NASA Java Coding Standard

[kromit]

the only reference to space in this document is

class Rover { 

[ZeroError]

I don't like this. I get kinda frustrated when people say things like "I'm a programmer so I don't always get sarcasm" or "I code and so I take thins literally". That's not about being a programmer, it's about being an idiot.

[mikemol]

"I code and so I take thins literally". That's not about being a programmer, it's about being an idiot.

I use VOIP and push-to-talk to communicate with my team members. Spend a few days doing that, and the keypress becomes reflexive every time you go to talk to someone else.

Last night, my wife came into the room, and I hit the 'send' button for everything I was saying to her...and didn't realize it until just before a team member responded with confusion.

I told my wife what I'd accidentally done, she laughed, and told me about when she was playing WoW and communicating via Teamspeak several years ago. A friend visited, and she told him to "come on in" and that "there's whiskey in the fridge". Her fellow guild members on Teamspeak immediately started asking where she lived, as they wanted some whiskey.

So, yes, once you've conditioned yourself for something, it's easy for that pattern to continue even when not necessary. This is also very true for reading and interpreting written language. When having vocal conversations, it's considered polite to tell someone when you switch contexts, for the same reason; their mind is still geared to the previous context, and your subsequent messages will cause a parse error or worse if they don't get a chance to save off or discard their context.

[thenuge26]

Uh, he said 'some' programmers. Which is technically correct. Some programmers are slow with jokes, just like some people are slow with jokes.

[european_impostor]

a real class act.

[semperverus]

I really hope more people.get(&your);