Top 20 Replies by Programmers when their programs do not work

JonyBr · Nov 3rd, 2003, 01:06 AM

20. "That's weird..."
19. "It's never done that before."
18. "It worked yesterday."
17. "How is that possible?"
16. "It must be a hardware problem."
15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?"
14. "There is something wrong in your data."
13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!"
12. "You must have the wrong version."
11. "It's just some unlucky coincidence."
10. "I can't test everything!"
9. "THIS can't be the source of THAT."
8. "It works, but I havn't been tested."
7. "Somebody must have changed my code."
6. "Did you check for a virus on your system?"
5. "Even though it doesn't work, how does it work?
4. "You can't use that version on your system."
3. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
2. "Where were you when the program blew up?"

And the Number One Reply by Programmers when their programs don't work:

1. "It works on my machine."

lastknightess · Nov 3rd, 2003, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JonyBr:
And the Number One Reply by Programmers when their programs don't work:

1. "It works on my machine."

I KNOW that FEELING

larki_punjaban · Nov 3rd, 2003, 02:33 PM

&Passionate · Nov 3rd, 2003, 08:53 PM

I wudn't know, m not a programmer

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Simply Seema · Nov 4th, 2003, 12:22 AM

i hv gotta betta 1

End User Problem, Change Him

Khanzada · Nov 4th, 2003, 07:44 AM

heeheeheehee *dentonic ke ad waley cartoon ki tarha hansta hai*

its good to be a non-techie

Aceones! · Nov 4th, 2003, 07:49 AM

yea user fault

JonyBr · Nov 4th, 2003, 08:51 AM

for me its mostly "It works on my machine"

Decent 6Chora · Nov 4th, 2003, 09:44 AM

15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?"
14. "There is something wrong in your data."
13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!"
12. "You must have the wrong version."
4. "You can't use that version on your system."
1. "It works on my machine.

This is my pool to choose from and I do randomize quite well