Monday, October 31, 2005

You don't say? Quoted on the J-Walk Blog: Programmer Excuses. From C. Enrique Ortiz' Weblog: Developer's Top 10 replies when code doesn't work. 10. 'That's weird...' 9. 'It's never done that before.' 8. 'It worked yesterday.' 7. 'You must have the wrong version.' 6. 'It works, but it hasn't been tested.' 5. 'Somebody must have changed my code.' 4. 'Did you check for a virus?' 3. 'Where were you when the program blew up?' 2. 'Why do you want to do it that way?' and finally ... 1. 'I thought I fixed that.' 9:07:09 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

No, he's not paying me No, Jared's not paying me to keep posting his brain sparks here. It's just that he says such interesting things. . . Preparing for DUX. Josh & I had a paper accepted at DUX 2005, which I'll be presenting in a whopping 5-minute time slot at the conference. If you're going to be there, look for me at one of the many, many social events that this conference has scheduled. (I'm surprised they had time for the sessions.). . . [UIE Brain Sparks] Yes, there will be rather a lot of, er, networking opportunties at DUX. I hope I can stay awake for it all. If you see me dozing, send me home. 9:03:42 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

QOTD "The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities." Sophocles. [Quotes of the Day] 8:59:07 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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