Friday, September 19, 2008

To Be or Not To Be

The question is not 'To be or not to be?'
but rather, 'Does P = NP?'
I can never answer in verse or rhyme
but if told, can verify in polynomial time

by, Justin Harris

Monday, April 21, 2008

regex csv parser

$raw_data =~ /^\s*([a-fA-F0-9]+)\s*\,\s*"(.
*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*\,\s*"(.*)"\s*$/;

by, Jordan O'Mara

For anyone who doesn't know, a regex csv parser is a program that tries to help a computer have feelings (see previous poem).

The Saddest Thing About Computers

What is larger,
the expanse of the universe,
or the gap between semi-conductors
where a computer's heart would be?

And what is sadder,
that all of your friends will grow old and die,
or that a computer cannot die,
and will never have any friends?

by, Joel Mikkelsen

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Developer's Lament #1

"A tad of psuedocode for the layperson:
for(i=0; i++) {
print "Windows sucks."
print newline
}
"
that's a poem

by, Tim Boisvert

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

The Pumping Lemma

The Pumping Lemma,
while exciting on its own
is not what you think.

by, Justin Harris

Monday, April 7, 2008

The Halting Problem

Halt Turing's machines
Is it too late to stop them?
I cannot decide

by, Justin Harris

Sunday, March 30, 2008

New iMac

Dear my new Mac:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
Apple-1, Apple-2, Apple-3 thousa...
Oh crap, I just closed my window on accident.

by, Tim Boisvert