Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

David Conrad — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:17:15 GMT

A programmer hacking .NET

Found bugs that he just couldn't "get"

He started debugging

But ended up chugging

A whole case of beer to forget!

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

87 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:17:27 GMT

Farewell Haiku! thou art obscure for rhyming,

Yet fools around the world have found thee now,

The charter of thy birth is free from timing;

And boys enjoy the slaughter of thy vowels.

For how do I write thee but by thy granting?

And for that fault where is my recompense?

The myst'ry of thy verse is still enchanting,

And so my lust for thee still grows immense.

Thy self thou hid for cent'ries from all seeing,

But many now discovered thy strange form;

So thy great gift, not having escap'd fleeing,

Flies true again, on wing of quill'ed swarm.

Thus have we had thee, as a dream doth flatter,

In poets awed, but in new minds just chatter.

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

Starfish — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:31:57 GMT

My mistake is common

I lament all false haiku

Like a tree I'll 'leaf'

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

Karellen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:12:24 GMT

Too many "haiku"

Lack ref'rences to nature

Feel bare like tundra

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

Starfish — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:59:58 GMT

Haiku's overused.

Its prevalence is boring.

What's wrong with sonnets?

i like ellipses… » The joys in bug tracking

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re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

Chris @ Martial Development — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:47:31 GMT

What have you got against haiku?

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

David M — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:09:35 GMT

As a reader of those newsgroups, Craig, I have to say thanks for your work keeping them clean. I've never seen any of that poetry though?

That is:

Reading non-tech posts:

Net monkeys complain too much

Thankfully, no ads

First one I've written for a long time, I think, but it seems appropriate for the topic :)

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

brian — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:37:50 GMT

reading is for stupids

re: Amusing bug reports: On poetry and prose

Craig Stuntz1 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:16:05 GMT

When I cancel spam on the CodeGear/Borland newsgroups I'll occasionally write poetry as the cancellation reason, e.g.:

Cancelling spam on a snowy Monday

Whose groups these are I think I know

Their building's in Scotts Valley though

They will not see me cancel here

The posts of spammers, seeking dough

My XanaNews must think it queer

That Borland cannot engineer

A spam filter which does not take

The efforts of this volunteer

To click these links is a mistake

The products proffered must be fake

And though the prices might seem cheap

Just use your head, for goodness sake

The questions here are dark and deep

But I have ads and spam to sweep

Another pointer on the heap