Using the Internet’s question and answer communities on April Fool’s day
Using the Internet’s question and answer communities on April Fool’s day puts you on your guard. But it can turn up some funny stuff.
Here is a question I spotted on a geek site which i found quite funny:
How to deal with a program that has become self aware?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2561112/how-to-deal-with-a-program-that-has-become-self-aware
Here are few more questions tagged as april-fools:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/april-fools
Such as:
- Help building a website using punched cards?
- Best [programming] language for a time machine
- etc
Another gem that this date unearths is a relative oldie. I have just found out about Whitespace, the programming language - read about it on wikipedia.
Further Reading:
Every Trick in the Book (Paperback) ~ The Amazing Johnathan
