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# Shocker:
Rob doesn't compile the newsletter at all. He finds it somewhere. Says so on the frontpage :)
(I helped save b3ta! VeryGnawty, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:34, archived)
# i compiled the newsletter once
it said
newsletter.java:1: Class or interface declaration expected.
This Week:
^
newsletter.java:3: Invalid character constant.
- Have you got Parkinson's?
^
newsletter.java:9: String not terminated at end of line.
___/ _ |/_

etc...
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:39, archived)
# shame on
you :¬)
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:40, archived)
# hahah!!!
I have nothing more to nearly say, Im watching star trek and tryong ot animate while veryy veryyy drubnk,.
(I helped save b3ta! Alfie, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:40, archived)
# Argh....
Not Java jokes. I'm learning Java for my degree. Finding it to be a right pain in the undercarriage.
(I helped save b3ta! VeryGnawty, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:42, archived)
# java is a beautiful language
you will learn to love it with all your heart

it could have been c, but i happened to have my paths set up for java
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:47, archived)
# .
public class HelloWorld
{ public static void main(String[] args)

{ System.out.println("I flippin hope so :)");
}
}
(I helped save b3ta! VeryGnawty, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:56, archived)
# apparently it's eight years bad luck if your first ever program in a new language doesn't contain "hello world"
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 23:01, archived)
# be fancy
MessageBox(NULL, L"Hello World", NULL, NULL);

do it in a messagebox!
(I helped save b3ta! mnb098mnb used to be here, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 23:13, archived)
# i don't believe it
my first program in several languages was not "hello world" and so far i count myself pretty lucky!
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 23:15, archived)
# That's
the saddest thing I've ever heard.
:)
(Dogsdinner, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 23:28, archived)
# nice mental image (and possible future competition)
"one thursday night rob opens his sock drawer and finds tomorrows newsletter ready-written and proofread..."
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Fri 4 Oct 2002, 22:40, archived)