. For what it's worth, I think the "codes" people are the same ones who say "wat" instead of what, and "enuf" instead of enough. __________________ The crows maintain that a single crow could destroy the heavens. Doubtless this is so. But it proves nothing against the heavens, for the heavens signify simply: the impossibility of crows.
IfYouSaySo is offline

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
My self install codes using startup folder - please comment	hanhao	C++ Programming	1	07-12-2005 09:03 PM
action replay codes	c++.prog.newbie	Game Programming	2	02-28-2004 08:47 AM
Key codes...	Supar	C++ Programming	3	03-18-2003 08:48 PM
anyone have linked-list sample codes?	ling	C++ Programming	3	07-03-2002 02:24 PM