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Because it's addictive?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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Ian Shlasko wrote: Sometimes I wonder why I'm still a programmer...
Because it pays the bills? 
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Have you ever had a bug reported to you in code you wrote and never fixed it?
If you have, then how are you any different? It is then just a matter of scale.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: Have you ever had a bug reported to you in code you wrote and never fixed it?
Er, no.
One guy reported the same "fault" 8 or 10 times, but that was what the specification asked for, and the way the software was supposed to work.
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No, I just call them features!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: Have you ever had a bug reported to you in code you wrote and never fixed it?
Oops, sorry man, you must have the wrong number. 
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Ya know what, Microsoft, if even ONE developer is having a problem writing code
because you screwed the f*ckin pooch, that should damn well be enough reason to
have the problem fixed.
In that case Windows would not even have existed, they would have been bankrupt already.
Imagine CodeProject enforcing such a rule; even if ONE dev is having a problem writing code, a fix within a month or the article gets removed.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: What a bunch-o-no-talent-'tards
You'd rather have the team that brought you the Java-installer?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I almost started drinking again because of WPF.
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I thought I had started drinking again when I saw WPF.
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I didn't know you'd stopped?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Yes, about six or seven years ago.
For twenty years I drank at least a wine box every night, but I got bored and stopped.
Didn't have any alcohol for about two years, but it was awkward for friends who found it difficult to be comfortable having a drink with me around not drinking so I relaxed a bit and drink a glass of wine in social situations. Takes me about two months to get through a wine box, even with friends helping! 
I was surprised how easy it was to just not drink: no physical problems at all, even slept better!
When I look back...I was probably well over the drink drive limit every time I drove a car, or rode a bike, for 20 or 30 years...and didn't realize it or even notice. 
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I was in the booze business for years: Alan Greenwood's Beer Agency, London (78 - 81); Coronet Breweries, Bristol (81 - 88) and Continental Wines, Cardiff (87 - 90 - yes I had two jobs for a while). People in the booze business are either old soaks or drink very little. I'm in the latter camp. I appreciate quality and would rather spend my budget on less but good.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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There is nothing new in this world.
I once reported a bug to IBM with a feature within a larger utility on the VM operating system (back in the early '90s when mainframes were still popular). They fixed it by sending out an updated page for the manual (an actual ring-bound, paper manual) where the feature was described. The update was that the feature no longer existed! Problem resolved!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Ya know what, Microsoft, if even ONE developer is having a problem writing code because you screwed the f*ckin pooch, that should damn well be enough reason to have the problem fixed.
Wow, talk about egocentric. Yeah, I know you're venting, but this is just plain stupid. We all prioritize things and some things are left unresolved, be it with software, home repairs or even with cars.
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Just for interest (and because I use WPF as well), what is the bug?
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You know they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well this video is worth only two - "Elephanting Amazing!"
It is not until you see experiments like this performed that you begin to appreciate certain things.....science is ace!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs[^]
I wonder what other experiments have been performed in the featured chamber...
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DaveAuld wrote: wonder what other experiments
How about testing the vocal range of teen pop sensations? 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: How about testing the vocal range of teen pop sensations?
Can't be done. Teen pop sensations can't sing.
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Yeah very good idea. Let record Justin B.'s next CD in vacuum
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Uhhh ... can sound waves be created in a vacuum chamber like that ?
Of course teen pop sensations sing in a moral vacuum, so I guess it's pissible.
« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
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We need to test! (I don't want to hear it anyway.)
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This is the mother of all void posts.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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It wasn't that scary. 
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I saw that on the box a couple of days ago, and even though you know how it's going to happen, it still surprises you. Mind you, the construction of that room is incredible! 22,600 cubic meters of space, pumped down to less than 2 grams of air? 
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