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Matt Johnson wrote:

> Mike McCarty wrote:

I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it
for you.


After reading your sig, I've used this line a couple
of times... Thanks. Made me chuckle.

It came to me one day after a particularly frustrating episode
involving a notorious time-waster at a company where I used
to work in the OS support group for an embedded proprietary
RTOS. I finally just blurted that out, and walked away from
the guy who kept insisting that there was something wrong
with the OS and/or debugger because he wasn't hitting a break
point in his code. After about 3 hours or so, of proving 16
ways from Sunday that the break wasn't being taken because
his program wasn't executing the code, I just couldn't take
any more.

One day, some time later, I had another experience with this
guy, and finally I just asked him "What do you want me to do?
Debug your program for you?" His answer, astoundingly, was
"Yes". I told him to call my manager and get him to assign me
to work on his app, and left.

On another occasion somewhat later, I had spent a few hours
once again proving that after he changed his program, and it
quit working, it wasn't because of a defect in the OS which
somehow magically appeared after he changed his program.
I asked him after getting frustrated what did he want me to
do. He said "I want that LED to turn green." We had red/green
LEDs which were red for "Out Of Service" and green for "In Service"
boards. I asked him "You want me to turn that LED green?"
"Yes!" he said.

Ok, I started up the debugger (which I was
also responsible for), and used the port I/O command to
set the bit in an I/O port which turned the LED green.
He was amazed! Just like that, I caused all the programs
to be started, and the board to be put into service!
He wanted me to tell him how I did it, so he could pass
along the wonderful information!

There are other stories just as bad I could tell about
this and other guys, but this probably isn't the place.

Sometimes, I'm amazed that any telephone calls at all
go through, given that there are people like him working
on the code.

Mike
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This message made from 100% recycled bits.
You have found the bank of Larn.
I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!



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