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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
From the car world: FORD: Fix Or Repair Daily. LOTUS: Loads Of Trouble, Usually Serious. ALFA: Aging Latin F*ckwit's Ambulance. BMW: Break My Windows. FIAT: Fix It Again, Tony. JEEP: Just Empty Every Pocket.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
I am sure every heard of the "ID ten T" error? Spelled out: ID10T Not acronyms, but the two funniest error messages in my carrier, are based on the confusion they caused. On the old PDP/11: "Maybe you no run on right system?" and many years later, there was a SPOT the code should NEVER get to. We don't like silent errors, so this one bubbled up: "Houston, We have a Problem!" Unfortunately, it popped up during an install in Texas. And the COMPETITOR had a big office in Houston. Panic set in, before we could explain... Fun!
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
One I use alongside TODO and HACK:
//WTF: who wrote this and what were you thinking?
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
I used these two just this morning. I was donating platelets at the Red Cross. After the first bad stick, "In for a penny, in for a pound". When the phlebotomist moved to the second arm, "Measure twice and pierce once". They seemed amused at the time. Others: When in doubt, spell it out. (Yes. I programmed with COBOL) RTFM - Read The F@#king Manual. (When manuals were thin enough to read). Doesn't anyone use SNAFU anymore? Or is this meant to be a more esoteric list?
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From the car world: FORD: Fix Or Repair Daily. LOTUS: Loads Of Trouble, Usually Serious. ALFA: Aging Latin F*ckwit's Ambulance. BMW: Break My Windows. FIAT: Fix It Again, Tony. JEEP: Just Empty Every Pocket.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
FORD - Found On Road, Dead.
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I used these two just this morning. I was donating platelets at the Red Cross. After the first bad stick, "In for a penny, in for a pound". When the phlebotomist moved to the second arm, "Measure twice and pierce once". They seemed amused at the time. Others: When in doubt, spell it out. (Yes. I programmed with COBOL) RTFM - Read The F@#king Manual. (When manuals were thin enough to read). Doesn't anyone use SNAFU anymore? Or is this meant to be a more esoteric list?
I use SNAFU and FUBAR both. Still.
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FORD - Found On Road, Dead.
From Central Virginia -- FORD -- Found on the Richmond Dump
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FORD - Found On Road, Dead.
From Central Virginia -- FORD -- Found on the Richmond Dump
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
The 7Ps would have saved a bunch of work throughout the years: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance!
It Is The Absolute Verifiable Truth & Proven Fact
That Your Belly-Button Signature Ties
To Viviparous Mama.
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CRM - Constantly Requires Maintenance ISM (a wonderfully crappy tool from IBM that you have hopefully never had to use) - I S*&t Myself - because it s%&ts itself all the time. Lotus Notes = Blotus Notes
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
LMGBTYOT - Let me get back to you on that was one of our standard replies when undergoing Software Process certification
emilG "Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve." - Alan Perlis
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
One of my personal favourites is Recto-Cranial Invert. It means the same as a**hole, but sounds almost medical. :)
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
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One of my personal favourites is Recto-Cranial Invert. It means the same as a**hole, but sounds almost medical. :)
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
A scary number of moons ago, I was playing in a university (field) hockey team. One of my teammates, with some justification, called the umpire a "myopic catatonic". He got away with it because the umpire didn't understand. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
Lou Holtz, the old football coach, says, "I would agree with you but then we'd both be wrong."
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TLA - three letter acronym
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A guy who I used to work with had two infamous sayings. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago and left a huge gap here, but his wit and wisdom did not go to the grave with him. Two of the best: ~ If you're not causing production problems, you're not doing anything. (supervisor-types weren't fans of that one) ~ IIWD2WISBD2U * If it was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand. [This, coming from one of two Computer Engineering folks, with everyone else in the shop holding DP/business degrees.] (Lazy developers who couldn't program their way out of a paper bag with a hole in it (or who had yet to master Google) were not particularly fond of that one)
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No, I work for a contractor at a utility company.
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FORD - Found On Road, Dead.
F'd over rebuilt Dodge - don't forget that one
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I never worked at IBM, but have been told that they have this "official" term "TF", for "Temporary Fix". The "temporary" element sometimes was so flexible that some fixes were internally referred to as "PTF" - Permanent Temporary Fixes.
IBM - I've Been Moved
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IBM - I've Been Moved
IBM - Inferior But Marketable
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
