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[Knight of Fools]

That's why I want to program games. Same stuff, but games get outdated. Even if old code can be reused, they remake the entire system from scratch for a 5% cooler pixel. Your code won't be in the works long enough for you to worry about them hiring someone else to decipher what you did, because you're the only one who knows the program well enough for developing a patch quickly and on short notice.

Of course, there's a whole other ballpark of problems to deal with, but I think that's general across most careers. You get paid a lot to wade through all the crap that comes along with whatever it is you do.

[da_nang]

Once upon a time there was GOTO, and every Business loathed and every programmer joyed.
On came Dijkstra and said a thing or two: "I banish thee GOTO to be eternal damned and destroyed!"
Business rejoiced on the banishment of Obscurity; the programmers mourned the lost job security.
On came Creativity, the nemesis of Business: "Don't fret, for I'll help you spread the new-found menaces!"
Coding and pointing, the programmers schemed: "This Structure won't repel my sweet Obscurity, my most esteemed!"
Business later read the wonderful code provided. Confounded he stood: "There's Structure but my sanity's left unguided!"
Thus again the world was obscured, the Structure filled with impurity. All this for a bit of job security.

[Nadaka]

Diablo 3: Error 33. This is the last blizzard game I ever buy. Fuck DRM.

[kaijyuu]

So my mom got a free home phone thing for the hearing impaired. It prints out the conversation on a screen when you're talking.

But it also has a couple other features. Namely, you can put contact info into it and it'll put the numbers in an online database so you don't have to dial all the time. Needless to say, this feature requires internet, and for some reason it wasn't connecting to my wireless.


Her: "Can't you go online and put the numbers in?"
Me: "I already did, but the phone isn't updating for some reason."
Her: "You just need to go online and update them then."
me: "I did! But the phone's not connecting to my router."
Her: "But didn't you put in the phone numbers on your computer?"
Me: "Yeah..."
Her: "Then why aren't they showing on the phone?"
*facepalm*

She calls a tech guy and he comes over... I get a call at work.

Her: "The tech guy says the phone isn't connecting to the internet."



RAAAAAAAAAWR

[Euld]

My dad used to tell me stories about a programmer he knew. Wrote a kill switch into the software he made, so the program simply stopped working at a set date. Companies were forced to call him in and pay him to come in and literally flip a few bits around so it'd start working again. This was the late 70s, early 80s, but I imagine it hasn't changed that much.

THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING 

[Tellemurius]

My dad used to tell me stories about a programmer he knew. Wrote a kill switch into the software he made, so the program simply stopped working at a set date. Companies were forced to call him in and pay him to come in and literally flip a few bits around so it'd start working again. This was the late 70s, early 80s, but I imagine it hasn't changed that much.

THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING 

[Flying Dice]

Lost internet for pretty much the whole day because of a storm. :|

[Scelly9]

My dad used to tell me stories about a programmer he knew. Wrote a kill switch into the software he made, so the program simply stopped working at a set date. Companies were forced to call him in and pay him to come in and literally flip a few bits around so it'd start working again. This was the late 70s, early 80s, but I imagine it hasn't changed that much.

THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING 

This happened a few years ago with the software my dad was working on at his old job. Apparently they hadn't got a specific feature completely nailed down yet and put a timer on the software because of some bug. 80% of the people running the software had their servers crash.

[penguinofhonor]

Oh, sure, I'll update skype.

And then it installed skype addons into all my other programs. Thanks! I definitely asked for that!

[jc6036]

Oh, sure, I'll update skype.

And then it installed skype addons into all my other programs. Thanks! I definitely asked for that!

This. I hate this so much. You have to slog through so much shit to avoid stuff like this it's ridiculous.

[Aklyon]

You have to pick custom install (To hell with typical install and its toolbarishness), and then pick through every option available, and uncheck almost everything.

[penguinofhonor]

There was no custom option. It was just an update. Or at least it wanted me to think it was just an update.

[GalenEvil]

This is also known as the "Microsoft Effect"... wait a sec o.O did Microsoft buy Skype??? O,.,O

[Rose]

Yes, yes they did.

[GalenEvil]

For the Fury of Armok! THE FUCK!? Why? RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!? Why does Microsoft have to nose its way into stuff it doesn't belong in, such as VOIP services? :'{(> (crying mustache and goatee'd face)