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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 12:12 pm
by feyd
you just spelled: the Lttt thanks

you need to brush up on your l337

Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 1:30 pm
by tim
ph33r

:?

Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 2:20 pm
by JAM
Foobar is a universal variable understood to represent whatever is being discussed.

It's usually used in examples that illustrate concepts and ideas in computer science.

For instance, a computer science professor may be discussing different file formats. In this case, he would call the generic-example file foo or foobar, then list the extensions associated with the file formats (e.g. foobar.txt, foobar.gif, foobar.exe, foobar.tar).

When foo or foobar is used, everyone understands that these are just examples, and they don't really exist.

Programmers and administrators also use foo and foobar in a similar context. Files or program s named with foo or foobar are understood not to be permanent and will be changed or deleted at anytime.

Foo, bar, and the compound foobar were commonly used at MIT, Stanford and the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. Other generic variables are used other places, but only these three are considered universal.

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:07 am
by Grim...
Pfft meh l33t > j00rs!!!!!!111oneone

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:16 am
by patrikG
One pint to whoever manages to translate:

"Break we our watch up; and by my advice,
Let us impart what we have seen to-night
Unto young Hamlet; for, upon my life,
This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him.
Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it,
As needful in our loves, fitting our duty?"

(Shakespeare, Hamlet 1-1)

into d00d-sp34k :D

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:13 am
by tim
i got it patrik, translated:

" d00d, i'm hungry as a muth/\ y0, letz grabz su/\/\ gru|3"

=]

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:24 am
by patrikG
hmmm, nice try, but no, that's not it. :(

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:27 am
by tim
oh shucks!

:? 8O

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:33 am
by patrikG
I would start it with...

"D00d, t3llz yung 1 H4ml3t...

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:10 am
by Grim...
33k, th4ts t3h fu><0red gh0st-d00d!!!!!1 1t'5 meh j0bb0r 2 PM Hamlet w1+h t3h 1nf0!!!

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:13 am
by jason
As a bit of a note, Foo Bar comes from the "word" fubar, which stands for "<span style='color:blue' title='I&#39;m naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> Up Beyond all Repair" or "<span style='color:blue' title='I&#39;m naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> Up Beyond all Recognition".

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:19 am
by patrikG
Grim... wrote:
33k, th4ts t3h fu><0red gh0st-d00d!!!!!1 1t'5 meh j0bb0r 2 PM Hamlet w1+h t3h 1nf0!!!
D00D! 1 p1nt goz 2 u! Gr4tz, m0nzt4 d00d-sp34k4!!!!

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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:23 am
by patrikG
H3rz t3h l33t p1nt:
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:29 am
by feyd
dorks, the lot of ya. :P

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:31 am
by Grim...
w00t!