I enjoyed this query listing permits for a new application called, generically, “vote.”
[bobbojones@production aeacus] > SELECT * FROM permit WHERE application='vote'; +-------------+------------+-----------+----------------------+----------------+ | application | privilege | principal | principal_type | subapplication | +-------------+------------+-----------+----------------------+----------------+ | vote | vote | voter | vote:voter | | +-------------+------------+-----------+----------------------+----------------+
I’m reminded first of when xkcd’s blag depicted “Wikipedia’s entry on blogs, with everything that is not the word ‘blog’ (or a derivative thereof) removed.”
I’m then reminded of a line of my own code from about five years ago that went something like:
$param = $this->_params[$params['param']];
(In my defense, I saw the absurdity immediately and renamed some variables, so the verbatim line is now lost to us, but its spirit remains.)
June 12th, 2009 at 10:59 am
My code from 5 years ago went something like this:
10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”
20 END
(OK, that’s also my code from 4 years ago too. Also 3 years. Alright already, I just wrote it today!)