while (albums.sortBy(loudness)[0] != this): for track in this.tracks: compress(track) multibandcompress(this) Explanation: make this the loudest album ever.
Daily Archives: 22 Aug ’09
Songs in Code: Enter Sandman, Metallica
light.exit() night.enter() napster.share() user.sue_for_copyright_infringement() Explanation.
Songs in Code: Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now, Mitch Benn and the Distractions
struct { bar piano[4]; bar intro[16]; bar drums_and_guitars[16]; bar high_bit[8]; da_capo_ad_nauseam; } coldplay; Explanation is best given in the form of the original song.
Songs in Code: A Forest, The Cure
struct tree { void *item; tree *left; tree *right; } void song() { tree title[10000]; /* come closer and find the code */ } Explanation: “title” is lots of trees.
Songs in Code: One Second, Paradise Lost
#include <unistd.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { sleep(1); return 0; } Explanation: the program exits after one second.
Songs in Code: Eraser, Nine Inch Nails
void e( head ) { if ( head->tail ) e( head->tail ); free( head ); } Explanation: deletes a linked list.
Songs in Code: Destroy Everything You Touch, Ladytron
touch * && rm * Explanation: “touch” all files, then if that is successful, delete them.
Songs in Code: 4 o’clock, Emilie Autumn
lover.clock.tick() for girl in girls: assert(girl.clock.remaining<TIMEOUT) Explanation: “ticking away from the ones we love, so many girls, so little time”.
Songs in Code: Lost Forever, uncertain attribution
while True: assert( self not in universe ), "http://maz.nu/wpaf" Explanation: continuously test that “self” is not in the “universe” and raise an unexpected error if it is.
Songs in Code: One Second Ghost, The Gothsicles
invincible=1; blink(1); setTimeout( function() { invincible=0; blink(0); },1000 ); Explanation: But I suddenly scream “Shit!” Because my guy has just been hit With my hits points indicator less than full But it’s quite inconsequential And my wrath will be torrential For the following one second … Read More →
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