FOO?

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:57 pm

OK, so I've seen FOO a lot recently. Mostly, I assumed it was short for FOOL, but it also seems to have another meaning I'm not sure of. What is it?

Also, what are acceptable spellings? Please vote.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:59 pm

foo of course, its what you name an unimportant text file/subroutine when you aren't feeling creative.

Couver_ · Post by **Couver_** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:12 pm

Being used at a person I would have to say Foo. Kinda like Fred or John etc etc

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:20 pm

Krom wrote:foo of course, its what you name an unimportant text file/subroutine when you aren't feeling creative.

So... you have 18,354 files called "foo.txt"? o_O

And.... 2,651 function foo(){...

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:31 pm

By unimportant text document I mean something like a phone message you save to your desktop to tell someone else when they get home in 30 minutes. It gets deleted shortly after.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:32 pm

Oh, I thought by "unimportant" you meant "Mobius".

IBTL.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:35 pm

who cares?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:43 pm

Ferno wrote:who cares?

xÂ²

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:58 pm

Mobius wrote:what are acceptable spellings?

shut the ★■◆● up

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:12 pm

Years ago I asked my Comp Sci prof what 'foo' meant. He said, 'f**k'. I think it's related to FUBAR and 'foxtrot uniform', etc.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:33 pm

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Couver_ · Post by **Couver_** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:34 pm

Or the original name for UFO's? In WWII they called them "Foo Fighters".

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:53 pm

Oh, Foo! Now I can't remember what I was going to say...

scottris · Post by **scottris** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:54 pm

Sing it! Everybody was kung foo fiiighting... debe debe do do dum dum dee...
Those cats were fast as liiightning... deba de... ... deba de?

um. ok why is everybody looking at me like that?

Sarge · Post by **Sarge** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:06 pm

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:07 pm

roid wrote:
Mobius wrote:what are acceptable spellings?
shut the **** up

xÂ²

Sligar · Post by **Sligar** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:23 pm

Foo should be considered along with its partner, bar. These two have been used as function names in programming examples since forever. I theorize that they derive from the fubar acronym, "Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition", so in this case the proper spelling would have to be FU. Foo is just the classroom setting sanitized version.

scottris · Post by **scottris** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:45 pm

I had to vote for F00 because nobody else did.

Every foo is entitled to a vote!

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:52 pm

It is impossible to make anything fooproof, because foos are so ingenious.

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:01 pm

It's not fubar... it's pebkac.

Behemoth · Post by **Behemoth** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:26 pm

roid wrote:
Mobius wrote:what are acceptable spellings?
shut the **** up

x2

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:56 pm

BUX f0O!
Sorry, ventrillo instinct.
This is a bad thread,

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:13 am

I prefer Fuu myself

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:23 am

You missed the spelling of Fo0 that's actually a DBB member name.

Your Fo0-fu is weak.

jakee308 · Post by **jakee308** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:51 am

Stryker wrote:It's not fubar... it's pebkac.

sorry, i just have to ask. what's pebkac?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:07 am

... and are there alternative spellings?

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:05 am

jakee308 wrote:
Stryker wrote:It's not fubar... it's pebkac.
sorry, i just have to ask. what's pebkac?

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:08 am

rofl

The most common cause for computer problems ...

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:14 am

jakee308 wrote:
Stryker wrote:It's not fubar... it's pebkac.
sorry, i just have to ask. what's pebkac?

your internet-fu must be strengthened

these websites are great for looking up stuff:

http://www.google.com
http://en.wikipedia.org

or combine them both (and add your search at the end):
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=site:wikipedia.org

example

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:28 am

I seem to recall it was one of Skunk's favourite words, for whatever reason.

But ... yes, I see the dreaded foo and bar in programming examples quite often.

Then there are the Foo Fighters, but hell knows what they're smoking anyway...

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:29 am

Foo is short for fool, as in "all of you be foo's"

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:40 am

fÃ¶Ã¶

or

f00

short for fool@ only teh No0bz type it any other way!!

Mobius you should be very aware of this online slang.

So many time I have addressed you as Mobif00Â© in the past on this very BB !1!!!

jakee308 · Post by **jakee308** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:53 am

roid wrote:
jakee308 wrote:
Stryker wrote:It's not fubar... it's pebkac.
sorry, i just have to ask. what's pebkac?
your internet-fu must be strengthened
these websites are great for looking up stuff:

http://www.google.com
http://en.wikipedia.org

Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair?

I still don't understand?

hey i'm lazy + if it was obscene or offensive it might not be easy to find.

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:14 am

well when you are using your computer... what is between your keyboard and chair?

you are.

jakee308 · Post by **jakee308** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:39 am

roid wrote:well when you are using your computer... what is between your keyboard and chair?

you are.

oh i see.

I am a N00b but even i could figure that out. i do appreciate your answering seriously though. Hey you don't know what my i.q. may be. maybe it was a serious statement.

speaking of serious statements here is what i was gonna post alone but i don't want people to think i'm a total wise*ss (just a partial wise*ss and only for other's amusement as well)

"There's nothing between my keyboard and my chair but that's because the keyboard is in love with my wireless mouse. The chair was heartbroken for awhile but began taking a liking to my desk. The chair moves around a lot and i think having a solid love object such as the desk has stabilized it.

"

well I thought it was amusing!

actually the spelling i've seen the most is "foo" because typing "fu" created too many problems being read by chuckling freshman Computer Programming majors i.e. (f*** you) but it was easy to type. (you can use the first finger of each hand.) so it was switched to the phonetic spelling "foo" but most everybody still gets the joke. I've seen it in 30 year old pascal manuals (for you young'uns out there pascal is an outdated programming language) and in books about Unix when the authors needed a generic file/function name in their examples. God, who knows how old the unix manuals were!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:33 am

jakee308 wrote:speaking of serious statements here is what i was gonna post alone but i don't want people to think i'm a total wise*ss (just a partial wise*ss and only for other's amusement as well)

On that serious subject, I would like to remind everyone that I am a total 100% smartatpersanddollarsignsollarsign. Thank you for visiting please come again. Buh Bye.

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:25 am

&$$, ~ @$$?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:42 am

De Rigueur wrote:&$$, ~ @$$?

Thx for the proofread reminder, keyboard slip; meant atpersand.

Tho I could have used appersat or ampersat or ampersend also.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:48 am

I always thought it was ghetto slang for fool.

jakee308 · Post by **jakee308** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:23 am

Here's def. from google search ]

FOO?

It is spelled...

FOO?

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entymology