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  • A Abu Mami

    Why not call them features.

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    Abhinav S
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    Then features would be bugs. I like it already. :-D

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    • N Nagy Vilmos

      I don't like the habit of giving every incident a number. Is it really fair to talk about bug #1783? What does that tell you about itself? Nothing. All bugs should be given descriptive names, like "Hell bitch exception when the user tries to repeatedly press enter quickly" That would be so much more fun in the long run. A whole new job could be created, a "Software Bug Taxonomist" who names and classifies bugs.


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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      Pete OHanlon
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      *Hint* Look at the OP name.

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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        PIEBALDconsult wrote:

        Older than that actually.

        Shit. Do I give one?


        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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        Pete OHanlon
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        That depends on whether you're wearing your adult nappy or not.

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          That depends on whether you're wearing your adult nappy or not.

          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

          "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          I'm even wearing my specially cut suit that 'hides the bulge'.


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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          • P Pete OHanlon

            *Hint* Look at the OP name.

            Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

            "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            Oh I got that all right. I'm thinking bigger picture as I read a design spec that just references the SEC Rule to be supported and fails to mention the business function that will be provide for it. :mad:


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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            • S sujit0761

              Any error made in an application is refferd to as bug.Why? Why not something else... Ok.Lets suggest new names for BUGS!!!!! ;P

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              tgrt
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              Well if we're going to stick with the wussy, politically correct theme that is popular today we'd go with something like: operational variance.

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              • S sujit0761

                Any error made in an application is refferd to as bug.Why? Why not something else... Ok.Lets suggest new names for BUGS!!!!! ;P

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                Mehdi Gholam
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                You can call them "unwanted features"

                Its the man, not the machine - Chuck Yeager If at first you don't succeed... get a better publicist If the final destination is death, then we should enjoy every second of the journey.

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                • N Nagy Vilmos

                  The name bug is as old as computers. Dear Grace Hopper[^] explained how the radar equipment was failing due to bugs [they flew into the system and caused valves to blow] and the name has stayed ever since. If you're brace enough to suggest something else go ahead. I won't.


                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                  The Great Kazoo
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                  The first bug, on September 9, 1945, was an actual bug.

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                  • A Abu Mami

                    Why not call them features.

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                    Peter Mulholland
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                    Didn't microsoft already try that? I don't think anyone fell for it then either. :-D

                    Pete

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                    • T tgrt

                      Well if we're going to stick with the wussy, politically correct theme that is popular today we'd go with something like: operational variance.

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                      Lost User
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                      But then we miaswell get ahead of the business and acronym it. OV sounds lame. Lets call it OpVars :D

                      Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.

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                      • S sujit0761

                        Any error made in an application is refferd to as bug.Why? Why not something else... Ok.Lets suggest new names for BUGS!!!!! ;P

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                        Michael Bergman
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                        sujit0761 wrote:

                        Why we call them bugs???

                        Because calling them "Bob" would be just plain silly.

                        m.bergman

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                        • S sujit0761

                          Any error made in an application is refferd to as bug.Why? Why not something else... Ok.Lets suggest new names for BUGS!!!!! ;P

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                          Marc Clifton
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                          OK, here's a few suggestions: Damn, my program has an Obama! You found a Republican? I'll get right on it! I'll need a screenshot of that Democrat before I can determine how to correct for that behavior. There are too many Politicians in the current implementation. I strongly suggest a complete re-design. Marc

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                          • T The Great Kazoo

                            The first bug, on September 9, 1945, was an actual bug.

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                            PIEBALDconsult
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                            That was not the first bug.

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                            • A Abu Mami

                              Why not call them features.

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                              Marcel van Vugt
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                              Undocumented features that is...

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                              • M Mehdi Gholam

                                You can call them "unwanted features"

                                Its the man, not the machine - Chuck Yeager If at first you don't succeed... get a better publicist If the final destination is death, then we should enjoy every second of the journey.

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                                Marcel van Vugt
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                                As i replied earlier: undocumented features

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                                • M Marcel van Vugt

                                  Undocumented features that is...

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                                  Abu Mami
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                                  nah - I prefer my bugs straight up

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                                  • P PIEBALDconsult

                                    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                    as old as computers

                                    Older than that actually.

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                                    deutschspracher
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                                    Much older, think "fly in the ointment" older. :)

                                    If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. ~Edsger Dijkstra

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                                    • S sujit0761

                                      Any error made in an application is refferd to as bug.Why? Why not something else... Ok.Lets suggest new names for BUGS!!!!! ;P

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                                      HirogenCD
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                                      "It's not a Bug, it's a feature" So all Bugs are Features

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                                      • S sujit0761

                                        Any error made in an application is refferd to as bug.Why? Why not something else... Ok.Lets suggest new names for BUGS!!!!! ;P

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                                        BrainiacV
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                                        Any experienced programmer knows they are "features", not "bugs." I'm sure the old grizzled story about Grace Hopper and her moth will come up. To be clear, there were "Bugs" before that moth. It's just that she had a physical specimen of a metaphorical entity. Come on guys, it was a great pun! It was the press and the retelling of the story that made it into the myth (moth?) that it turned into. And like doctors who are trained never to say, "oops," but instead say, "there!" (like they meant to do it), we should train ourselves to say, "Feature." As in, "The feature just erased your hard drive." "We plan to eliminated that feature in our next release."

                                        Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                                        • S sujit0761

                                          Any error made in an application is refferd to as bug.Why? Why not something else... Ok.Lets suggest new names for BUGS!!!!! ;P

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                                          Fabio Franco
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                                          How about insects? It would still fit how it all started and you have a different name! Let's insecticide this program!

                                          "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

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