Horrible Geek Jokes

djberg96 on 2003-02-16T15:40:22

Ripped from Slashdot...

Q: Why is it that programmers always confuse Halloween with Christmas?
A: Because 31 oct = 25 dec

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.

Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. It's working fine on my system.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Mobius Strip?
A: To get to the same side

My pid is Inigo Montoya. You kill -9 my parent process. Prepare to vi.

I'm a dyslexic agnostic with insomnia... I lie awake at night wondering if there really is a dog!


The classic version is...

dws on 2003-02-16T17:49:19

Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: That's a hardware problem.

Re:The classic version is...

rafael on 2003-02-16T20:10:44

Of course variants can be found :

Q: How many extreme programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Two (Firstly to write the regression tests, then to declare that it's a hardware problem)

(by Nicholas Clark in p5p)

Re:The classic version is...

chromatic on 2003-02-16T20:30:05

... if they're not pairing, it's not XP!

Re:The classic version is...

lachoy on 2003-02-17T14:56:21

Or of course:

Q: How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They just redefine the standard for light to be darkness.

Lightbulbs

davorg on 2003-02-17T17:11:27

My favourite lightbulb joke was always:

Q: how many lisp programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: no.

Re:Lightbulbs

dws on 2003-02-17T17:17:47

The variant I first heard was

Q: How many Lisp programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: A whole CAR full.

Re:Lightbulbs

djberg96 on 2003-02-18T04:58:55

I heard another variant tonight:

Q: How many Lisp programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: ((((((1))))))