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SamC
White Water Yakist

3467 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 07:07:22

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
- Rick Cook

robvolk
Most Valuable Yak

15732 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 07:42:17

The title of this thread should be "Fact of Life for the rest of Eternity"

MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 09:48:00

Idiot Evolution > Moore's Law :)

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 10:07:57

Sam,

Stealing Owais's sig?

Thought that was so apropos...

Brett

8-)

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 11:16:39

or a race between building more and more idiot proof programming languages and more and more incompetent coders.

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Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.
DTS can be used in a similar way.
Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy.

Stoad
Freaky Yak Linguist

1983 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 13:22:21

The Life is terrible but the World is wonderful... (c)(2003) me

JimL
SQL Slinging Yak Ranger

1537 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 14:55:06

Prime Example:
An actual conversation with an employee.

"The operation Guide said not to power off the computer with the program still running..................

So I just unplugged it."

Yes folks never underestimate the level of stupidity available in a manufacturing environment.

Jim
Users <> Logic

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 14:56:34

Computer Stupidities:

[url]http://rinkworks.com/stupid/[/url]

Tara

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 15:37:55

~~Anyone have the link for the Darwin Awards?~~

http://www.darwinawards.com/

Brett

8-)

That wasn't so hard to find...

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-10 : 15:50:12

I al;ways liked this comment in sp_help