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H4ck1d

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Posted: 10th Jan 2007 03:13

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Hey guys! I found this page today, it gave me a few good laughs, I'd recommend checking out if you've got the time:

http://www.eskimo.com/~hottub/software/programming_quotes.html

A few of my favorites...

Quote: "The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time."

Quote: "Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning."

Quote: "There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works"

Quote: ""C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows your whole leg off.""

Quote: "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs"

Enjoy!

-H4ck1d

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Chily Dog

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Posted: 10th Jan 2007 04:21 Edited at: 10th Jan 2007 04:21

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Quote: "It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."

Oh no!

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Grog Grueslayer

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Posted: 10th Jan 2007 06:11

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If you make a program totally idiot-proof... only idiots will want to use it.

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Phaelax

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Posted: 10th Jan 2007 15:05 Edited at: 10th Jan 2007 15:15

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(2b || !2b) that is the question

"Java: write once, debug everywhere."

"Give me enough variables to work with, and I can probably do away with the notion of human free will."

And here's my favorite:
"Software is like sex: It's better when it's free." (Linus Torvalds)

Ok, last one:
"Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it." (Seymour Cray)

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Peter H

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Posted: 10th Jan 2007 17:33

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Quote: "Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else."

Quote: "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it."

ROFL

Quote: "Any fool can use a computer. Many do."

One man, one lawnmower, plenty of angry groundhogs.

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David R

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Posted: 10th Jan 2007 17:43

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Quote: "It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter."