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app103:
Gmail really sucks
I cannot send a ZIP file
Blame the EXE
-Renegade (November 16, 2007, 07:36 PM)
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Gmail is OK
I can send an EXE
try in a RAR file
-app103 (November 16, 2007, 07:56 PM)
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Emailed with my mail
Using my own mail server
Next time I'll use RAR :)

-Renegade (November 16, 2007, 08:13 PM)
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Gmail's scanners fail
when seeing inside a rar
everything slips through  ;)

this is some old news
AOL discovery
they use mcafee

Josh:
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket in a port,
and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort,
and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash,
then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!!

If the label on the cable on the table at your house
says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol,
that's repeatedly rejected by the printer! down the hall,

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse;
then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk,
and the macro code instructions cause unnecessary risk,
then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mom!

app103:
This is a known fact
McAfee can't scan a rar
It will always fail

On older pc's
It will cause it to freeze up
When a rar is found

Just a rar icon
Is enough to cause trouble
Just being on screen

Switched to AVG
Put an end to my problems
No more freezing up

AVG's now bad
Because they make the popups
Now need new AV

Ralf Maximus:
Kind of a rhyming Homeric epic, maybe as run through a Dr.Suess filter...

WHAT THE USERS WANTED

The Users all clamored
For more features they were enamored

The Marketing team listened well
And conjured up a design from hell

The Analysts cringed; their bile they swallowed
Where Marketing tread, the Suits, they followed

So it fell to Designers, weak yet proud
To stem the craptitude from the crowd

They toiled for days, or maybe an hour
The Suits & Marketing grew ever sour

But finally the work was done! A design but completed
Now on to Development, who knew they'd be defeated

By ridiculous plans in shortened time
Stepping over dollars to save a dime

Yet worked they did, their code flew true
And compiled fine, the first time too

And when the code was declared "Complete!"
The Marketers and Suits arose to their feet

And trod in to view the final build,
Born of their sweat and fever thrilled

Upon reviewing it the Marketeers rebelled!
They stood on chairs, waved fists, and yelled!

"We gave you designs most complete,
And yet you deliver this unsavory treat

"There's NOTHING here from marketing studies
Nor tools used from our partner-buddies!

"You've ignored our plans, despite our work...
Explain yourself, you stupid jerk!"

The lead developer, he stood alone
Lord of code, he had no throne

He stood and blinked, his throat he cleared
And what he said, the Coders cheered:

"My friends, my buds, my coworkers in hell
We heeded your words, we listened well

"But what we heard was left unsaid
The things within the users' head

"You asked for jewels on golden strings
But really, all THEY wanted were simple things

"A program that works, and does it reliably
Reports that report, without the calliope

"Simple screens that save real fast
A load-time so short you can't sense it pass

"These are the things to the game we bring,
Without the foorah, the claptrap, the razzle, the bling

"So if you don't like it, I can see by the clock
I'm out of time so you can suck my--

"Wait!" said a Suit.  "You discarded our reams?
You listened but intuited the users own dreams?

"You anticipated their needs, their wants?
I think you're a bunch of arrogant--

"Wait" said a user, who'd snuck in the back
"I think you're much too quick to attack

"Indeed they have sussed our wanton desires!
Your designs should be used to light funeral pyres

"You MUST release this thing, it is mostly profound
I daresay it'll be the best thing around."

Marketing & Suits, they were shocked silent.
Their urges sublimed, else they'd go violent.

The User was right, it pained them to see.
But there was one thing more right, importantly...

The user had money that the Suits wanted
If they would pay for features most stunted...

Who were they to rain on the parade?
When lemons are given, make lemonaide!

"Of course you are right," a Suit interjected
Internally counting the money soon collected

"We'll put this new version into production immediatly
That's the best and easiest route to make you happy

"As for these guys," to the Coders the Suit gestured
The Coders were thrilled, their shares might be vested!

"This is their last project here, you see
We're liquidating the group and going overseas!"

The news was a disaster!  The Coders deflated
Their plans all athwarted, their futures debated

But finally the lead Coder knew a thing he could say,
Some profound words of wisdom that would carry the day.

He stood high on his chair so that all could hear
The Coders applauded but stifled a cheer

He cleared his throat, and these words he did say:
"Fuck you."

tranglos:
Inspirational!
Thread about haikus breeds more
at link's other end

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=10861.msg86058#msg86058

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