Superstitious Programmers.
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Slapping the side of CRT Monitors has been known to make C++ compilers work faster. Of course now you can't do that with flatscreens, they'll just fall over.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Of course now you can't do that with flatscreens, they'll just fall over.
Flatscreens are designed for something different, slapping them will do wonders for C# programs, I think.
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That cursing at the monitor actually helps the code work... :~
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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HA! So I am not the only one :laugh:
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.
That makes two... :laugh: I tell my cube neighbors I'm practicing my French language skills, although most of the words sound more like German. :doh:
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Slacker007 wrote:
I have certain apps I use here at work, where I won't click the "Ok" button until I have counted to 3.
One of my programs behaved like that. However, if the user tries to show me what is wrong while I stand behind him/her, it will work flawlessly. I love that program. :-D
Don't you know that programs can sense when IT is around? I believe it is a law that when a user tries to show IT the problem it works fine. :)
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I have certain apps I use here at work, where I won't click the "Ok" button until I have counted to 3. There is this one, ancient app, created at the beginning of time by old man byte my ass, where I say a little prayer before I use it. If I don't pray, the app stops in its tracks and laughs at me and calls me names. Do you have any silly superstitions regarding programming?
Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) -
Slapping the side of CRT Monitors has been known to make C++ compilers work faster. Of course now you can't do that with flatscreens, they'll just fall over.
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
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I have certain apps I use here at work, where I won't click the "Ok" button until I have counted to 3. There is this one, ancient app, created at the beginning of time by old man byte my ass, where I say a little prayer before I use it. If I don't pray, the app stops in its tracks and laughs at me and calls me names. Do you have any silly superstitions regarding programming?
Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) -
Yes, but it occasionally has other side effects.
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
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My boss pays me because he thinks I can manipulate bits and then magical things will happen. Does that count?
And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
"Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"And I smiled and was happy
And it came worse.Sounds like you can have a career in pr0n :laugh:
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I have certain apps I use here at work, where I won't click the "Ok" button until I have counted to 3. There is this one, ancient app, created at the beginning of time by old man byte my ass, where I say a little prayer before I use it. If I don't pray, the app stops in its tracks and laughs at me and calls me names. Do you have any silly superstitions regarding programming?
Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)// I encapsulate my code in comments before I run it.
m.bergman
For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. -- Voltaire
Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. -- Steve Landesberg
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Everything that works won't when you try to show someone, but the reverse is also true, so showing someone a broken program is a valid way of fixing it (only in their presence though).
Thats what happens to me most of the time. When I am tetsing it, it seems working perfectly fine but the minute that I am showing the programme to someone else BOOM a bug or program crashes.. hate when it happens.. seems like i need to improve my testing skills :)
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Sounds like you can have a career in pr0n :laugh:
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Sounds like you can have a career in pr0n :laugh:
Only if they are the naughty bits. :laugh:
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Wjousts wrote:
Slapping the side of users
May not fix the bugs, but if it bugs the user, that makes me feel better. :-D
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Don't you know that programs can sense when IT is around? I believe it is a law that when a user tries to show IT the problem it works fine. :)
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Of course now you can't do that with flatscreens, they'll just fall over.
Flatscreens are designed for something different, slapping them will do wonders for C# programs, I think.
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I have certain apps I use here at work, where I won't click the "Ok" button until I have counted to 3. There is this one, ancient app, created at the beginning of time by old man byte my ass, where I say a little prayer before I use it. If I don't pray, the app stops in its tracks and laughs at me and calls me names. Do you have any silly superstitions regarding programming?
Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)I absolutely refuse to code when my wife is in one of her "moods." The bad vibes tend to jiggle all my linked lists.
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There is an inverse to this that when you want to demonstrate a new piece of software it will fail in some totally unexpected way. The likely hood of failure increases with size of audience....
So true!
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Don't you know that programs can sense when IT is around? I believe it is a law that when a user tries to show IT the problem it works fine. :)
This may also have something to do with the user actually paying attention to what he/she is doing when demonstrating the problem, rather than operating in autopilot mode. Yet another proof that observation changes the observed phenomena. :)
