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It gets better: This app was handed to me, so I can fix all kinds of weird and non-consistent errors that were happening all the time. The vb app was created by a contractor ($100/hr) who converted it from a Microsoft Access database that was developed by another consultant over a span of a year and a half for which she was paid in excess of $200k. Until this day, I cannot believe what I saw and comprehend how a consultant can get paid that much money for creating an Access database using textboxes as boolean variables and for another contractor to convert the code and not realize the insanity of that code either. And there was me, making just little over $50k at the time...disgusting isn't it
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Well, that goes to show what non-programmers think: "If I cannot read it, it must be the best thing out there!"
And that contractor was an ID-Ten-T that had a NullBrainException coupled with a IncompetentProgrammerException and a OverpaidPersonException.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking
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Don't know if my most interesting/funny/silly but some of the last I found.
Comments should help to better understand ... maybe!
if (anyBooleanValue == false)
{
...
}
else
{
...
}
...
return;
Twice are better ...
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt = otherTable.Copy();
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I once had to work on a package (in an 3G language/database called Dataflex if anyone remembers it) that contained the following remarkd
The following is Himalayan Mountain Climber code, and so is impenetrable to us mere mortals!
When I asked what this meant, I was told that it had been written by a contractor, whose hobby was indeed climbing in the Himalayas, who was known for using all sorts of undocumented tricks to provide very clever and efficient code that nobody else could understand.
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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Browsing around the web (While working  ) I found this beautiful page which gives an overview of the most creepy and crappy web pages. So what on earth made the webmasters putting such creepy stuff up to a web server (they wasted a lot of space, IMO)?
Find the creepiest pages of the web[^]
Note: I am not responsible for any eye cancers or serious health problems you may get after viewing the link 
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Idd Jeezus came to mind. Ah my eyes  .
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Haiti News Network is the most pathetic, real innovative work 
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They bring up the most earth-shaking new, I suppose 
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This site (which I have to use on occasion) uses Flash in the tab controls (be sure you have your volume turned up for this). The best I can tell, it's the only use of Flash on the site. So someone thought "this site is dull without little clicky noises; let's use Flash!" during development? I'm sure there are worse examples (open invite for examples), but this is simply overkill at best. Also, I have no idea why it's ftp, but whatever.
ftp://ftp.relius.net/Administration/quantech/RA170/RA170News/Default.htm[^]
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My favorite part is how the tabs are stacked.
I cannot imagine putting all that work into a sound effect and then leaving it visually ugly.
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And sluggish. Don't forget it's a sluggardly site as well.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Someone learned to play with a new toy and figured they would just have to use it on the next project.  
It's moments like this that make me wish we had a double face-palm emoticon.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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This document and the software it describes may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form whatsoever without the written permission of SunGard.
I reproduced a part of the website on my screen, using a browser, by clicking the link.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The FBI will be visiting you this afternoon.
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Hi there, the link is broken ( could they be embarrassed ? )
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Weird... It seems to be working for me as of right now.
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Still down for me , get a 404 error - weird !!
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+5 for the use of the word 'Egregious'!
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking
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Thanks, it just really seemed to be the best word to sum up my feelings there.
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VallarasuS wrote: Wait! What would you answer if such question was fired at you?
Probably the answer they were looking for:
An exe requires a fixed entry point, so the loader can work out where start execution. A dll lacks this entry point and therefore the loader can't work out where to start.
Other than that, I don't think there are any important differences between an exe and dll, though I could be wrong about that.
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DLLs can have standards-specified entry points too, for example the functions used for COM registration/deregistration. But yes, they don't have a 'main method' which is directly linked to from the file header. I think if you went with that answer to such an idiotic question they'd just not get it though.
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DllMain()
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Oh, and check out the /ENTRY option on the linker too.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Wrong forum?
I'd say that those are the operating system rules ... an exe is an executable file and a dll is a library (the clue's in the name).
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