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http://programmingexcuses.com/index.php?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11...

how did you get that id ?

it's an old bug ...OSVDB-12184

indeed :)

or easter egg http://programmingexcuses.com/index.php?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11...

  Actually, that's a feature

(One of the execuses)

  What did I tell you about using parts of the system you don't understand?

This got a smile out of me.

I would love a list of all the excuses, they look great in error pages. I made a quick script[1] to scrape the site, but that's not as nice as a plaintext file that could just be downloaded?

Edit: Here[2] is a complete list

1. https://gist.github.com/orf/87825a18e6685144ae3b

2. https://gist.github.com/orf/db8eb0aaddeea92dfcab

What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?

"Well, at least it displays a very pretty error"

plaintext from your script -> https://gist.github.com/fortytw2/78f5f9ef915cb43a3be4

My scrape results seem to have elicited a few more...

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/69e8ad93f9f6aba25c8d

It's missing Google's "That's an error. That's all we know."

"It's not a code problem - our users need more training"

Oh, yeah...

EDIT: the more I refresh this page the more I think it should be called excuses for lazy coders and designers:

You can't use that version on your system

You must have done something wrong

Why do you want to do it that way?

Anyway, it's a nice, painfully accurate collection ...

I worked with a developer who would say "it worked on my box" that meant it was gold and he refused to investigate further. He was connected to the CEO so there was little we could do except work around his bugs or ignore completely.

This is one more reason a continuous integration system is wonderful. If it works on a developer's box but breaks the integration, it's broken by definition. (No warranty is expressed or implied that the CEO will see it that way, of course!)

Are they really excuses? Most of them look pretty genuine.

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Seriously? :-)

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