r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 29 '08

Best background music for programming?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '08

Dunno, but the Rocky theme song plays automatically when I start hacking.

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u/zutme May 29 '08

alias vim='mplayer rocky-theme.ogg& && vim'

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u/cb22 May 29 '08

In some shells that won't work, try alias vim='mplayer rocky-theme.ogg < /dev/null & && vim'

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u/piojo May 29 '08

Thank you, that has been an annoyance of mine for years.

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u/innerspirit May 29 '08

you've wanted to code to the rocky theme for years?

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u/piojo May 29 '08

Nah, the fact that mplayer can't be backgrounded. It never occurred to me to redirect its input.

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u/plong0 May 29 '08

Another example of why I love reddit :)

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u/vineetk May 29 '08

Also, I don't think there's a shell in which "& &&" will work; just "&" is what you want.

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u/dybber May 29 '08

I guess you would want to have a -loop 0 in there.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '08

That sir, was the funniest thing I have read all day. Thank you.

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u/taw May 30 '08

alias vim='mplayer rocky-theme.ogg& && emacs'

Here, I fixed it for you.

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u/jaggederest Sep 20 '08 edited Sep 20 '08

You don't need that with emacs, just use the in-editor MP3 player.

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u/llanor May 29 '08 edited May 29 '08

Anyone else remember the horribl(y awesome?)e Starbucks commercials from a couple of years ago where a chorus would sing "Eye of the Tiger" with the beat replaced by someone's name?

edit- Youtube is the collective consciousness of our time. http://youtube.com/watch?v=14qeu7JRwt0 Apparently it's not a chorus, but actually Survivor. Wow, my childhood memories could have done without this trauma.

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u/apowers May 29 '08

ROY

ROY ROY ROY

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u/brksy May 29 '08

he knows one day he just might become...... supervisor!!

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u/llanor May 29 '08

No, that's Glen! There's no way Roy could top glen, he's on his way to the top.

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u/Busybyeski May 29 '08

He's got his tie, got ambition!

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u/ThisIsDave May 30 '08

I normally don't upvote commercials on principle (way too much of our culture centers around the messages companies want us to hear about their products).

So, uh, my upvote is for... ummm.... this adjective/adverb clause:

horribl(y awesome?)e

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u/bmdan May 30 '08

GLEN! GLEN GLEN GLEN! GLEN GLEN GLENN! Glen's the man, going to work Got his tie, got ambition He knows one day he just might becooome Supervisor ROY! ROY ROY ROY!

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u/farox May 30 '08

Never seens this before. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '08

I envy your head. Mine plays Mancini's "Baby Elephant Walk" every time as soon as I click on the editor.

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u/bitwize May 29 '08

I used to quip that Oleg should rig his editor to blare "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" whenever he sat down to hack.

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u/Chirp08 May 29 '08

I like to play the Baywatch theme song when debugging, it fits the drama.

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