while (albums.sortBy(loudness)[0] != this): for track in this.tracks: compress(track) multibandcompress(this) Explanation: make this the loudest album ever.
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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: Zero, The Smashing Pumpkins
return 0;
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 … Continue reading
Songs in Code: Hard and Dirty, Modulate
SELECT @geoff_lee FROM #songsincode WHERE it LIKE ‘%hard%’ OR it LIKE ‘%dirty%’; Explanation: Modulate is @geoff_lee, and this SQL statement selects him where “it” contains “hard” or “dirty”.