• Sock Puppet 1 (unregistered)

    What's with the lack of daily postings lately?

  • Sock Puppet 2 (unregistered) in reply to Sock Puppet 1
    Sock Puppet 1:
    What's with the lack of daily postings lately?
    Don't you know? Now you have to go find your own or look in the forums. Pretty much the same thing we used to do before thedailywtf existed.
  • Sock Puppet 1 (unregistered) in reply to Sock Puppet 2
    Sock Puppet 2:
    Sock Puppet 1:
    What's with the lack of daily postings lately?
    Don't you know? Now you have to go find your own or look in the forums. Pretty much the same thing we used to do before thedailywtf existed.
    No, have you noticed the progression? First we were asked to laugh at the wtfs of others, then to submit our own, now we're just supposed to create our own and laugh at them.
  • Chad (unregistered) in reply to Code Slave

    He did not build it either. He signed his name to a bill written by telcos who were donating generously. He got lucky and did something good while collecting his graft... i mean campaign contributions.

    CAPTCHA: persto ... tada!

  • Chad (unregistered) in reply to Code Slave
    Code Slave:
    amischiefr:
    Mordred:
    A true pioneer. Hell, if it weren't for senators and vice presidents, we wouldnt even have an internet.
    FTFY
    Well, Al Gore did "build" the internet, buy pushing the funding of infrastructure through the US congress and senate, etc. Note: I did not say "invent the internet" (which he has never claimed).
    He did not build it either. He signed his name to a bill written by telcos who were donating generously. He got lucky and did something good while collecting his graft... i mean campaign contributions.

    CAPTCHA: persto ... tada!

  • Nickster (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Al Gore was a huge early champion of the Internet, and really deserves some respect from us IT people... (not talking politics... doesn't matter what his politics are - he was the biggest proponent of the Internet in Congress in the 80s and 90s...)

    I'd say Boucher deserves at least as much credit as Gore, if not more.

  • Frank (unregistered) in reply to Warpedcow
    Warpedcow:
    Anon:
    During that unfortunate interview, he was just touting some of his actual accomplishments...

    So really, Gore forced taxpayers to "create" the internet. He still didn't "create" anything himself.

    +1 Seriously, if you give me the power to compel other people's money and give it to still another group of other people to do the inventing, I can tell you, I'd would "create" some pretty sweet stuff too. Most if it would be good at blowing things up.

  • Jay (unregistered)

    It's no fun when the poster admits up front that what he did was really dumb. How can you ridicule someone when he starts out by admitting his own mistakes? There's just no joy in it.

  • tokenWoman (unregistered) in reply to Artemis
    Artemis:
    I've already seen it before...

    (Unfortunaly, it's in - bad - portuguese. Even google translator is unable to understand it). http://www.guj.com.br/java/212287-metodos/1

    String sql = "insert into cliente01 (Cod, Produto,Valor)" + "values (?,?,?)";

    Godd help us ...

    captcha: "vulputate". Lovely.

  • Jay (unregistered)

    So let me get this straight. Millions of American citizens worked to earn money which they gave to the government in taxes. Brilliant engineers developed hardware and software. Hard-working linemen laid cable across the country. Dedicated technicians put it all together and made it work. Al Gore agreed it was a good idea and wrote on a piece of paper that money should be taken from the citizens to pay all the other people. So of all those involved, who deserves the credit for creating the Internet? Why, Al Gore of course ... the person whose only contribution was to take money from one group of people to give to another.

    Hey, by that reasoning, I created the airplane. It's true. The Wright brothers may have invented it. Boeing may have built it. Skilled technicians may have maintained it. Highly-trained pilots may have flown it. But hey, I asked my parents to buy me a plane ticket, so I'm the one who made it all happen.

  • cs grad (unregistered)

    Except for the esoteric theories,

    University Computer Science is about the theoretical basis of computing. Learning programming is merely an implementation detail which can be done on your own time.

    A degree in programming and real-world IT is something different: maybe Information Systems or a community college degree.

    Consider for instance a university degree in Music. Lots of music theory. It probably helps if you play an instrument and are in a band. There may be courses about the music industry but there is no guarantee that you are a big time artist when you graduate.

    Similarily a university degree in English. Lots of theory and history but you don't expect to be publishing books when you graduate.

  • Emppu (unregistered)

    Well, this explains why my internet bank doesn't allow using the back button.

  • Earp (unregistered) in reply to JamesQMurphy

    I've got zero degrees. I've had PHd's working in my team under me, getting less money. Most of them knew heaps about lots of esoteric stuff (like how all the differing modem algorithms work since 300bps - sure that is a useful skill, that you couldn't pick up when you actually NEED to) - hardly any of them had any real skills beyond what they have had spoon fed to them.

    A four year computer science degree IS good for something. Churning out crap programmers, who THINK they are actually really good.

  • Rupee (unregistered) in reply to TRWTF is You
    TRWTF is You:
    That's why most universities offer a computer science degree. You spend four years learning how to code properly so that when you hit the workforce you can undo the damage of uneducated morons.

    When I graduated from university in Software Development, I scored higher than any other student in the history of my school. But when I look back on my career, I realise that practically everything of importance to building good code has been learned on the job: team work, coding standards, an in-depth understanding of the APIs, tool mastery, the importance of documentation, peer-review, the art of automated testing. My degree covered these things, but in a checkbox manner. You never really learn something by being told. I think you have to open Pandora's Box in order to understand why its best to keep it closed.

    Now when I recruit graduates I assume they will write terrible code. In the interviews I aim to figure out if the person has passion and intelligence - and how will they react to a constructive code review...

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    I really like this new format of WTFs

  • (cs) in reply to Frank
    Frank:
    Warpedcow:
    Anon:
    During that unfortunate interview, he was just touting some of his actual accomplishments...

    So really, Gore forced taxpayers to "create" the internet. He still didn't "create" anything himself.

    +1 Seriously, if you give me the power to compel other people's money and give it to still another group of other people to do the inventing, I can tell you, I'd would "create" some pretty sweet stuff too. Most if it would be good at blowing things up.

    You seriously think Congress is going to buy you a new bicycle pump for Inflatable Doreen?
  • (cs) in reply to boog
    boog:
    anon:
    Code Slave:
    amischiefr:
    Mordred:
    A true pioneer. Hell, if it weren't for senators and vice presidents, we wouldnt even have an internet.
    FTFY
    Well, Al Gore did "build" the internet, buy pushing the funding of infrastructure through the US congress and senate, etc. Note: I did not say "invent the internet" (which he has never claimed).

    Right, and Sarah Palin never said she could see Russia from her house. That was a skit on Saturday Night Live. However, both are funny or frustrating to a set of people.

    Haven't you idiots ever heard of snopes.com? I'm pretty sure I'm going to strangle you all if this conversation continues.

    Nah, that's just a rumour. I heard it wasn't true on snopes.com.
  • (cs) in reply to pjt33
    pjt33:
    TRWTF is You:
    That's why most universities offer a computer science degree. You spend four years learning how to code properly so that when you hit the workforce you can undo the damage of uneducated morons.
    Doesn't sound like they're actually learning computer science. I read a *real* CS degree and graduated knowing six normal forms but no SQL syntax.
    That sounds more like it. I did spit out a bit of my brain halfway through the post above.:-)
  • Anarud (unregistered)

    Let's face it... at least you admit to your own mistakes.

    Which is more than i can say of some peopel i know.

  • Raj Khootrapali (unregistered) in reply to clbuttic
    clbuttic:
    BentFranklin:
    Half Way:
    AAAAAAaa!!! I'm half way through and already pounding my face with my fist.

    Does it have a happy ending?

    If you want a happy ending, try pounding a little lower.

    Check. And. Mate.

    Dude, mating requires a partner. Even if you need alcohol to talk to her.

  • Le 'tatio (unregistered) in reply to Raj Khootrapali
    Raj Khootrapali:
    clbuttic:
    BentFranklin:
    Half Way:
    AAAAAAaa!!! I'm half way through and already pounding my face with my fist.

    Does it have a happy ending?

    If you want a happy ending, try pounding a little lower.

    Check. And. Mate.

    Dude, mating requires a partner. Even if you need alcohol to talk to her.

    I think that explains the checking.

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is the trackbacks!

  • cappeca (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    It's disturbing how so many comments suggest that "making mistakes" is the best way to learn. If your method of learning new technology is to crash and burn and get it right the second time around, I don't think I'd ever want to hire you.

    "Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own."

    That's ridiculous, fools NEVER learn. Besides, there would be no first wise man if it was like that. Actually, no creative thought at all.

    Yeah, don't hire me. THANKS!

  • Lev8 (unregistered)

    I'm sure we've heard this same story from the opposite end....

  • UglyDuckling (unregistered)

    I don't believe this tale. Even a total n00b wouldn't make that many stupid decisions all in one project. Would he? I've seen plenty of craptastic code in my day (heck, even wrote some of it), but this is incompetence on another level altogether. Too dumb to be true.

  • Reow (unregistered)

    You're pretty much the definition of unemployable.

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