[QUOTE=ewmayer;367506][URL="http://thequickword.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/james-irys-history-of-programming-languages-illustrated-with-pictures-and-large-fonts/"]James Iry’s history of programming languages (illustrated with pictures and large fonts) | The Quick Word[/URL][/QUOTE]
Brilliant! I did not laugh so much since ages! My family asked me if I am ok or they should call the the straitjacket guys.

Few of the favorite quotes to which I will, most probably, still continue to laugh like an idiot, next month:

"1965 Kemney and Kurtz go to 1964" (inventors of Basic language)

or

"1940 'computers' were 'programmed' using direct wiring and switches. the engineers do this in order to avoid the 'tab vs space' debate"

:fusion:

"the new language [C++] has all the memory safety of C, combined with all the blazing speed of Smalltalk"

(this is for real! by some "cosmic ray" mistake, or joke, it was really announced it like that, reversed; for who doesn't know, C is very unsafe when it comes to memory access, if the programmer is not careful he can destroy everything with a wrong places pointer, and Smalltalk is one of the slowest ever languages).

"PHP documentation remains on that napkin to this day" (how true, haha)

(sorry if these seem only "real programmer jokes")

Yes, a very funny link. The Haskell section is particularly good from a mathematician's point of view.

Lycasin , retina
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Lycasin is a trade name given by Roquette for hydrogenated glucose syrup (hydrolysed starch).[1] One of the major components of Lycasin is maltitol, derived from the hydrogenation of maltose. Depending on the dextrose equivalent (DE) of the syrup used in the hydrolysis, a variety of products can be made, with the name "lycasin" normally being reserved for lycasin 80/55 (80 referring to the dry content and 55 to the dextrose equivalent). The other grades (e.g. 75/60 and 80/33) are referred to as Polysorb.[2]
[B]Lycasin's known side effects in adults include bloating, intestinal gurgling or rumbling (borborygmi), and flatulence.[/B] [3] Some cases of severe intestinal distress have been reported from consuming excessive quantities of foods containing Lycasin.[4]
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[QUOTE=retina;367522][URL]http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummy-Candy-Sugarless-5-Pound/product-reviews/B000EVQWKC/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=byRankDescending[/URL][/QUOTE]

See a very great deal more here-
[URL]http://slightlyviral.com/beware-sugarless-gummy-bears-on-amazon-com/[/URL]
[URL]http://www.businessinsider.com/reviews-haribos-sugarless-gummy-bears-2014-1[/URL]
[URL]http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/whats-in-those-haribo-gummy-bears/283162/[/URL]

I can't help feeling that these reviews might be the product of an ongoing gross-out competition. It has gotten enough traffic to place fairly high in a search for "sugar free gummy bears". It feels like an excess of drama, of the sort The Onion might cook up.

[url]http://offbeat.topix.com/story/10595-15-wrong-test-answers-that-totally-nailed-it[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;368257][URL]http://offbeat.topix.com/story/10595-15-wrong-test-answers-that-totally-nailed-it[/URL][/QUOTE]
Thanks for this link. We've just had a great five minutes guffawing together.:smile:

hrmmm... i ponder wich one this video belong to... funny or What the fold.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KfACTAOPa0[/url]

[youtube]5KfACTAOPa0[/youtube]

[url]https://www.facebook.com/DugTheTRex[/url]

[url]http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/[/url]

not really "ny" just "fun"

and surprisingly addictive. I haven't gotten the 2048 yet, but I got two 512s once.

[QUOTE=chappy;369432][url]http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/[/url]

not really "ny" just "fun"

and surprisingly addictive. I haven't gotten the 2048 yet, but I got two 512s once.[/QUOTE]

I only got up to one 512. I'm coming back to it soon! :razz:

I wonder if we can hook this one up to the the Prime Sh*tting Bear:
[URL="http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/solar-powered-toilet/"]Solar-Powered Toilet Turns Poop Into Charcoal-Like Pellets[/URL]