1 - I almost stayed up all night to see if I could manage to code a Java LOAF implementation, but fortunately the work was done a few days ago and is available at http://jaseb.net/loaf/LOAF.java.txt

whew! I don't know where he found the time!

2 - I see, basically this is a port of the assembler operation "NOP" which is an important feature which up to now has been sadly lacking from higher level languages and protocols.

3 - U Make me LOAF..

It reminds me of IEFBR14 IBM assembler whose code merely is:
BR 14

LOAFing out LOAD
Alain

4 - OK, you need to read the "What is LOAF?" again:
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Put simply, LOAF is a Social Software Experimental Program. With hundreds of so called standards in interactive programming, promising to change your life, there was nothing that gave an exact functional, implementational or sociological match across the multi supported device enviroment we live in.

Until you decide to LOAF.

Imagine a standard. A standard done properly. Where you could see the little badge on a website, news feed, wap portal or device and know that it would work. LOAF gives you that comfort. Already we're seeing LOAF compatible sites. Now we're public, you need to adopt LOAF, use it, live it and breath in a world that works.

LOAF is also geared towards mobile devices. Okay not everyone agrees (yet) that LOAF spikes are needed, and we need to think about the LOAF number scheme, but we're getting there.

LOAF. It's like the moon - it just works.
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The first line is very important: "Put simply, LOAF is a Social Software Experimental Program". LOAF is simply a social engineering experiment. To me, it does a couple of things: 1) it slaps at the "overstandardization" of IT - I could go off on a rant about how IT people tend to make standards a religion, but I won't (at least not yet ); 2) it points out the way the media is quick to jump on a standards bandwagon simply from a "buzz" being generated about it (do a search on LOAF to see what I mean sometime).

So, I probably am breaking the "rules" in spelling it out - but I am amused for the reasons listed above, and I wanted to "extend" the experiment a bit.

You want to participate? Simply LOAF around and watch what happens. It is a standard we can all agree with

Rock

5 - phew! I thought I was the only one who didn't get it! I was feeling like the only one in the room who didn't get the joke...

6 - Joe, I know Jason from times past, and he gave up the Chapman Stick some time back, thus freeing up time for work on important initiatives such as the java implementation of LOAF. Commendable effort i thought.

7 - Ok.... I'm a tool. Please help me get my head around LOAF -what is it and what do I need to do?!?

- Dazed and Confused