The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

taryn · 2006-01-15 Reply Admin

Anonymoose:

It says right there, 'CHAR(1)'.
Now, how does one cast their ass to char?

Perhaps that was a typo, and should read, "CHAIR()", but I'm not admitting to having a chair ass.

No, but at least you can cast your ass onto a chair.

Coughptcha · 2006-01-15 Reply Admin

Anonymous:
When I was at IBM, we had an intern write an internal web app. When it finally was ready to go live, the web mast asked, what's in this directory called "big_butt".

Of course, it contained the images used as "button" graphics. The big ones.

Stan Kelley-Bootle, in his "Devil's DP Dictionary" recounts such curtational methodology which has given the world such meaningful classical compositions as "MOZ DONG"

That would be Mozart's "Don Giovanni", for those who don't follow classical music.

JoeyLemur · 2006-01-16 Reply Admin

I = BigButts.like() && I.lie(false);

dhromed · 2006-01-16 Reply Admin

We had a project that could be abbreviated to ASS.

So we built the ass site.
With the ass splash.
And the ass login for the ass application.
While removing the ass bugs.

murphyman · 2006-01-16 Reply Admin

JoeyLemur:
I = BigButts.like() && I.lie(false);

for ( Iterator it = otherBrothers.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
   ((Brother)it.next()).setCanDeny(false);
}

oh dear...

2006-01-16 Reply Admin

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    Woman wmn = e.getWoman();
    if(wmn.getWaistType() == WaistType.SKINNY_LITTLE && wmn.getBigThingLocation() == Location.YOUR_FACE)
    {
       this.setSprung(true);
    }
}

2006-01-16 Reply Admin

Anonymous:
When I was at IBM, we had an intern write an internal web app. When it finally was ready to go live, the web mast asked, what's in this directory called "big_butt".
Of course, it contained the images used as "button" graphics. The big ones.
The funny thing is I had seen that directory name, but because I knew what was in it, I hadn't even thought about it.

Hey! I like "big_butt" and I cannot lie....

Charlie Marlow · 2006-01-17 Reply Admin

I would kill for some long variable names right now. The Access project with which I am working is riddled with stuff like

private sub Command261_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_Command261_Click
    if combo44 = 2 then
       Text35 = "Transport"
    end if
Exit_Command261_Click:
    Exit Sub

Err_Command261_Click:
    MsgBox Err.Description
    Resume Exit_Command261_Click

end sub

Ock · 2011-07-14 Reply Admin

theNum = Int((5-1+1) * Rnd + 1)

That's not so bad. Microsoft gives this helpful snippet for the Rnd function for generating integers of uniform probability in a given range:

Int((upperbound - lowerbound + 1) * Rnd + lowerbound)

He plugged the values in and didn't simplify, so that the formula was still there for tinkering with the range. Of course, if you came back to it weeks later you'd have forgotten what to change. It should have been a function or the formula should have been put in a comment on the line above. But it was still well-intentioned. At worst, (5-1+1) does no harm to anything.

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