"they only drink coffee at dec"

Started by Michael Fuhralmost 21 years ago7 messages
#1Michael Fuhr
mike@fuhr.org

From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:

appendStringInfo(&str,
"!\t%ld/%ld [%ld/%ld] filesystem blocks in/out\n",
r.ru_inblock - Save_r.ru_inblock,
/* they only drink coffee at dec */
r.ru_oublock - Save_r.ru_oublock,
r.ru_inblock, r.ru_oublock);

Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
poking around? :-)

--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Michael Fuhr (#1)
Re: "they only drink coffee at dec"

Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:

From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
/* they only drink coffee at dec */

I never did figure out what that meant. Anyone know?

Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
poking around? :-)

There's a few jokes ... not that many ...

regards, tom lane

#3Marc G. Fournier
scrappy@postgresql.org
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: [HACKERS] "they only drink coffee at dec"

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:

From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
/* they only drink coffee at dec */

I never did figure out what that meant. Anyone know?

Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
poking around? :-)

There's a few jokes ... not that many ...

Be almost cute to add a section to the web site that links to cvsweb to
point out these ... making sure to link to the "oldest version in cvs that
contains it" ...

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Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664

#4Bruce Momjian
pgman@candle.pha.pa.us
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: "they only drink coffee at dec"

Tom Lane wrote:

Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:

From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
/* they only drink coffee at dec */

I never did figure out what that meant. Anyone know?

Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
poking around? :-)

There's a few jokes ... not that many ...

And, of course, my favorite, which is now gone because we fixed it (*snif*):

_bt_getstackbuf: my bits moved right off the end of the world!

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#5Dann Corbit
DCorbit@connx.com
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#4)
Re: [HACKERS] "they only drink coffee at dec"

From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:

/* they only drink coffee at dec */

Tcop might be pronounced "tea-cop"

IOW, 'We are the tea police."

In order to be sure what it means, I think you would have to ask the
original author of the quote.
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Marc G.
Fournier
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 7:57 AM
To: Tom Lane
Cc: Michael Fuhr; pgsql-www@postgresql.org; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] "they only drink coffee at dec"

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:

From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:
/* they only drink coffee at dec */

I never did figure out what that meant. Anyone know?

Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
poking around? :-)

There's a few jokes ... not that many ...

Be almost cute to add a section to the web site that links to cvsweb to
point out these ... making sure to link to the "oldest version in cvs
that
contains it" ...

----
Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services
(http://www.hub.org)
Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ:
7615664

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#6Dave Page
dpage@vale-housing.co.uk
In reply to: Dann Corbit (#5)
Re: [HACKERS] "they only drink coffee at dec"

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Marc G. Fournier
Sent: 18 March 2005 15:57
To: Tom Lane
Cc: Michael Fuhr; pgsql-www@postgresql.org;
pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] "they only drink coffee at dec"

Be almost cute to add a section to the web site that links to
cvsweb to
point out these ... making sure to link to the "oldest
version in cvs that
contains it" ...

Maybe - anyone know of any more, or anything else of historical interest
that could go on such a page?

/D

#7Christopher Kings-Lynne
chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
In reply to: Michael Fuhr (#1)
Re: "they only drink coffee at dec"

From src/backend/tcop/postgres.c:

appendStringInfo(&str,
"!\t%ld/%ld [%ld/%ld] filesystem blocks in/out\n",
r.ru_inblock - Save_r.ru_inblock,
/* they only drink coffee at dec */
r.ru_oublock - Save_r.ru_oublock,
r.ru_inblock, r.ru_oublock);

Been there as far back as CVS goes. Will I find other goodies by
poking around? :-)

#define COPYBUFSIZ 8192 /* size doesn't matter */

Is vaguely amusing :P

Chris