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From: Ashley Sheridan on 27 Apr 2010 12:27 On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 12:31 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 5:09 PM +0100 4/27/10, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >> > > > >Sounds like you've got a few stories that would a lot of people > >happy were you to share them on the DailyWTF ;) > > > >Thanks, > >Ash > > Ash: > > Sharing them here is more direct and meaningful to what we do, but I > will investigate what you suggest. > > Cheers, > > tedd > I've just spent my last weeks worth of spare time looking at the last few years of posts on that site, and the IT and programming related ones just make me chuckle! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
From: Paul M Foster on 27 Apr 2010 12:37 On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:12:31PM -0400, tedd wrote: > At 4:13 PM +0200 4/27/10, Peter Lind wrote: >> If only the world consisted of smart users ... I think, however, that >> we're generally closer to the opposite. And no, I don't hate users - >> I've just seen too many people do things that were very far removed >> from "smart". >> >> Regards >> Peter > > Peter et al: > > Smart is a relative term. I have one account where the majority of > users are PhD's -- and they indeed have the "smarts" and the > sheepskins to prove it. > > You would be surprised as to how many of those forget their logons > and insist that they did not enter their logons as they were > recorded. For example, I had one user (i.e., fictitious Mary Smith) > who said that "marysmith" was not her logon because she always uses > "msmith" for all her logons -- but that was what was recorded in the > database. > > I tried to explain to her that the database doesn't make this stuff > up, for example how would the script know to use "marysmith" for her > logon if she had not provided it? But somehow it was the script's > fault for not knowing she always uses "msmith". Keep in mind these > are people with PhD's. I have many other stories. There's the problem right there. PhD egos. Seen it before. In my company, we deal with a lot of doctors. For us, that means chiropractors, dentists, veterinarians, optomotrists and the like. Who we don't deal with is doctors of the MD variety. They are way too arrogant, and their staffs typically back that claim up. The few times we've dealt with them, it's always been a disaster. Paul -- Paul M. Foster
From: "Tommy Pham" on 27 Apr 2010 12:48 At 10:24 AM -0400 4/27/10, Paul M Foster wrote: >Unfortunately, true. Sometimes I think computer users should be >required to take a course in using a computer before being allowed >behind the keyboard. > >Paul I came across a term long ago amidst my readings: PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair Regards, Tommy
From: "Gary ." on 27 Apr 2010 13:52 On 4/27/10, tedd wrote: > At 4:23 PM +0100 4/27/10, Nathan Rixham wrote: >> >>I'm still shocked you guys are still writing code that has errors in it, >>what's worse is you know about the errors, and instead of fixing them >>you're just telling the user about it! >> >>:p > > Here's my code that doesn't contain errors: > > <?php > > ?> Wow! What license are you applying to that? Can I re-use it without fear or being sued for copyright infringement?
From: Andrew Ballard on 27 Apr 2010 14:13
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:23 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling(a)gmail.com> wrote: > At 4:23 PM +0100 4/27/10, Nathan Rixham wrote: >> >> I'm still shocked you guys are still writing code that has errors in it, >> what's worse is you know about the errors, and instead of fixing them >> you're just telling the user about it! >> >> :p > > Here's my code that doesn't contain errors: > > <?php > > ?> > > Cheers, > > ted > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com  http://ancientstones.com  http://earthstones.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Watch out for that new warning message: <br /> <b>Warning</b>: Deadbeat script. Your code does not do anything useful in <b>teddscript.php</b> on line <b>1</b><br /> :-) Andrew |