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POPSEver wonder why some websites are so narrow? I sure did, and I've been getting to know why! This sure clears up a lot: remember, books we read are often taller than they are narrow. Old-skool web text sprawled across widely looks very unnatural and difficult-to-read when you're aware of what *comfortable* conditions are supposed to be. Enlightening study!
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POPSProgrammers say the craziest things in their code With the new Google Code Search tool suddenly exposing millions of lines of previously obscure code to the public, I decided to try to find the most embarrassing comments possible that are now out in the open for all to see. Even knowing what types of comments developers leave in their code, I was still a bit mortified to find out just what shameful secrets Google has exposed overnight. (And you should see the R-rated examples.) One blogger compared Google Code Search to reading the great "bathroom wall" of programming. Feel dirty? embryo-0.9.0/src/bin/embryo_main.c 3: /* This is ugly code! don't look at it please! i am embarrassed! i need to */ /* cleanit up! */
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POPSdzone: Fresh links for developers dzone.com is a social networking hub aimed at the developer community in order to share and promote developer-related info. dzone pretty much works like Digg and Slashdot; submit links, vote on links, comment on links, etc. - with one crucial difference: this is for the superduper over the top geeky crowd.