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Most quick fixes become long term solutions.
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Aw, I was hoping that his tiny little waffer-thin app would end up bringing the server down, or multiplying inconsistencies exponentially, or something.
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Nothing is more permanent than temporary fixes :)
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"I wonder how many people it took to tell this story."
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"I wonder what will happen, years in the future, when someone takes the system apart for an overhaul and discovers the 'quick fix' still running."
They will post it here.
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Boom...nuked hard drive
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Well, that day somebody's gonna get hurt reeeeeeal bad...
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They will "fix" it by having it run every ten minutes.
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And we will chuckle about it. Again.
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ehehe brilliant remark :)
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Every single line of code is a legacy line of code.
As programmers we're very lucky if we see that line of code survive for more than 5 years.
We're even MORE lucky if that line of code survives for a much shorter period...
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YOU DON'T SAY!
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As we used to say, "Nothing so permanent as a temporary fix."
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""I wonder what will happen, years in the future, when someone takes the system apart for an overhaul and discovers the 'quick fix' still running.""
So that's what that was for.
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Wouldn't it be awesome if every pile of dust we swept under the rug would would magically evaporate and make room for the next pile? I'd sweep a lot more often!
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Entirely true for certain values of "magically evaporate" and "make room".
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It's all about the user experience. User inputs data, witchcraft happens, user gets feedback from system. If it's not what they wanted, it's broken. If it is what they wanted, it works. Simple as that. Doesn't matter how ugly the solution is.
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I tried that sudo command in this linux computer.
wtf?
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You have to manually remove the memory chips from the central data bank.
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Some time in the future... "Server's bogged down, Johnson. Clean off everything we don't need." "hmm... RobsAmazingQuickFix_DoNotDelete.exe? Sounds like some spyware that I'd better remove." Deleted
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Well in the case of the article, I don't see what's so hard about refactoring ASP into ASP.NET. You just rename everything from *.asp to *.aspx, right? ;-)
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I would have fired you after the linux mis-hap and again for the quick fix
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This is 1 of my favorite words ^__^
Makeshift: Sufficient for the time being.
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And it's a brave superuser who does "!rm"
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In fact, I expect that story to be posted Tomorrow.
Captcha: Duis - first I want you to duis, then duthat.
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"I wonder why every paragraph has quotation marks."
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Probably because he was too lazy to make his own story out of this, and used this to make sure people understood he hadn't.
I guess there's a reason they want more authors, right? :P
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Then what the fuck is this:
http://thedailywtf.com/Contact.aspx
"I get about ten submissions a day. I post once a day and only on weekdays."
Then, where the fuck are those articles?! If you get 10 each day, there should be at least one that's good. All you post lately is crap's crap.
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Except for temporary taxes.
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I came across an article on the web that said that many more recent releases of Linux have an explicit check for "rm -r /" and will display an error message rather than demolish the system.
Try it on your system and see if your version of Linux has this safety feature.
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I have an Ubuntu VM I'm not using for anything else. I might just do that
Edit:
rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on `/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe
I thought you were trolling. Please forgive me
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(FC14)
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I never got burned with
as a new intern.I did manage to (reversibly) brick a server by running
[b]oops[/]
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And people rubbish Windows for having built-in protection for system files: after all, you might want to self-destruct the server as part of your routine maintenance chores and who is Microsoft to try and stop you?
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I'm not so sure. If the quick fix works, also for longer times, why not keep it?
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00: My computer is smarter than me. I want it to override my decisions and do whatever it thinks is best.
01: I am smarter than my computer. I want it to do whatever I command.
Linux is not for L00sers and Windows is not for W01nners. Pick whatever you like. It isn't like anyone else is going to care.
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Nearly everything needed for the system to run is already cached or is held open and won't actually be deleted.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.sysadmin.recovery/F4-k-pDufnk/CkEoxpI5e3cJ for an example.
--Joe
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This is why every computer should come with some short incantation which, if spoken by a non-wizard, provides an educational experience by turning the universe inside out and running time backwards or something like that.
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Sorry, make that "sudo oops".
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Assuming that this is not mere trolling...
If you post even one comment per day, it should at least be a good one, instead of "crap's crap".This is a free service, kindly provided by Alex when and as he has time, which sometimes does not equal 5/week.
Also, what counts as "good" is subjective.
Also also, if he selects the best of the day, but that day's submissions are largely crap, then he either has to post a mediocre article (pissing off those who think they have a right to demand high quality), or he must decide not to post anything (pissing off those who think they have a right to demand exactly 5/week).
Get a life, vereor.
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