Hunab Ku, the Creator of the Multiverse, has finally appeared [1]. Sort of.

[1] 30 March 06 [goats.com]

Hunab Ku is the HAXOR, not the coder.

Don't they make CS professors learn to read code these days? I know they don't really let them write it - in the same way they don't let VP's of software development write code.

And for most of the same reasons, too.

"Department of Mathematical Sciences". Sheesh.

What are these 'comments' I keep hearing about? You put them in the code? Eh??

sounds like code bloat to me. if you use a language like perl, you don't have to comment a single thing since it doesn't help anyway.

always use a language that, when programmed well, is indistinguishable from an MD5 checksum.

Hunab Ku is the HAXOR, not the coder.

y34h, | kn0w, d00d. I didn't say he created the code.

Don't they make...

Your Conspiracy Theory is showing.

CS professors

You seem to have me confused with danav. (Actually, just the first six words of that sentence are correct.) If you met us in person, you would probably be able to tell us apart. It will be easier after my forum posts acquire the accent that habitual consumption of Breckenridge [breckbrew.com] and New Belgium [newbelgium.com] brewery products will bring.

It's no fun to add comments after you've deciphered the previous programmers uncommented code. Screw the next guy.

Make us learn? Who gave you that idea?

I would think that everyone knows you better since you've been here for much longer. You can take the confusion as a compliment - you're cool enough to be a CS professor...

I thought mkinyon was writing under the pseudonym 'danav'.

Or was I confused?

LOL That's an interesting asumption. Has anyone ever seen us both in the same place, btw? Maybe he is my avatar or something. I was going to say evil twin but that doesn't seem to fit.

Actually, Z has his own evil twin [goats.com].

I think Z is just deliberately passing on the karma (in the orignal sense, not the Goats sense) of being mistaken for someone else [goats.com]. Now I'm probably expected to do likewise.

Has anyone ever seen us both in the same place, btw?

No, some macroscopic corollary of the Pauli exclusion principle probably prevents that.

yes. yes i have.

I'll try to whip out a Weekend Cliffhanger tomorrow morning. Actually, my schedule is such that I may have to switch to writing them on Fridays anyway.

Right now, I hear a firm mattress and medium-soft pillow calling me.

I was going to leap to the rescue and make my own TCP, but then I couldn't figure out how one was supposed to create a poll. Perhaps I don't have enough Karma to do such a thing? I've no idea really.

OK, padawan, it's yours this week, because my weekend is getting busier by the minute.

You have more than enough karma to do a poll. Click "start a discussion" under the Options menu to the left. Underneath the Comment box, click the box for "Attach a Poll to this Discussion". The rest should be clear.

Do not click the Preview button until after you have entered at least two poll options.

Make me proud.

Hmm either I've gone blind or there is no such option for me, as there are no checkboxes between 'Comment' and 'Preview' on my post creation screen. Perhaps polls, like img tags, are reserved exclusively for you Premiumers? Or maybe the forum is still buggy with the recent changes.

If a solution isn't posed by the end of the day, I'll just abandon the secret ballot and do a manual poll that asks people to vote via replies to the discussion. For now though, I'm going to go rest my haven't-slept-in-26-hour head.

Alternately, If you want a normal poll, I can make one late tomorrow night. Or someone else can.

I could do one now, but I'm about to leave until late tomorrow night, so the poll would be very boring.

Example:

"Why does predestination make Middle Pangaeans angry?"

1. Predestination killed their mothers.

2. Predestination stole their salami.

3. Fish

Naelok, you shouldn't have any karma problems, as you're a Junior Birdman. It should be available right after you click "start a discussion." If you want, I can e-mail you a screenshot with the cursor at the box to click for the poll.

Tele already did that for me, Llama. It seems that my poll creating option is missing. Thank you for the offer though. I'm going to E-mail Phil about it.

In the meantime, I've E-mailed Tele the poll that I intended to post. Hopefully he'll go ahead and post it for me. Keep an eye out for it!

Fair enough. I'm sure that Cap'n Brunch can fix it!

Example:

"Why does predestination make Middle Pangaeans angry?"

Interesting, Mysticalone. What makes you think those are Middle Pangaeans. They are indeed heavily armed, but don't look that much like Toshi, Glock, or Grif. They DO look a good bit like Jebediah of Worlds of Peril. And y'know, if he's a Pangaean, that might help to explain the level of tension between him and Prak...

Tangent: Jon, can non-Preemies read Worlds of Peril now that there's no more Premium membership?

Secret information delivered through stealthy ninja action has given me the knowledge I need to proclaim them Middle Pangaeans.

Also, this [goats.com] might answer your question.

Also, this [goats.com] might answer your question.

A link to the comic? I looked in the strip info, but that didn't say that they were Pangaeans. Did I miss something?

Oops. -1 dumbass to me. Didn't notice the location.

It's just that you're not a member :(. I'm not either. I can't post polls.

I'm going to E-mail Phil about it.

"Phil" ne "Phillip"

My apologies, Master Programmer, for my lapse. I meant no disrespect to your honoured name.

Thanks again for fixing the poll thing though.