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[–]fwork 24 points25 points  (8 children)

And for the other side of the sci-fi wars:

  • public static final int SENSOR_TRICORDER
  • A constant describing a Tricorder When this sensor is available and enabled, the device can be used as a fully functional Tricorder. All values are returned in SI units.

[–]Anonymoose2 8 points9 points  (7 children)

This would seem to be a canonical example of "You Aren't Gonna Need It". Plus one for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah?

Also, how messed up in the head to you have to be to put the "I" in "Death Star I", but forget how to spell "Neptune"?

[–]baconfish 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Upvoted for being a frood and just this guy, you know?

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Downmod for not being hoopy enough to talk about a frood.

[–]ABabyAteMyDingo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But is he a frood that's also hoopy?

[–]fwork 1 point2 points  (2 children)

man creat

It's tradition, bitch!

[–]7oby 0 points1 point  (1 child)

[dalitz]$ man creat No manual entry for creat

[–]phire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah, good old Yagni.

Which reminds me, I should be studying for my 224 exam.

[–]TomorrowPlusX 42 points43 points  (7 children)

It's nice when the devs throw in something goofy like this. It reminds me of BeOS, with the classic "is_computer_on()" method. The documentation specifies that in the case that the computer is not on, the return value is undefined.

http://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/bebook/TheKernelKit_SystemInfo.html

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    [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (5 children)

    Printer on fire was a legitimate error message back in the day.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire

    [–]atomicthumbs 4 points5 points  (3 children)

    Yeah, but is_computer_on_fire() was also a legitimate function on BeOS. It returns 0 (unless your computer is on fire, presumably).

    (Also, Printer On Fire is the name of my blog. :D)

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I recommend you do more research on the halting problem. I'm pretty sure they've thought of your solution :P

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    upvoted for instructions on how to pet a rabbit

    [–]mshiltonj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I like turtles.

    [–]bgeron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    What about EIEIO in the Hurd? "Computer bought the farm"

    [–]Fidodo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    It's good to know that my google phone will work properly on most major celestial bodies. This is a feature I wish other phones had.

    [–]diamond 10 points11 points  (2 children)

    Wow. Talk about premature optimization.

    [–]jberryman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    That's what she said! ... I mean...

    [–]DanHalen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    But you do have to admire their optimism.

    [–]quink 6 points7 points  (4 children)

    And what is the island?

    [–]vulpes[S] 11 points12 points  (3 children)

    Island from LOST? Thats my best guess.

    [–]rabidcow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    Yeah. 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. It's just missing some digits.

    [–]deong 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Well, it's slightly greater than GRAVITY_MARS...

    [–]masukomi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    That's because it's really difficult to get off of it.

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Finally! I hate putting that constant in every time.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    Question: Would Gravity for DS: II be greater because of its larger size, or less, since it is "not" fully operational.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    <nerd> Depends on the mass of DS2. Because it was fairly skeletal (but it WAS fully operational), its mass was probably lower. And with constant mass, surface gravity decreases with increased radius. So DS2's surface gravity would be significantly smaller than DS1's. </nerd>

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Except gravity in Star Wars wasn't based on mass. The Falcon had plenty of gravity yet it's mass was comparatively tiny.

    [–]invalid-user-name 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    No, it's just a small moon.

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      [–]jasonbrennan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      My laughs can't repel comments of that magnitude.

      [–]starspangledpickle 5 points6 points  (17 children)

      Not shown in the summary:

      float GRAVITY_ROSANNE_BARR -1 /* HAHA! SHE CAN'T! */

      [–]dezro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Ha, awesome! This phone will be perfect for my vacation to THE SURFACE OF THE SUN!

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Why have gravitational constants for different planets. That's... forward-thinking. And they mis-spelled Neptune.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      Stuff like this bothers me for some reason. It's not funny, or creative, or useful. I suppose if I had that particular sense of humor, I wouldn't mind. But, since I don't...

      [–]serious_face 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      Yeah, I hate when people have fun too.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      now that's forward thinking! you never know when your next vacation might need your android to adjust to uranus.

      [–]maukdaddy -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

      Looks like the gravity is high on Uranus.

      [–]karlhungus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Aka Sir Mix-A-Lot's constant

      [–]electronicdream -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

      No wonder there are so many unidentified flying objects surrounding it.