I have done a stupid!!!!!
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please don't make me feel any worse!!
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In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
Nope not one, not ever... well not recently, they won't let me touch production any more for some reason.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Nope not one, not ever... well not recently, they won't let me touch production any more for some reason.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I am regarded the same way, give it Glenn, if he can't break it no one can with ease!
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In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
Yeah, back in the late 80's. If the program encountered an error that wasn't otherwise covered, it would display the following: "Shut 'er down Scotty! The system's suckin' mud!" Everything was fine for a couple of years, until a customer called who had received the error, and was wondering what he should do.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
There's nothing wrong with that. It satisfies the requirements of production rollout, namely, if it compiles clean, then it's good to go live!
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There's nothing wrong with that. It satisfies the requirements of production rollout, namely, if it compiles clean, then it's good to go live!
Oh I agree, it just the Users will see the comment say "what is this?" and it may become an issue if my contingency plan fails.
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In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
It a fit of boredom I added a counter to a debug button for testing some bit of code. It counted the number of times that the button was clicked, At the tenth time a message box would come up and say "Pressing this button the last 10 times did nothing, why do you keep clicking it?" I forgot about it until two years later when a new tech emails me with a screen shot of the message box. Oh yeah, I'd forgooten that... :doh:
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Don't worry, you are not alone I have given some backups containing my whole bunch of comments in some places that were under construction or edition. My luck, not so many people in germany can speak "valenciano" (my second mother language). So I had only a customer "what does that means?" request. I quickly "translated" (means change the full content of the comment according to little sister rule) and sent the correct version. As other say, the best solution is not to write such comments, but if you do... at least do it in a criptic way ;P
Regards. -------- M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
at least do it in a criptic way
...and if that was too much to ask for, then one could do it in a cryptic way. :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
Back in the days when I did embedded software on EPROMs, I blew a new EPROM, couriered it to the client in London, who drove to Glasgow, fitted the EPROM...and found no change from the previous version. He called, I checked and realised I had blown the latest release version rather than the latest test version. He jumped on a plane, flew down to Hampshire, checked a new EPROM, went back to Glasgow...and found he had picked up the old version instead of the new, checked version... Not a good day for anyone, really...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Back in the days when I did embedded software on EPROMs, I blew a new EPROM, couriered it to the client in London, who drove to Glasgow, fitted the EPROM...and found no change from the previous version. He called, I checked and realised I had blown the latest release version rather than the latest test version. He jumped on a plane, flew down to Hampshire, checked a new EPROM, went back to Glasgow...and found he had picked up the old version instead of the new, checked version... Not a good day for anyone, really...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
Thanks to modern systems and competent clients you can just mail them the binary's these days and let them get on with it, followed by the obligatory it's not working phone call with some irate person yelling at them while you try to explain the RJ45 lead has broken, I love deploying those systems, it's even more fun when the person you are trying to help doesn't speak/read English that well!
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Thanks to modern systems and competent clients you can just mail them the binary's these days and let them get on with it, followed by the obligatory it's not working phone call with some irate person yelling at them while you try to explain the RJ45 lead has broken, I love deploying those systems, it's even more fun when the person you are trying to help doesn't speak/read English that well!
It was so much more fun when it was a physical object - the legs could fall off or anything! :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Nelek wrote:
at least do it in a criptic way
...and if that was too much to ask for, then one could do it in a cryptic way. :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
Well done! you just volunteered for the next valenciano spelling-bee
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It was so much more fun when it was a physical object - the legs could fall off or anything! :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
OriginalGriff wrote:
the legs could fall off or anything!
You programmed spiders? Kuwel!
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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It was so much more fun when it was a physical object - the legs could fall off or anything! :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
I know what you mean, my attitude for a time was "at least I can kick what I produce when it doesn't work", now it's all Software, more expensive when you kick it.:confused:
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In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
I once forgot to remove a log message from a destructor. The message said "Ahhh, I am dying, who the elephant killed this innocent playlist". Fortunately I noticed it myself next day when I saw the log file filled with elephants. BUT WAIT, this was inside a product, I wonder, if such a log file is still sitting on someones device. huh perhaps(hopefully) not.
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I once forgot to remove a log message from a destructor. The message said "Ahhh, I am dying, who the elephant killed this innocent playlist". Fortunately I noticed it myself next day when I saw the log file filled with elephants. BUT WAIT, this was inside a product, I wonder, if such a log file is still sitting on someones device. huh perhaps(hopefully) not.
Just wondering the "elephant" in question did not have trunk. Did the whole message appear or just "elephant"
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In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
Yes! I once developed windows mobile app for my ex job (a food wholesales agent) The app was an inventory / shop system. Anyway, one of the features was that they could send orders from the phone to the companys webshop. The web orders could have a custom comment attached. So for debugging reasons I made the comment from the phone app "Tord is a small horse" tord was my co-worker, older humorless guy. Time passed and the app was deployed. One day a sales guy from our company called Tord and asked, "why do our weborders say that you are a small horse?" Apparently every sales person had been seeing the small horse comment for quite some time. And Tord was pretty pissed :)
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In a rush to email some code last night, I sent the wrong executable one which contained the following bit of test code
if (txtSerialNumberRead != txtSerialNumber_ReadIn)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR!! Kill all humans");
MessageBox.Show("Serial Number Entered Does Not Match **** Attached", "**** Tester", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
//elseThe proper build does not offer death to humanity just the lower message, here's hoping the recipients look at there next mail before running it! Anybody else had this happen, shipped something with a dumb comment not hidden? or is it just me! Glenn
A developer once pushed code that had the debug set so no data would be modified. After that debug flags had to be set in the config file.
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A developer once pushed code that had the debug set so no data would be modified. After that debug flags had to be set in the config file.
Well at least you could set them, Glenn
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I believe I have mentioned this before, but I once did a demo of a new system and some new functionality for reporting (which had been terrible in the old system) and when the report popped up it said "Elephant you sunshine". The audience was a Dutchman, and Italian, a Scot and a handful of Englishmen. All IT persons, not users or managers. Fortunately those in the room were so blown away by the new functionality and amused by the content of the report. Apart from the Scot who wondered how I had got hold of the letter from his mum.
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