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The best joke was the Robot Hell. "10 SIN" "20 GOTO HELL"

by rfreiberger 5y ago

amelius 5y ago
Apparently they didn't have any programmers on staff.
- Taywee 5y ago
  They probably knew enough to know that it wouldn't be a valid program, but it's the best compromise, being recognizable and still funny for the lay person. Any modification to it would make it distinctly less funny.
  - amelius 5y ago
    Why does the theorem need to be precise, whereas the program doesn't?
    - batch12 5y ago
      It is a joke throwing back to BASIC syntax. Jokes don't have to be precise.
    - Taywee 5y ago
      Because the theorem itself isn't funny. The context is. If the theorem was funny but not accurate, I'd be defending that too. The show is a comedy first and foremost.
WalterBright 5y ago
I loved the "blink once for yes, blink twice for no." "He gave two yesses!" "Look, he's emphatically blinking more yesses!" Edit: The internet delivers again! https://morbotron.com/caption/S04E12/70553 https://morbotron.com/caption/S04E12/70553
- Noumenon72 5y ago
  Is that what you meant to link to? It seems to be just a single frame from the episode.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
  - Jtsummers 5y ago
    There's text below if you're on mobile. > - Do you understand the charges? - One beep for "yes," two beeps for "no."
- jrockway 5y ago
  Here is a video for y'all. (It ends too soon but such is the weird balance we've found between fair use and copyright infringement.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHW0Gl2lbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHW0Gl2lbM
  - chrismcb 5y ago
    Length had nothing to do with fair use.
    - philtar 5y ago
      It does in the music world.
edoceo 5y ago
When I wrote VB, ASP and VBA scrips my error handling statement was always: On Error Goto Hell And then the last part of the routine has a block labeled "Hell:". One could use any label, but this seemed best to me -- when not using On Error Resume Next
dlbucci 5y ago
Honestly, my favorite joke has been Billy West reading Trump quotes in Zapp Brannigan's voice on his YouTube channel.

The best joke was the Robot Hell. "10 SIN" "20 GOTO HELL"

amelius 5y ago

Apparently they didn't have any programmers on staff.

Taywee 5y ago
They probably knew enough to know that it wouldn't be a valid program, but it's the best compromise, being recognizable and still funny for the lay person. Any modification to it would make it distinctly less funny.
- amelius 5y ago
  Why does the theorem need to be precise, whereas the program doesn't?
  - batch12 5y ago
    It is a joke throwing back to BASIC syntax. Jokes don't have to be precise.
  - Taywee 5y ago
    Because the theorem itself isn't funny. The context is. If the theorem was funny but not accurate, I'd be defending that too. The show is a comedy first and foremost.

WalterBright 5y ago

I loved the "blink once for yes, blink twice for no." "He gave two yesses!" "Look, he's emphatically blinking more yesses!" Edit: The internet delivers again! https://morbotron.com/caption/S04E12/70553 https://morbotron.com/caption/S04E12/70553

Noumenon72 5y ago
Is that what you meant to link to? It seems to be just a single frame from the episode.
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- Jtsummers 5y ago
  There's text below if you're on mobile. > - Do you understand the charges? - One beep for "yes," two beeps for "no."
jrockway 5y ago
Here is a video for y'all. (It ends too soon but such is the weird balance we've found between fair use and copyright infringement.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHW0Gl2lbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHW0Gl2lbM
- chrismcb 5y ago
  Length had nothing to do with fair use.
  - philtar 5y ago
    It does in the music world.

edoceo 5y ago

When I wrote VB, ASP and VBA scrips my error handling statement was always: On Error Goto Hell And then the last part of the routine has a block labeled "Hell:". One could use any label, but this seemed best to me -- when not using On Error Resume Next

dlbucci 5y ago

Honestly, my favorite joke has been Billy West reading Trump quotes in Zapp Brannigan's voice on his YouTube channel.