Write Poetry In UML 18
Martin writes "We'd like to announce the first Unified Modeling Language Poem Contest - UMLyrics 2004. Realize the power and shortcomings of UML by writing new or paraphrasing existing poems with UML. The winner is determined with a Google-based voting system - have fun!"
Finally! (Score:2, Funny)
So get started already! (Score:4, Informative)
Poetry Quotes [att.net]
This seems a bit feeble (Score:3, Insightful)
I remember perl poetry contests. They were awesome. I highly doubt, however, that this UML contest will be as good.
The main things that perl had going for it in regards to the contest was the type of people who program perl (many interested in language), the type of language perl is (amorphousa and varied), and finally the perl community (jovial and witty). When I think UML I think of a language that's anything but poetic. It's too structured. In fact that's what makes it useful as a language!
I just can't see the opportunity for a fraction of the creativity as the perl contest in this contest :-/
Re:This seems a bit feeble (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:This seems a bit feeble (Score:2)
For anyone who doesn't figure it out on their own, the poem is a BMP file and so at least on the Mac it doesn't display in a browser. Find it as a downloaded file. Weird.
I have to say that I don't think UML poetry is going to catch on, based on the few examples I've seen. Ev
I can see it now... (Score:3, Funny)
3rd stanza, It doesn't scan, its blind verse and has no iambic time.
The other UML!! (Score:1)
Pedantic, sure (Score:1)
Help? (Score:3, Funny)
Google based voting system (Score:2)
From their website:
Assess a poem's popularity with Google search: '+"NameOfPoem" +"UMLyric Poem Contest 2004" '.
From November 1st to November 7th 2004 claim your victory: send us the number of such Google hits
wow, so one gotta not only write a poetry, but also claim the prize!
Re:Google based voting system (Score:1)
Here's mine: (Score:1)
Posting UML poetry contest on Slashdot... (Score:2)
That's about how a markets for completely useless products create themselves.
If someone believes UML itself is not an idle idea just for morons, please enlighten me. And yes, I was forced to use Jackson's Structured Diagramming at work some twenty years ago or so. Those days, we wrote poetry in Cobol.
Last Post! (Score:1)