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hitecbill
08-17-2008, 06:11 PM
Top 20 Replies by Programmers when their programs don't work

20. That's weird...
19. It's never done that before.
18. It worked yesterday.
17. How is that possible?
16. It must be a hardware problem.
15. What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?
14. There is something funky in your data.
13. I haven't touched that module in weeks!
12. You must have the wrong version.
11. It's just some unlucky coincidence.
10. I can't test everything!
9. THIS can't be the source of THAT.
8. It works, but it hasn't been tested.
7. Somebody must have changed my code.
6. Did you check for a virus on your system?
5. Even though it doesn't work, how does it feel?
4. You can't use that version on your system.
3. Why do you want to do it that way?
2. Where were you when the program blew up?
1. I thought I fixed that.

Sunny G
08-18-2008, 01:06 PM
Nice. Typically I just scream, twenty different four-letter words ;)
And that's on a good day.

Oh, DUCK!

Ultimater
08-26-2008, 10:19 AM
21. IE halted support

scragar
08-26-2008, 11:22 AM
someone help me find the xkcd comic where it compairs what counts as success to time spent upgrading (where it beings with something like "all I have to do is..." and ends with "now if I could just get it back to how it was when I started").

And good thread BTW, I'm sure I've seen the list before though...

NogDog
08-28-2008, 12:29 AM
...And good thread BTW, I'm sure I've seen the list before though...
I think it's been around about as long as the internet, as I know I've seen it turn up in a number of places many years ago. In spite of that, it's all still applicable. (And having spent about 15 years of my working life in software testing, I've heard most of them at some point.)

felgall
08-28-2008, 01:10 AM
Must have used at least half of those at some time in the last 30 years - when they were applicable to the situation.

WebJoel
08-28-2008, 08:13 AM
I am having issue with a client's site currently and #7 seems to be the culprit... seriously! This site WORKED flawlessly now for over two years and then suddenly, several pages are 'collapsed'...

Seems "height:auto;" somehow replaced "height:100%;" on several elements. I DID NOT DO THIS! :eek: But I do periodically make site changes/additions/revisions and, if they fail and I cannot restore, do a backward-download via FTP of the online 'good' site document. Maybe that is what happened (no harm done; I usually keep two 'backup copies' of everything... one on HDD and another on removable drive media.)

Declan1991
08-29-2008, 11:42 AM
1. I thought I fixed that.I've done that before. My other thing is when I'm looking through posts on this site, I ignore the really obvious problem and find the subtle one instead.