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to pick the best of what has been said already.
Television - worst invention for civilization to move forward ever!
iTunes - worst software ever consumed
and
sticks.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Non-politically correct answer:
Like that which feeds my family and pays the bills or shows potential to do so.
All else is subject to hate. 
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Surprised about XML. I find it easier to read (as a human) than equivalents (i.e json) so long as the XML format itself isn't tortured (i.e what SAP does to it). I mostly like the System.Xml.Linq namespace classes for dealing with it - particularly cool when building xml documents from object models. Speed and size can be issues, but TBH speed has never really been a problem for us and size is manageable (if still not as good as json) if you compress before transport. To each their own I guess.
Web services - Again I have no problem with the MS implementation and tooling, and SOAP while it has some overhead, actually does things for you that you often have to build in yourself otherwise. I am Perfectly happy building and using .Net SOAP services in VS. However, I would probably put this on my list because *every* *single* php SOAP service we've ever been asked to use has had a badly formed WSDL which breaks the MS tooling, and trying to get PHP developers to acknowledge that I like pulling teeth. It always ends up being the WSDL and the php guy's fault, but they always insist it isn't.
Agree about COM. It's had it's day, and while it has some good points, mostly it's a PITA. I can't believe WinRT is based on it. Makes me sad. I shall cry into my coffee.
I would put iOS on this list. I know I'm like the only person on the planet that feels this way, but every time I use it I find it unintuitive, frustrating, ugly and somehow it feels 'old'. I always thought if I didn't have a WP I'd want an iPhone over Android, but having done some Xamarin development recently I think Android might actually be my preferred option.
I also have a love/hate relationship with Xamarin, and particularly Xamarin Forms at the moment. The concept is awesome. The execution is filled with missing features, broken tooling, bugs, performance issues, and what looks like (though I haven't proved) poorly thought out implementation that isn't easily extended/replaced.
WinRT - Ugh. Ugly API's. Missing API's. Poor exception logic, with poor reporting across language boundaries. Features missing (inheritance in public WinRT components) because... jscript. COM underneath. WTF. Ugh.
Jscript. I'm not a web dev, and I don't like the web stack much so I'm biased anyway. The tools have also come along way since I last tried, so probably I'm just out of touch. However, personally, I don't like the language and have always found the tools awkward/lacking whenever I've tried to use it. Basically my initial experiences put me off so much I do everything I can to avoid it now. While I remain ignorant of the details, the proliferation of frameworks to make things better/work cross browser (like jquery) etc. is doing nothing to change my mind. I can't imagine why anyone wants nodejs... jscript on the server? Shouldn't we be trying to replace it everywhere, not move it up the stack?
There's probably a hundred others, but that's all that comes to mind right now. I'm a grumpy old man these days.
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Wow, reading the other answers, so many good suggestions. Phone/smartphone, internet, PDF, regex. Yep, dislike all those on some level too.
I also have to say I enjoyed computers much more before they became a social tool. Sitting alone in the basement in the dark hammering out code no one would ever see, that was fun. All this connected all the time, social, communication/chat rubbish has just ruined computers for introverted geeks like me.
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"The phone".
Every day cutting edge gadgets: "The phone".
Every year new technology: "The phone".
Every one is excited about new toy coming out: "The phone".
Every technological news: "The phone".
For the last 15+ years of innovation: "The phone".
The future of automation: "The phone".
Radio Shack is not selling anything else anymore except: "The phone".
Arrggghhh!!! I hate "The phone".
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0) JavaScript. No explanation needed.
1) Social media APIs. The very idea that a social media company can up and decide at any time to change/deprecate/turn off APIs that are widely used all over the Web just makes my blood boil. This kind of thing happens with applications too, but on the Web it can hit you suddenly, there's no workaround, and usually poor documentation and communication about the change and little or nothing in the way of actual support. I'm starting to get the feeling that no matter who I work for, I'm really working for Twittter/FB/etc.
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Here is my list:
XML - all that MS hype years ago that XML would take over the Cosmos - yes, OK!
ASP.NET - still haven't found a use for it! (Besides the IDE wont run well on my old PC).
MS Office ribbons - illogic incarnate!
Touchscreen-style interfaces - yuk!
Mobiles - those small screens do my head in!
MS Windows post-XP: still waiting for something good ...
Installing software on Linux - is this meant to be intuitively obvious?
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Bad Joke of the Day
A man walked out to the street and caught a taxi just going by.
He got into the taxi, and the cabbie said, "Perfect timing. You're just like "Brian!
Passenger: "Who?"
Cabbie: "Brian Sullivan. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happen like that to Brian Sullivan, every single time."
Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody."
Cabbie: "Not Brian Sullivan. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy."
Passenger: "Sounds like he was something really special."
Cabbie: "There's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Brian Sullivan, he could do everything right."
Passenger: "Wow. Some guy then.
Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Brian, he never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Brian Sullivan."
Passenger: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?
Cabbie: "Well, I never actually met Brian. He died. I'm married to his f****ing widow."
I'll get my coat. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs Jim<</xml>
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JimmyRopes wrote: I'll get my coat.
Don't, this is indeed a very good one. Makes it to my CP top ten.
~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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This is actually a good one, even if I don't know if to loagh or to sympathize with the poor fella! 
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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You should change the color of your name every week or so; just to keep us on our toes.
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Quote: just to keep us on our toes the ropes
FTFY
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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That sounds like my wife. When she is in a good mood tho. If she is not(most of the time), it's far worse.
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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Good one 
She sounds familiar!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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I have taken the liberty of extrapolating DD's concept of "cultural meme"[^] a bit. Obscure yes, and many may have missed it, but acccording to Google this term has occured 928 times on Code Project...
"In honour of our Founding Father, for his prolonged spotless and warm work, unarmed a thousand and one elementary almost mothers" (7, 7)
"Prolonged spotlessness and warmth, unarmed a thousand and one elementary almost mothers" (7, 7)
Life is too shor
modified 21-Jan-15 8:01am.
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MAUNDER MINIMUM
In honour of our Founding Father, MAUNDER
for his prolonged spotless and warm work,
unarmed
a thousand and one MI
elementary NI (Nickel)
almost mothers MUM
"The Maunder Minimum, also known as the "prolonged sunspot minimum", is the name used for the period starting in about 1645 and continuing to about 1715 when sunspots became exceedingly rare, as noted by solar observers of the time." - Wiki.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Oh, I thought the Maunder minimum was twice a day.
~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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Rage wrote: Oh, I thought the Maunder minimum was twice a day.
Oh, the fun I could have with that. 
Marc
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Well done, im proud of myself as i got at least the Maunder 
Finally someone else can give the NODDCCC
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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It was getting Maunder that gave me the rest... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes Mr. Griff that is of course 100% correct!
And unarmed is an anagram of Maunder. Thursday is all yours. 
Life is too shor
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After this 20 pence before Christmas[^] which followed hot on the heels of a previous 16 pence, I have today had a further 51 pence paid into my bank account.
For those who are not so hot at the maths that is a total of 87 pence paid to me in the last two months alone.
Searching my way to an early retirement*
*Assuming that by the time I get anywhere near retirement the UK economy will be in such a state the retirement age will have been raised to around 140 years of age.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: *Assuming that by the time I get anywhere near retirement the UK economy will be in such a state the retirement age will have been raised to around 140 years of age.
Yoda said:
When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not.
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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chriselst wrote: Searching my way to an early retirement*
Seems like togh business plans eh?
Try harder, and once you gain a 80 pence a month you should be able to start your new workfree life
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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...I bet you are seeing that Rolex slowly materializing in front of you...
~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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