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10. The Count now says "point 0" at the end of each number.
9. All bug Muppets are now renamed "Features".
8. Oscar the Grouch now resides in the Recycle Bin. "Do you really want to delete Oscar?"
7. Mr. Snuffleuphagus sings the Microsoft sound whenever he wakes up.
6. Sesame Street has been renamed TheStreet.com, inspiring a lawsuit against Microsoft in which high-tech attorneys learn how to share.
5. Cookie Monster has been renamed Cookie Friend. He sells his book, "How to Track Who's Using Your Site For Fun and Profit" with continuously running onscreen banner ads.
4. Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera: one of these things is not like the other...
3. Bilingual Maria replaced by DJ Jazzy Drive who speaks COBOL, BASIC, Fortran, Pascal, Oracle, C++ and something called, Adobe Acrobat.
2. Bill Gates admits that he's been doing the voice for Kermit the Frog since 1989.
1. "Brought to you today by the number more...
HORIZONS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
By Ross Williams 3 June 1988.
Recent studies have shown that while undergraduate students are more intelligent
than kindergarten students, the mentality and attention span of the two groups
are similar. With this in mind, we introduce a new concept in Computer Science
education:
COMPUTER SCIENCE SESAME STREET
Narrator:
One of these programs is not like the others,
One of these programs has a bug.
One of these programs is not like the others,
And if you can't tell which one, you're a mug.
One of these programs is not like the others,
One of these programs will really teach yer,
One of these programs is not like the others,
Yes, that's not a bug, that's a feature.
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Voiceover:
c
C
C?
C!
printf!
while ((c=getchar() != EOF) {}
C!
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Song:
Dum diddle diddle diddle dum de dum dum,
Dum diddle diddle diddle,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, more...
Here's the background:
Bill works in a coffee, bagels, and sandwiches trailer on the campus of CSUC; Chuck is his boss and the owner of the truck, and yes, according to Bill, this actually happened. (Chuck is telling the story).
Her: Yes, I'd like a milk with some coffee in it.
Me: So, that's just a splash of coffee in a milk?
Her: No, a regular amount of milk, but not coffee.
Me: Is there more milk or coffee?
Her: Oh, definitely more coffee.
Me: So that's a coffee with some extra milk.
Her: Just the usual amount of milk.
Me: A coffee with milk.
Her: Yes.
Me: Anything else?
Her: A little extra milk and do you have coffee with no caffeine?
Me: We do have decaf.
Her: No, I don't want decaf, just some coffee without the caffeine.
Me: Ma'am, that's what decaf means, no caffeine.
Her: Oh, then do you have milk with no caffeine?
Me: Milk doesn't come with caffeine.
Her: Yes, it does.
Me: Not that I know of. Where do more...