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Techathon
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Ok, well I have been codeing in Java and the code that I was making kept on not working. Turned out that I was missing a bracket and a semi-colon. When I finially got it right, I yelled "Take THAT compiler, I have defeated you. Muahahaha." (Yes, It was literally an evil laugh.)

My friend, who was on the phone with me at the time laughed at me for that. I think that it is kind of reasonable because, as you all already know, programming can make you real mad real fast.

My question is, is that bad that I yelled at my compiler? and Do any of you ever yell at your computer when programming?

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Eminent
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Erm, not really.


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Insanity Complex
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I yell at my computer frequently. A lot of times in my head...but as soon as programming enters the equation...I'm usually at least complaining audibly at the computer.

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PAGAN_old
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i dont like yelling because i already do a lot of it but i did hit my computer on several occasions. i think they were when i was fighting a boss in final fantasy 7

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Toasty Fresh
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I yell at my computer all the time, whatever it does. If the monitor stops working, if XFire needs updating, if somebody annoys me on MSN, if this vertex isn't in exactly the right position, if a cord is getting tangled around my wrist, if my mouse batteries are low, if it doesn't boot properly, if the keyboard stops working, if I die in CoD, just about anything.
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MSon
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Posted: 9th Oct 2010 16:33 Edited at: 9th Oct 2010 16:37
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I last yelled at the compiler last night, fixed one bug, and it caused a huge error to occur somewhere else in the code, my mother would have been ashamed if she heard the things i said...



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General Jackson
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Posted: 9th Oct 2010 18:06
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Yep, very normal

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If its running windows yes

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Metal Devil123
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I tried to play Batman: Arkham Asylum with the xbox 360 controller, as it was great with Metro 2033, and I noticed that the controls sucked with it. They weren't ment for me. So I thought that i'd go to change the controls around, but you can't change them. Only on the keyboard... so for me, the possibily to play with the 360 controller is useless. I yelled at my computer, and I yelled at teh company, hoping they'd hear me and I felt like ripping apart the controller till I remembered it was my friend's. Rocksteady, I love what you've done with batman, all the stuff with the keyboard is great, but please, PLEASE let us change the controls on the sequel... if that's possible.

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General Jackson
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Posted: 9th Oct 2010 22:06
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Eh, MD, this is about yelling at compilers lol.

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TheComet
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Posted: 9th Oct 2010 23:26
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It's a way of keeping us focused under extreme stress conditions. So I say it's normal.

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Coding + Coffee / Stress + Shouting = [Fixing * Relief]





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Techathon
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Ok, I am not crazy then. Thank you.

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Seppuku Arts
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I tend not to when compiling, I've not had any that have been frustratingly long. Renders on the other hard, well, I've come close, especially when I used my old computer, it really didn't have the power to render much at all.

Quote: "Ok, I am not crazy then. Thank you.
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Well...
...I wouldn't go that far. You're a programmer after all.

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Yodaman Jer
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Yes. I've yelled at the computer before.

And I once gave it a death threat. When that didn't solve the problem, I installed Ubuntu.

But then I installed Windows again. And now I'm about to take up programming again, so I'm sure I'll yell some more.

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Eminent
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Ok I just sorta yelled at the DBPro compiler. I was talking to myself really. I said "This damn file is here but nooooo, stupid compiler".


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Metal Devil123
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Quote: "Eh, MD, this is about yelling at compilers lol."

Yeah, but I've seen people talk about yelling at everything in here, so maby you'll forgive me and let me out of this electrified collar now...

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"You're getting freaking reinstalled, bitch"

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I bargin and plead, then threaten then abuse then plead again promising i wont do it again then threaten and abuse. In that cycle.

And no, its only computers and other electrical stuff that i have this relationship with.


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Seppuku Arts
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And with me.

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Posted: 10th Oct 2010 22:05 Edited at: 10th Oct 2010 22:08
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Quote: "its only computers and other electrical stuff that i have this relationship with."


like when your kettle brakes meaning NO MORE COFFEE, which happened to me a few weeks ago, i think that was a valid time to swear at my kettle.



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lazerus
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Look we talked about this Sepp, Not in public, you understand right?
What? YOU DID WHAT? YOU SPILT TEA?!?!
*snaps neck*
Im sorry sepp come'on wake up itll be okay, walk it off, its fine, comon Wake up. Wake up NOW! DAMMIT you ungrateful son of a
*snaps neck again*
Comon its still good you can do this.

But if you replace the abjectives with computer terms it pretty much goes that way with electrical gear too.


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Quote: "like when your kettle brakes meaning NO MORE COFFEE"


You're lucky, mine doesn't have wheels.
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I think it's perfectly fine to yell at a code compiler, and flip it off. : )

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Lol I'm past yelling at stuff, i just have to accept people can't be perfect like me (joke of course)

Quote: "But then I installed Windows again. And now I'm about to take up programming again, so I'm sure I'll yell some more."



You went from Ubuntu to windows for programming?!?!(jk, i know you do video editing)


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Hey, I yell at blender when it takes too long to render... Perfectly normal.

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I flip off people in commercials that seem smug and arrogant.

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Yodaman Jer
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Quote: "You went from Ubuntu to windows for programming?!?!(jk, i know you do video editing)"


Hehe. I should have said game programming.

I'm going to install Ubuntu 10.10 soon, and probably use that for C++ programming and general internet purposes. Definitely sticking with Windows for video editing though.

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