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Developers, developers, developers...

Developers, developers...

Developers.

And I'm not talking about the "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!" Steve Ballmer flavored version.

Oh, no, my friends.

It is with the sad and slow shaking back and forth of a lowered head, saying the words, practically whispering them.

I went into a Yahoo chat room today for developers.

Developers, developers, developers...

Oh, dear.

Everything was going swimmingly well. We were having a totally naive and off-topic "conversation" about politics. None of us really understood what we were talking about. It was mostly flames about how "these" people suck, and how "those" people suck. Just a lot of finger pointing. A way to pass the time.

And then somebody did it. I don't know why this always has to happen.

Person1: does nebody know to installl php!??!!

Person2: ./configure && make && make install

Person1: ok but on windoz?@

Person2: lOL windoze! d0id u have 2 use linix

Person1: but i wants .net????????

Person2: .net suz0rz u sux

That's actually a pretty typical exchange. But, more people eventually got into it (it's tough to resist the "My way is better than your way" argument).

When the argument heated up a bit, someone said that he didn't like .NET because he had seen a lot of bad .NET code.

I wonder when people will stop blaming the tools and/or circumstances...

The Writer: This pen only writes stupid words!

The Painter: These oils only paint pictures of clipper ships that get hung up in cheap hotels and rich people's homes!

The Assassin: It's not my fault! That gun shoots to the left!

The Prostitute: [I'd better just not say anything about this one]

The Blogger: This blogging tool only spits out posts about what I had for breakfast! I'm switching!

The Scantily Clad Female with Whorish Make-up: Gawd, I hate it when guys pick up on me! I wish they'd just leave me alone! I go topless and wear a thong in public because it's too hot outside - not because I want attention!

The Surgeon: The cutting thingy has a slippy handle! Don't sue me!

The Rolling Stones: Hey! These instruments keep writing the same damn songs over and over (and over (and over (and over (and over (and over)))))!

The Consumer: I hate this credit card! All it does is get me further in debt!

The Macho Idiot: These pick-up lines just get me slapped! Women don't like me because of these sh*tty pick-up lines!

The Prude: TV is rotting my mind! It's perverting my children! Oh, curse the damned Best Buy employee who forced me to buy this devil box!

Sun: It's Microsoft's fault that we suck!

The Brain: This thing keeps making bad decisions! It's its fault that I'm stupid!

That said, I think we're all guilty of this from time to time, but that doesn't mean we can't be hypocrites with double-standards and make fun of other people for doing it.

After Blog Mint [?] :

Happy 12th wedding anniversary, Sam :)

Published Sunday, May 16, 2004 4:28 PM by Rory

Filed Under: General

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	James D. Beine said: Rory wrote - "Sun: It's Microsoft's fault that we suck!" After reading that it took all of five minutes to stop choking for air, I laughed so hard. Thanks! ((RoryFan)JB).PostRating = 11; // on a 10 scale! May 16, 2004 11:23 PM
	Rory said: James - "After reading that it took all of five minutes to stop choking for air, I laughed so hard. Thanks!" Just having some fun... Glad you enjoyed it :) May 17, 2004 12:02 AM
	Scott Allen said: The Sun line is very funny. In fact, I snorted. I hope you don't mind I snorted on your blog. I'll try to control myself during future visits. May 17, 2004 1:09 AM
	Rory said: Scott - "I hope you don't mind I snorted on your blog." You are, of course, free to snort where and when you'd like, but I'm a little confused about something: I've always thought that snorting was an inhaling experience rather than an exhaling one, and you mentioned that you snorted "on" my blog. That makes it sound like you had an exhaling snort, which is a flavor of snorting with which I'm not familiar. As someone with a gigantic proboscis, this is the sort of thing that keeps me awake at night :) I want to get it straightened out (this matter - not my nose - my nose is perfectly straight)... May 17, 2004 3:41 AM
	Jason said: Fat Guy: "It's not my fault! It's McDonald's fault that I'm Super Sized! Damn them and their juicy Quarter Pounder." May 17, 2004 4:39 PM
	Davide Inglima - limaCAT said: Well, but in truth the fault of that developer channel people is that they don't see the truth: PHP sucks in its totality :D By the way, it's Rory in my blogroll that makes my blog suck! :D May 17, 2004 6:33 PM
	Rory said: limaCAT - "PHP sucks in its totality" AMEN, brother. People talk about how easy it is, but the work I've done with it has been horrible. Not horrible in the sense that it didn't work, but horrible in the sense that PHP is a total clusterfuck of a technology that doesn't bring anything good to the table. ASP/ASP.NET/Servlets/JSP/anything else - just don't make me do PHP work. After the first job I did with it, I refused to even take money for PHP coding. I think it's that awful. "By the way, it's Rory in my blogroll that makes my blog suck!" I just like to know I'm involved somewhere :) May 17, 2004 6:38 PM
	Scott Allen said: Rory: "That makes it sound like you had an exhaling snort, which is a flavor of snorting with which I'm not familiar." Ah, well, see, you caught me there. I was trying to make the experience sound more vulgar than it really was. Chalk it up to post-snorting lightheadedness. I assure you when I do snort (which is rare) - it is an inhale. May 18, 2004 12:09 AM
	Mark Freedman said: Finally! An explanation for the Rolling Stones! I knew there had to be a reason! Thanks for clarifying that for me :) May 18, 2004 1:44 AM
	Moog said: "This chisel is sharp at both ends" Sometimes it actually is the tools that are broken. May 19, 2004 5:41 PM
	Anonymous said: October 14, 2004 9:00 PM
	Anonymous said: October 14, 2004 9:00 PM
	TrackBack said: Sun's excuse, according to Neopoleon.com May 16, 2004 11:42 PM
	TrackBack said: Geek Notes 2004-05-16 May 17, 2004 2:44 AM
	TrackBack said: Take Outs for 16 May 2004 May 17, 2004 4:14 AM
	TrackBack said: Sun's excuse, according to Neopoleon.com May 17, 2004 12:05 PM
	TrackBack said: .NET Sucks! May 19, 2004 2:58 PM

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