COSC 325 | Project Showcase | SE Showcase 2009!
SE Project Showcase 2009! Haiku
Instructions
Write a haiku summarising your year's work in 17 syllables. No marks will be awarded for this but a prize may be awarded to the best entry.
The typical pattern is:
First five syllables.
Second, a line with seven.
Then another five.
Second, a line with seven.
Then another five.
These might score well:
Moffat told us stuff.
We should have listened to him.
It is too late now.
We should have listened to him.
It is too late now.
A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
Errors have occurred.
We won't tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.
We won't tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.
I'm sorry, there's - um -
insufficient - what's-it-called?
The term eludes me . . .
insufficient - what's-it-called?
The term eludes me . . .
but this would not:
My haiku rocks.
It has four, eleven, and five syllables.
That’s right, isn’t it?
It has four, eleven, and five syllables.
That’s right, isn’t it?
Submissions
Adrian Goode
Responsibly
Inapplicability
In cosc325
Inapplicability
In cosc325
Carlo Dalziel
At first there was fear
then came the indifference
now get me a beer
then came the indifference
now get me a beer
Christopher Campbell
Start... Team Keens project
Middle... Round and round we go
End... Team Keens project
Middle... Round and round we go
End... Team Keens project
Christopher Deaker
Documentation.
Huh? This code makes no sense. Meh,
I’ll do it later
Huh? This code makes no sense. Meh,
I’ll do it later
Colin Fagg
Not enough work done
A presentation is due
So long to sleeping
A presentation is due
So long to sleeping
Good idea to start,
In practice its moderate,
Damn complex coding
In practice its moderate,
Damn complex coding
Wal and Nev explain
But they say different things
So we'll flip flop now
But they say different things
So we'll flip flop now
Daniel Hammond
CSSE Poet Laureate 2009 AwardWired on coffee
It’s crashing even more now
Should’ve taken arts
It’s crashing even more now
Should’ve taken arts
David van Dugteren
If only I had,
better time management then,
I would have aced it...
better time management then,
I would have aced it...
Dimitri Boufal
This course is super
Califragilisticex
Pialidocious
Califragilisticex
Pialidocious
Ehsan Nasheri
Severely Suffered
Discombobulatedness
Doing This Project
Discombobulatedness
Doing This Project
Flare Solutions
U.C.S.A Chips
Foundry for a round of beers
Two-thirds West Coast; Flare.
Foundry for a round of beers
Two-thirds West Coast; Flare.
Geoffrey Sugden
Legacy code it sucks
Eclipse is also extremely difficult
But it was worth it
Eclipse is also extremely difficult
But it was worth it
Jacob de Lacey
I have no more time
Five o’clock is coming fast
Have to submit now
Five o’clock is coming fast
Have to submit now
Joseph Scarr
(with apologies to Flare)
Who needs software when
you have post-minimalist
proactive frameworks?
you have post-minimalist
proactive frameworks?
Jonathan Burch
A quippy haiku
is a crappy thing to make,
so I will give up
is a crappy thing to make,
so I will give up
Joshua Oosterman
Wal, Neville and Moff,
I used to like programming...
Now I’m quite put off
I used to like programming...
Now I’m quite put off
Kawin Srirungrot
Direction was wrong.
It could have been different.
Would have been better.
It could have been different.
Would have been better.
Kitty Miranda
Unaware of Eclipse
I have wrestled with Eclipse!
Now I conquered it!
I have wrestled with Eclipse!
Now I conquered it!
Soar has Got Talent
Soar soared through like an Eagle
Soar extends its wings
Soar soared through like an Eagle
Soar extends its wings
Linda Pettigrew
Software Eng. Idol.
Moffat, Neville and Wal score.
Which judge is Paula?
Moffat, Neville and Wal score.
Which judge is Paula?
Software Eng Idol.
Sink or Swim, we all learn quick.
Should I run or bluff?
Sink or Swim, we all learn quick.
Should I run or bluff?
Martin van Zijl
"Off By One" Award (Even with an extra syllable, it's a great effort ...)Leaving everything
Until the last minute is bad.
No, seriously
Until the last minute is bad.
No, seriously
Michael Stanger
CSSE Poet Runner Up 2009 AwardAs spring turns summer,
Our plugin has matured heaps
Time to let it go...
Our plugin has matured heaps
Time to let it go...
Navarre Trousselot
"Words to Live By" AwardBetter do some work.
Presentation tomorrow.
Next week start sooner.
Presentation tomorrow.
Next week start sooner.
Nicholas Molhoek
Eclipse is broken.
Delete workspace to repair.
Project has been lost.
Delete workspace to repair.
Project has been lost.
Oliver James
customer meeting
presentation this friday
when to code? not now!
presentation this friday
when to code? not now!
Patrick Lister
Team Keen’s code won’t do.
Now we must make it better.
Can we start from scratch?
Now we must make it better.
Can we start from scratch?
Paul Clark
The world is backwards.
Here Java’s fresh, Coffee’s stale.
Oh for one more mug.
Here Java’s fresh, Coffee’s stale.
Oh for one more mug.
Qianhao (Lae) Chen
Day Process Metrics.
Night also Process Metrics.
Don’t curse me like this!
Night also Process Metrics.
Don’t curse me like this!
Robert Young
Highly Commended Award 2009The Lab Four trilogy:
Wal wants it one way
Neville wants it another,
students keep whinging.
Neville wants it another,
students keep whinging.
Students recycling
Memes from the internet tubes
Grognards are laughing
Memes from the internet tubes
Grognards are laughing
Hours spent in lab four,
I keep coming back for more,
Procrastination.
I keep coming back for more,
Procrastination.
Scott Mansell
This year I have learnt,
Eclipse development is,
really annoying.
Eclipse development is,
really annoying.
Yen-Sheng Pan
It just won't compile
This is taking too much time
God I hate eclipse
This is taking too much time
God I hate eclipse
If you have any queries regarding this event, please email Moffat Mathews
Created: Mon Oct 19 10:22:24 NZDT 2009, Moffat MathewsLast modified: Mon Oct 19 10:41:22 NZDT 2009