Interesting. I'm happy that I will never see such a lack of professionalism from a quality open source project, like Eclipse.
Posts made by Power_Troll
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RE: Achievement Unlocked: Become a terrible coder
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RE: The software circles of hell: Java, NetBeans, Maven, Tomcat, and about 50,000 vaguely-named Java libraries
Guys, relax. Dude's been put in the ultimate development environment:
- Windows
- Non-admin account
- UAC enabled
Is it any surprise he's so edgy? He probably clicks through 200 dialog boxes before Windows even lets his browser load. But, security theatre is better than nothing, I guess.
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RE: The software circles of hell: Java, NetBeans, Maven, Tomcat, and about 50,000 vaguely-named Java libraries
@The_Assimilator said:
@frits said:
@JasonSykes said:
That means the tools these guys are used to have a file that stores project settings. The IDE doesn't rely on file system magic and assumptions. Source control tools can parse what's in these files and automatically store relevant files. It's a feature worth paying for."The IDE that has no project file so you have no idea what to check into your source control?"
What does that sentence mean?
Indeed. Visual Studio stores all its project-specific settings in a grand total of TWO files, which you check out, change, check back in and everything works. Eclipse stores project information, refactoring shit, its internal organs, debugging shit, and everything else under the sun in the .metadata folder. But if you check that in, the next person who checks it out will be left with a project that might build, but more likely won't even open. It's like playing Russian roulette with a bullet in every chamber.
FYI, when I Googled "site:bash.org java shit" the first result was http://bash.org/?search=java+slow&sort=0&show=25. EVEN GOOGLE KNOWS THAT JAVA IS SHITTY AND SLOW.
What, like the .project and .classpath files in Eclipse?
Stand down, .NET losers, stand down. You guys aren't talented, you guys aren't funny, and you sure as hell can't figure out anything unless Intellisense is feeding it down your throat. Get out of here.
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RE: That should do it
@TheCPUWizard said:
@those who survived the plague said:
try... lol
"There is no try, there is only do" - Yoda
<font face="Courier New"><font size="5">Do</font> {
List<stuff> newData = GetDataFromDB();
List<stuff> currentData = GetCurrentDataFromUI();
if(!IsSameStuff(newData, currentData)
{ UpdateUI(newData); break;
} while (deadlock);</font>
Yoda is weak as shit. He got totally owned by the emperor and spent the rest of his life in a swamp while Luke and Han are killing themselves for the cause, dude won't even pick up a saber. Embarrassing as hell. -
RE: I Broke Google
I bet more weight is assigned to your location than your search history, although I could be wrong. For example, googling myself in the state of Florida (well, like 5 places in FL) shows me as the #1 result, but in D.C. I'm quite far down on the 1st page.
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RE: AVG Security report
@dtech said:
@gobes said:
Maybe it is the number of virii definition in the AVG database...
It's virus not virius. So even if you want to use the quasi-intellectual latin plural at least use the proper form, viri. Except that virus is a bit of a special case (neutered noun from greek) it doesn't have a plural we know of (never found in ancient text), but the correct form would be vira.
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RE: Why do people do this?
@blakeyrat said:
So the WTF is not using an IDE with color-coding of comments?
Agreed. But now any time some unit testing freak says that the debugger is completely useless, I'll have a response for him, so thanks for that part. -
RE: The Ancient Manual Enum
Why are all the returns inside parentheses? That's TRWTF. My goodness that's bothersome.
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RE: Parts for my vehicle
Yeah. I had some trouble getting stuff for my Jaguar E-type, but luckily some of the newer stuff is compatible.
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The SCM lost the codes
Minor, but chuckle-worthy.
We use GForge (http://gforge.org/gf/) as our SCM. It's not bad. Well, I haven't had any bad experiences with it. Someone in another department, on the other hand, is hardly satisfied.
... the source code for 2 projects has been lost ... from the GForge CVS repository. ... projects were between 6 and 12 months inactive... the projects' pages exist but the source is gone. ...
... The IT department is working this [sic]. The good news is that there are backups. ...
... This does make me concerned about trusting GForge and CVS. ... I wonder about projects that have used SVN through GForge. ... Right now I just have a lot of questions as to what happened and what I can trust. ...
Okay. Color me a little suspicious. I'm pretty sure the point of SCM is storing and managing source code and content. I don't think they got lost, especially since the project pages are still there. Mad props for throwing SVN in this WTF, which was totally out of left field.
Oh well. Our trusty IT dept is on the issue. I've got faith they'll figure it out. And at least we've got backups. But what can you trust if you can't trust your SCM?!
... Update: Source is not lost from the repository. It seems to be directly under CVSRoot. ...
Can you imagine what the help desk call for this sounds like?
User: OMG THE CODE IS MISSING FROM OUR PROJECTS IN GFORGE!!
Tech: Okay, what are the names of the projects?
User: X and Y
Tech: Okay, I see a single folder called 'CVSRoot' in the repository of each of these projects. Did you try to open that folder?
User hangs up
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RE: Disk-wiping network issue
The most important question remains unanswered - were Mac/Linux users affected?
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RE: Maine's database software incapable of analyzing how much Maine's gas stations are ripping off customers
They're probably using MySQL. It's free, which is important for your bottom line.
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RE: More Java-hating!
@dhromed said:
@Power Troll said:
Complete and utter bullshit. The program wouldn't have compiled - you have a syntax error in your main method's parameter (missing ]). Way to be a part of the problem.
The ] is there. CS just removes it as some sort of escaping mechanism.
You may suckle on your foot now.
Well, at least I didn't have to read through a few paragraphs of derp to get to the self-contradiction. Thanks bro, appreciate it. In the meantime I'll continue on my quest to learn all of the bugs urrrrrr features of CS. I've clearly got lots to learn. -
RE: More Java-hating!
@charlie said:
charlie:Hello World charlie$ ls
Hello.class hello.java
charlie:Hello World charlie$ cat hello.java
/* my test java program */class Hello {
public static void main(String[ args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!");
}
}
charlie:Hello World charlie$ java Hello.class
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Hello/class
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Hello.class
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
charlie:Hello World charlie$ java Hello
Hello World!
charlie:Hello World charlie$I just started learning Java (I have to for my uni course). Seriously, WTF?
Complete and utter bullshit. The program wouldn't have compiled - you have a syntax error in your main method's parameter (missing ]). Way to be a part of the problem.
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RE: More Java-hating!
@blakeyrat said:
@hoodaticus said:
Kernighan and Ritchie.@havokk said:
@Power Troll said:
Shiva? Ragnarok?Awesome!! Hopefully they'll switch to a framework blessed by the gods themselves like Microsoft Silverlight!!!
Which gods are you referring to? Cthulhu? Nyarlathotep?Mictlantecuhtli? Tezcatlipoca?
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RE: The Excel Syndrome
@KrakenLover said:
@Zemm said:
I did. It's the end of September, how did it go?
I'm just about done. I started last week and have spent about three days on it so far.It's actually looking pretty good. At least compared to what our current set up looks like.
The users are really looking forward to it.
Better late than never, I guess.
Yeah, LibreOffice can be a little bit tricky to set up. At least you've got it working now, though.
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RE: More Java-hating!
Awesome!! Hopefully they'll switch to a framework blessed by the gods themselves like Microsoft Silverlight!!!
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RE: Pre-employment drug screening.
@frits said:
@Power Troll said:
What if you have stage fright?
I heard doing arithmetic in your head helps with that.
Thanks! I'll give it a try.
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RE: Pre-employment drug screening.
@hoodaticus said:
@blakeyrat said:
Why would you want to work for a company that has mandatory drug screenings?
This. The reason I don't burn out is because I can burn one.
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RE: Peaceful Work Environment
@Matt Westwood said:
@frits said:
@Matt Westwood said:
Weather's gorgeous, so take the week off.
Typical UKian thinking that vacation grows on trees. In some places, work is serious business, and time off is a precious commodity.You're just jealous. The real WTF is being proud of living in the shithole of a country you do, where you're in a working environment tantamount to slavery. I pity you poor stupid schmucks.
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RE: Pre-employment drug screening.
@serguey123 said:
@Power Troll said:
Complete and utter bullshit. Unless you're going for SCI, of course.
I'm not discussing my job nor my actual clearance
@Weng said:
Secret involves asking you "Are you a terrorist? Where have you worked in the past?". Top Secret involves asking other people "Is he a terrorist?" and past employers "Did he work for you?". SCI involves a complete investigation into every aspect of your life no matter how intrusive it is to you, your neighbors, people you've barely met, etc. They want to know what you had for breakfast on the 4th of July when you were seven.
And it also takes a long time to complete, the advantage is that you get preference for job openings when cleared because of it.
Haha, holy shit. Wow. I almost got trolled hard, but I came to my senses.
New internet tough guy facade: Drop 100% grade-A bull mash about clearances on forums so that people think you might have one, then retreat and say "I'm not discussing that with anyone." A++, 10/10, would recommend to anyone
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RE: Pre-employment drug screening.
@serguey123 said:
Complete and utter bullshit. Unless you're going for SCI, of course.@C-Octothorpe said:
@TheCPUWizard said:
@blakeyrat said:
I've never had the drug screening, but I know for a fact that background checks as well as credit reports are mandatory here for any role in a bank or government. I've heard from colleagues that for secret or top-secret clearance, which often requires several months, they call your friends, your neighbors, old school teachers, etc.Why would you want to work for a company that has mandatory drug screenings?
Nearly every company at least around here does. Even as a consultant, drug testing is typically mandatory if you are going to be on-site. Full background checks are also a defacto standard for most positions.
They also take you biometrics and send them to law inforcement, give you periodical poly tests and do periodical follow ups on background checks whenever something relevant happens or your clearance expires, which is bothersome. They also do pre screening interviews where they ask a lot of very private questions, etc.
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RE: Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool brings the rageface
Master Chief is the prototypical user-hostile developer. No point in arguing with him, because you're just too dumb to appreciate his technical aptitude. I mean, just look at the guy's signature. Absurd.
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RE: Just what is HP up to?
Thread's title should be: "Just what is HP down to?" trollface.jpg
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RE: Oxll
@Sutherlands said:
Aren't you not supposed to catch Throwable, and catch Exception instead?
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RE: Yes Virginia, WTFs are real
How is this a WTF? When your job is outsourced, it'll be easier to refactor those numbers into a more appropriate, local language. That's simply incredible foresight.
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RE: In our French Overlord's IT group, it's still 1998
@boomzilla said:
@Jaime said:
I'd hate to work for some of you people. A typical worker's email storage space costs less than their office chair. It seems like some of you would come to the conclusion "Why should work provide you with a chair? You could work all day standing. Spoiled bastards."
I dunno. My brother in law got a standing desk and he loves it.
I'm strongly considering getting a standing desk at work. Being nosy, what made your brother pull the trigger? -
RE: In our French Overlord's IT group, it's still 1998
How do I check my quota?
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RE: Microsoft's New 'User Friendly' error messages
@snoofle said:
@Mole said:
The only thanks you get is "It took you long enough, my document has to be finished in less than an hour!"
When folks do that to me, I offer to undo what I just did and put it back the way it was. That simultaneously shuts them up and gets the point across.
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RE: Another horrific Java gem
@blakeyrat said:
Is the function really named "handleUnanticipatedOccurance"? Because that's awesome.
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RE: Another horrific Java gem
Haha, pretty bad. Might be front page worthy, but others probably know that better than I do.
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RE: Columny name
@rpjs said:
Just noticed that one of our tables has a column named "ExpireyDate". We're a dev team split between the UK and the US so at least some of us are ostensibly native English speakers so we don't even have that excuse...
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RE: In our French Overlord's IT group, it's still 1998
Almost had a seizure going to #redacted#.com. Excellent troll, filled with real-life consequences. 8.5/10
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RE: And even more Java - This bug is solved because the problem is known
@derula said:
@Power Troll said:
These things are totally unrelated to the type of internet connection you have.
That they may be, but totally related to the (lack of) intelligence of the user and of whoever guy uploaded them to Rapidshare in the first place. TRWTF, however, is Rapidshare itself.
I couldn't agree more. I think that the shows are uploaded by some Russian, and the website is in Russian (which idk), though, so my options are limited.
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RE: And even more Java - This bug is solved because the problem is known
@boomzilla said:
Isn't TRWTF needing this sort of thing in a download manager? What are you guys downloading? Perhaps TRWTF is your ISP or something, at which point I could see the value. Or maybe having a fiber connection has just spoiled me.No, like... downloading radio shows posted to Rapidshare. You can queue up like 100 downloads and not have to track your daily quotas or wade through any captchas, 60 second "waiting periods" for a link to become active for a download, etc. These things are totally unrelated to the type of internet connection you have.
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RE: More Java, sorry
Post was mediocre as hell until the "protip", which was just so stupid it made the rest of the post look hilarious in comparison. 2/10, and before you claim otherwise, I don't even like Java.
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RE: Can someone actually be this stupid?
@AndyCanfield said:
When I was growing up, probably the dumbest people I knew had IQ's of 100. But then I realized that 100 is the AVERAGE. There are lots of people out here who are dumber than anyone I ever met.
The guy's gotta do something, right? You think that a guy with an IQ of 120 is going to bag fruit? Well, the guy with an IQ of 80 is bagging the fruit. He's human, too.
(The average IQ in the USA is 100. In Thailand it's 90, and my son's mother is definitely below that.)
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RE: Apple's cl***ic move
@derula said:
@Power Troll said:
@derula said:
The real WTF is censoring words to protect children from knowledge that isn't particularly harmful in itself and they'll learn anyway sooner or later. All just because US Americans suck in parenting.
Yeah, good point. Non-US Americans aren't nearly as bad as parenting as those asshole US Americans.
Sorry if I can't keep up. What's your point? I made a (probably unqualified and undoubtedly needlessly, provokingly generalized) comment on what I've heard about the situation in the United States. Specifically, I have been told (by someone who lives in the country himself), that in his experience many parents let their children play violent video games that clearly aren't suited for them, to spare costs for a real babysitter. And apparently, this was not just one opinion, but a problem openly discussed in the media. It's not that the packaging doesn't give a parental advisory, parents are just ignoring it. Why? Because they're good at parenting?
And I mentioned specifically the USA because I know for sure this problem affects that country, but have not enough information to know for sure whether it affects other US countries as well. I also do not know if the word censoring is as common in other American countries as it is in the USA.
So what's your problem? Did you find my formulation "US Americans" confusing? Does it look like I think all Americans are from the United States? Well in that case fuck you, you pedantic dickweed. I hate you and your extended family.
Edit: Oh, I just noticed the nickname. Phew. I had thought about leaving the last sentence out for fear of sounding insulting, but that way it's all right.Wow. Proof positive that German people take stuff way too seriously.
But yeah, there's no doubt that the "US American" education system is royally FUBAR. We just need to get rid of the DoEd and abolish collective bargaining, though, and we'll be straight. -
RE: Apple's cl***ic move
@derula said:
The real WTF is censoring words to protect children from knowledge that isn't particularly harmful in itself and they'll learn anyway sooner or later. All just because US Americans suck in parenting.
Yeah, good point. Non-US Americans aren't nearly as bad as parenting as those asshole US Americans.
@boomzilla said:
@derula said:
The real WTF is censoring words to protect children from knowledge that isn't particularly harmful in itself and they'll learn anyway sooner or later. All just because US Americans suck in parenting.
It's not our fault! We need more maps.haha, beat me to it. A++
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RE: Creating inefficiency for everyone
@Master Chief said:
@blakeyrat said:
A sane email system wouldn't actually make 90 copies of the file, it'd send the same copy to each client. Do you think Amazon has a different logo image file for every visitor to their website?
Bad comparison. The Amazon logo is not unique to each user that receives it. This file was identical, but presented in different ways (filters) to each recipient.
Also, not applicable here, but some users might want to save the file. Others may just throw it out if they don't need it. It makes more sense to store attachments in a per-email basis, both for that reason, and for security reasons so any given user in a system can't access all the attachments on said system.
@blakeyrat said:
Why?
Rule of thumb: If you get bored waiting for the file to attach, it might be too big. Also pretty much any office document over 1 MB has no business as an email attachment.
Dude, you're making up random rules and guidelines here, but I'll give it a shot anyway. I have no idea how and end user incorrectly uses email if they attach a file and send it out to the intended recipients. Could you please point out what step in this process is particularly "incorrect" to you, and then explain why you feel this way?
- User types up an email
- User attaches a file
- User sends it to intended recipients
Here the file happens to be "large" (BTW, what rule of thumb describes a "large" file?), but what difference should that be to the user? None. You're thinking like a typical borderline autistic software developer, unable to even ponder what the users of the software you develop intended to do with said software. You have no idea that you use a computer differently than 99% of other computer users and have more expertise than probably 99.9% of them as is evidenced by citing these random ass "rules". Then again, who cares? They're all probably idiots who will never appreciate your incredible technical prowess. So keep up the good fight, bro.
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RE: Creating inefficiency for everyone
@Master Chief said:
You should not need to tell people not to send a 200 MB file to 90 people in the company. This crap was an acceptable hazard of IT in the 90s, but for God's sake, not knowing how a computer works in 2011 is like not knowing how to drive. Anyone at this point still being this clueless either cannot be taught, or refuses to be taught out of laziness or arrogance, and should be put out to the unemployment pasture until they change or starve.
What? Terrible analogy. Lots of people know how to drive, or "use a car" without knowing how a car "works" (you might be one of them). Similarly, lots of people know how to "use a computer" without knowing how it works. That's sort of the point, no? Unless you're thinking like a typical programmer/developer, of course. Yep, that last sentence pretty much confirms it.
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RE: Anyone want to decrypt this SQL Server installation error?
My bad, I meant SQL Server 2008 R2. But yeah, what I was trying to imply was that I've had success installing it in a virtual environment, which seemed different, not that I care about tainting my soul with windoze or anything. Only someone white knighting windows would think.... oh wait nevermind, that's half of this forum. Consider me a fool.
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RE: Wikipedia and Their Awesome CSS Skills
Wow. If that dude looks anything like a typical "programmer", then it's no wonder the vast majority of them are borderline aspies.
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RE: Anyone want to decrypt this SQL Server installation error?
People pay for that garbage? Sucks.
That said, I'm 3/3 installing SQL Server 2008 RC2, although all three times have been in virtual machines since I'm running linux :smug:
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RE: Fix your virtualization with more virtualization!
@Weng said:
@Power Troll said:
The web interface simply doesn't work.
Try IE. It works GREAT in IE. It just doesn't work at all in anything else. (It used to work in Firefox, but stopped doing so around FF3)
Ah, go figure. I'm running jewbuntu. But, I guess I can access it through my W7 local VM... thanks for the heads up.