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Hell, I'd have trouble keeping up with this speedster[^].
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Slow down![^] 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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I hope to be able to WALK 200 meters at age 95...
(However for now I'm running much faster than that)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Why would I run for 200m?
One could trip and get badly injured. No, not worth the risc.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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When I ran the Flying Pig marathon in 2013, my friend and I came up behind a man wearing a shirt with a map of the United States on it and the caption "I've done 2x50!". He had run a marathon in all 50 states, twice. We talked to him and found out he was well on his way to his third set of 50.
He was 83 years old.
I told him I want to be like him when I grow up  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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In my 20s I did not expect to live to 40, I'm 20 years into bonus time, there is no way I'm going to make to 95!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Windows XP. VS 2003. VB.
That's all I have to say through my tears... 
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You must have gone back in time. I refuse to believe that their is any development going on in the world with that OS and VS version....and language. I just won't believe it. 
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I lately heard rumors regarding customers of our Company who still Need ro run a bunch of Windows NT {physically existent] PCs in order to let their really important programs run 24/7!!!
what? reallly important programs do not deserve important updates!?!?
   ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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At my previous workplace, there was a controls systems we interfaced to. The system would not allow anything past Windows NT to connect to it, so that was the limiting factor.
To upgrade the controls system, that region of the plant would need to be offline for an extended period.
So, as much as we may complain that "it's old and needs to be replaced!", there may be mitigating factors beyond the control of one or more departments.
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for that reason i completely agree that there´s a Need to still run those "antiques" 
one of our customers uses an old Windows NT System to run an absolutely outdated program that she Needs for the daily Business.
but instead of buying an "up-to-date" program that is supported she prefers to use the old Software that is no longer in development... The Company that developed it doesn´t even exist anymore... 
and sometimes we are faced with customers who use old Systems like that as Client Computers/Workstations...
[Edit]
and how many medical practices still use Win XP for Patient Administration... 
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Yup. I have the pleasure of working on an Alpha box controlling some embedded stuff here. A year or two ago we inquired about a controller upgrade from the vendor and were quoted an amount equal to 10-20% of the annual budget for the contract we're using it on. With the further caveat that since parts of our system had never been upgraded to work with an x86/Linux controller PC they couldn't guarantee that we'd have a working system at the end of the attempt. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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No, not new: legacy. We have to go through some analysis to see what this dinosaur is made of before we rebuild it all shiny and new (and it will be c#!)
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Karel Čapek wrote: Windows XP. VS 2003. VB.
That would be kind of cool for a week or so if you were getting paid to do that work.
But only if you were getting paid and only for about 1 week of it.
After that, blech!
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See that box in the corner, there is an ap on there, that's your spec, rewrite it!
At least they are not asking you the enhance the existing program. Nice contract, rewriting an existing app, you only need to understand and duplicate the functionality.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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You just have to love spaghetti, then everything is going to be good. It would be a small wonder if there actually was a documentation worth reading and the old program did not turn out to be a sinister hack. And if you actually get hold of one of the hackers, his only use will be to be offended and constanty blurp out 'What do you want? It works!' Or it at least has sucessfully pretended to work somehow all the years.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: You just have to love spaghetti
Bloody hell I used to write spaghetti when I started with VBA, while my memory is a little dodgy I bet I could get the lay of it! I remember when the benchmark of success was "well it works".
Now I have to jump on any of the sprogs who try and get spaghetti through the reviews.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Oh and the fun begins!
Good luck!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
When you are dead you don't know it, it's only difficult for others.
It's the same when you're stupid.
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Are you saying that you can't code on that machine?
Several million developers who were coding in 2003 will obviously put you to shame.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Windows XP, VisualStudio 6, VB6
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I use 1TBS
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New contract - Visual FoxPro to manage sheriff's department in-cruiser laptops for warrants, arrests, complaints etc. Mandate: convert all to html5 web based services on secure intranet.
I had to go to MSDN to get a copy of VFP 2009 just to see what I had; I haven't done FoxPro in many, many years
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