Losing Streak continues

[Srw1525]

[Marvin]

#!/usr/local/bin/python

import sys

games_left = 27

num_losses = 13

while( games_left > 0 ) :

    num_losses += 1

    games_left -= 1

    print( "number of games left = " + str( games_left ) + "; consecutive losses = " + str( num_losses ) + "." )

[matter2003]

This is what I think of when I think of the losing...

 

 

19 minutes ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

import sys

games_left = 27

num_losses = 13

while( games_left > 0 ) :

    num_losses += 1

    games_left -= 1

    print( "number of games left = " + str( games_left ) + "; consecutive losses = " + str( num_losses ) + "." )

Python....sigh

[Kruppstahl]

 

 

Edited March 19, 2021 by Kruppstahl

[Marvin]

1 hour ago, matter2003 said:

Python....sigh

I could write it in PDP-11 assembler or APL, if those are preferable.

[matter2003]

10 hours ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

I could write it in PDP-11 assembler or APL, if those are preferable.

C#? C++? Javascript? 

 

Who writes in assembly unless they are tweaking drivers or doing very low level OS stuff?

[Curt]

1 minute ago, matter2003 said:

C#? C++? Javascript? 

 

Who writes in assembly unless they are tweaking drivers or doing very low level OS stuff?

Describes Sabres?

[#freejame]

11 hours ago, Kruppstahl said:

 

 

Those buttons really bother me. Why isn’t the one on the top right?

[Kong]

Any Over/Under on how many games the Sabres win the rest of the season?

I say three.

[Marvin]

4 hours ago, matter2003 said:

C#? C++? Javascript? 

 

Who writes in assembly unless they are tweaking drivers or doing very low level OS stuff?

I wanted to pick ridiculous languages which aren't COBOL -- I deliberately omit that from my resume because I don't want to deal with it unless it is an extreme emergency.

TBH, the only reason I used Python was because it is the one language you can use across the board in the tech stack.  I prefer every language you listed to Python.

Edited March 19, 2021 by Marvin, Sabres Fan

[mjd1001]

Well, they have now gotten to the point that by most of the measurable, they are 'officially' the worst.

Last in points

Last in points per game

Last in goal differential per game.

Last in goals scored

Last in goals scored per game

Only 2nd worst in goals allowed per game though.

[matter2003]

20 hours ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

I wanted to pick ridiculous languages which aren't COBOL -- I deliberately omit that from my resume because I don't want to deal with it unless it is an extreme emergency.

TBH, the only reason I used Python was because it is the one language you can use across the board in the tech stack.  I prefer every language you listed to Python.

I am just teasing...Python is useful...

You can make a killing in COBOL and almost create your own salary with how desperate a lot of companies are to find people who know COBOL since so many of the originals are retiring and tons of mainframes still use it...

I worked at an insurance company and they had a whole team of COBOL devs to maintain DB2 and the mainframes...

Thank goodness I worked on a project using Angular, C# and SQL Server but some of the crazy rules we had to follow when we stored stuff in DB2 were ridiculous...

Edited March 20, 2021 by matter2003

[matter2003]

On 3/19/2021 at 10:05 AM, Curt said:

Describes Sabres?

Lmao!!! Low level AHL team maybe hahaha

[Figster]

Seemed to be a bit of a drop off on the last game played which suggests to me the coaching change was not as popular with the Buffalo Sabres Hockey team as it was for the Sabre fan base. I realize the coaching change was not going fix anything overnight.

Getting healthy, gaining much needed confidence in each other and the Sabre coaching staff all takes time. Something the Buffalo Sabres are running out of this season. Myself personally the team can be much better then it has displayed and I point to Covid 19 as the main culprit.

Time will tell...

[Curt]

25 minutes ago, Figster said:

Seemed to be a bit of a drop off on the last game played which suggests to me the coaching change was not as popular with the Buffalo Sabres Hockey team as it was for the Sabre fan base. I realize the coaching change was not going fix anything overnight.

Getting healthy, gaining much needed confidence in each other and the Sabre coaching staff all takes time. Something the Buffalo Sabres are running out of this season. Myself personally the team can be much better then it has displayed and I point to Covid 19 as the main culprit.

Time will tell...

If you lose 12 in a row, nothing you do in the 13th can be considered a drop off.

After being named interim coach Granato was not even able to address the team until 2 hours before puck drop.

[SHAAAUGHT!!!]

On 3/19/2021 at 10:12 AM, #freejame said:

Those buttons really bother me. Why isn’t the one on the top right?

First time I was in an elevator in China I was a bit confused.  Turns out the pronunciation of the number four in Mandarin sounds like the word "death," so they avoid it.  Along with the number 13.  

[Figster]

1 hour ago, Curt said:

If you lose 12 in a row, nothing you do in the 13th can be considered a drop off.

After being named interim coach Granato was not even able to address the team until 2 hours before puck drop.

The intensity and consistency from a defensive standpoint the Sabre's had displayed overall in the last handful of games for the most part was missing. Hits went down along with shots on goal. From a win/loss standpoint I understand where you are coming from. As far as effort  goes, I respectfully disagree Curt.

Thanks buddy, for the reply. 

[Cheektorado]

19 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

Well, they have now gotten to the point that by most of the measurable, they are 'officially' the worst.

Last in points

Last in points per game

Last in goal differential per game.

Last in goals scored

Last in goals scored per game

Only 2nd worst in goals allowed per game though.

........... you forgot ugly, lazy and disrespectful!

[ubkev]

7 hours ago, SHAAAUGHT!!! said:

First time I was in an elevator in China I was a bit confused.  Turns out the pronunciation of the number four in Mandarin sounds like the word "death," so they avoid it.  Along with the number 13.  

They don't put 4's on Pai Gow or Baccarat tables either. And 4's on chinese dice are red in order to cancel out the bad luck of the 4.

[miles]

I wonder if the sabres can break the nhl record. 

I bet they can

[Stoner]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

I wonder if the sabres can break the nhl record. 

I bet they can

The NHL apparently doesn't think the Sabres are on a losing streak.

[Drag0nDan]

On 3/20/2021 at 7:57 PM, ubkev said:

They don't put 4's on Pai Gow or Baccarat tables either. And 4's on chinese dice are red in order to cancel out the bad luck of the 4.

Thats kinda neat.  Does it adjust odds considerably with pai gow or baccarat?

[ubkev]

@Drag0nDan All the cards are still in the decks. I mean the betting circles. Betting circles are numbered on those tables as opposed to every single other table in the casino, where the betting circles are blank. So the 4th circle on those tables has the number 5 on it. 

Edited March 23, 2021 by ubkev

[pi2000]

I predict they win one of their next 3 games... and 2 if their next 5.