The Weird and The Wonderful

   

The Weird and The Wonderful forum is a place to post Coding Horrors, Worst Practices, and the occasional flash of brilliance.

We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

Post your Best, your worst, and your most interesting. But please - no programming questions . This forum is purely for amusement and discussions on code snippets. All actual programming questions will be removed.

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Re: Code Puzzle Power Puff Boy19-May-15 3:55 Power Puff Boy 19-May-15 3:55  "But please - no programming questions." Re: Code Puzzle Sascha Lefèvre19-May-15 4:06 Sascha Lefèvre 19-May-15 4:06  As you didn't mark your post as a joke or put a smiley into it I have to assume you're being serious: But my post isn't a programming question. If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson Re: Code Puzzle Power Puff Boy20-May-15 0:43 Power Puff Boy 20-May-15 0:43  Here's your smiley: Pick the one you like best. Only one per member. Re: Code Puzzle Jörgen Andersson20-May-15 1:13 Jörgen Andersson 20-May-15 1:13  You forgot a few: Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Re: Code Puzzle Sascha Lefèvre20-May-15 1:14 Sascha Lefèvre 20-May-15 1:14  I'll take the second one, please. Can you wrap it as a gift? If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson Re: Code Puzzle Power Puff Boy20-May-15 2:10 Power Puff Boy 20-May-15 2:10  ****** * * ****** Re: Code Puzzle Sascha Lefèvre20-May-15 2:38 Sascha Lefèvre 20-May-15 2:38  Very nice, will order again If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson Singleton Pattern Anurag Gandhi4-May-15 18:42 Anurag Gandhi 4-May-15 18:42  With reference to this article[^], one of the young developer argued with me that the User object in asp.net application is singleton and Singleton class is used to store value in Session. It might be looking funny, but its hard and time consuming to convince people if he has got partial/incorrect knowledge beforehand. In my opinion, this kind of articles should be removed from codeproject as it misleads young developers. Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life. Re: Singleton Pattern dan!sh 4-May-15 20:37 dan!sh 4-May-15 20:37  I think it is called Singleton per session AFAIK. Re: Singleton Pattern CHill6013-May-15 22:56 CHill60 13-May-15 22:56  Anurag Gandhi wrote: this kind of articles should be removed from codeproject as it misleads young developers I completely agree, and you will pleased to hear that it has now been deleted! Don't forget that you can report articles as being "Inaccurate or Misleading" Now, that's a first... OriginalGriff1-May-15 8:04 OriginalGriff 1-May-15 8:04  This comment (not mine, I hasten to add) on a question about serial ports: Convert.ToFloat("12.51"); You're not going to like this, but converting from one simple type to another simple type should not be an issue. I suggest you buy a book and go through a lot of tutorials before attempting anything more complex. Elicited a down vote, and this reply from the OP: Hi, Sir what Book mean ? Regards This is getting frightening...he doesn't even know what a book is? Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... Re: Now, that's a first... Pualee1-May-15 10:10 Pualee 1-May-15 10:10  OriginalGriff wrote: Hi, Sir what Book mean ? Regards This is getting frightening...he doesn't even know what a book is? Yah... old technology requires old research methods... Kids these days. I have a serial comm book at home I don't throw old books away. New books on the other hand... quite useless imo... I'll just use the web for that. Re: Now, that's a first... Daniel Pfeffer2-May-15 21:19 Daniel Pfeffer 2-May-15 21:19  The OP may wish to look up a rather obscure short story by Asimov, The Holmes-Ginsbook Device. If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill Re: Now, that's a first... OriginalGriff2-May-15 21:28 OriginalGriff 2-May-15 21:28  He can't - it's in a book! Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... Re: Now, that's a first... Daniel Pfeffer2-May-15 21:35 Daniel Pfeffer 2-May-15 21:35  OriginalGriff wrote: He can't - it's in a book! My bad... If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill Re: Now, that's a first... OriginalGriff2-May-15 21:36 OriginalGriff 2-May-15 21:36  What we got here is failure to communicate! Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... Re: Now, that's a first... Sinisa Hajnal7-May-15 0:31 Sinisa Hajnal 7-May-15 0:31  I think he simply asks WHAT book to read...its just bad English. But the fact that he doesn't know how to convert types...now, that is...wow. What is he (or maybe she) doing programming, he should be banned from computers! Radio button that is actually a checkbox Indivara27-Apr-15 22:43 Indivara 27-Apr-15 22:43  http://imgur.com/a/dO2RH[^] From Realtek audio settings. Re: Radio button that is actually a checkbox Eddy Vluggen27-Apr-15 22:50 Eddy Vluggen 27-Apr-15 22:50  Should have been a dropdown, with the values "on", "off" and "bacon". Bastard Programmer from Hell If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] Re: Radio button that is actually a checkbox Indivara28-Apr-15 4:55 Indivara 28-Apr-15 4:55  You forgot "whatever" Re: Radio button that is actually a checkbox Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan27-Apr-15 23:16 Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 27-Apr-15 23:16  I wonder why didn't he use a checkbox and stylized it in a RadioButton way. The sh*t I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~ Re: Radio button that is actually a checkbox Eddy Vluggen28-Apr-15 5:14 Eddy Vluggen 28-Apr-15 5:14  Probably a requirement, because "it looks better" that way Bastard Programmer from Hell If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] Re: Radio button that is actually a checkbox Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan28-Apr-15 5:34 Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Apr-15 5:34  Or maybe he was a PHP developer!? Always looking for the hard way... The sh*t I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~ Re: Radio button that is actually a checkbox CDP180228-Apr-15 7:28 CDP1802 28-Apr-15 7:28  A PHP developer? What fabulous creature will you drag here next? Unicorns? The Yeti? Nessie? The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart. "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. Re: Radio button that is actually a checkbox Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan28-Apr-15 8:46 Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Apr-15 8:46  I had Narnians on my mind. The sh*t I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~

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