Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Oh the woes of being a programmer
I'm a pretty good programmer, but as unexperienced as I am, I tend to make simple mistakes that take a while to fix at times.
This morning I came into the office for a conference call scheduled for 10am Eastern Time (turns out it was 10am PST), and I start coding. Naturally my patience level is worn thin by the fact that i am about 2 hours early into the office, but hey, that's the job. Hopefully I can be out of here by 4, but knowing how the dice rolls sometimes, I probably wont be out until 6.
I did have a very humorous moment (literally LOL sort of moment) and I feel it has already made my day. I am making iterative changes to my code and trying to see what the problems are. Sometimes I read my errors out loud to connect my brain to it a little quicker. Here is an error I just received:
"Service cannot be started. System.ArgumentException: The source 'PTGateway' is not registered in log 'Application'. (It is registered in log 'Appplication'.) "
I read this whole thing out and I actually end saying "Apppppppppppppppppppppplication." I laugh out loud - typos are the bane of programming woes. Any first year coder will have problems with semicolons, exact case sensitive keywords, and those sort of simple mistakes that the computer doesn't understand unless you do it exactly right.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Online Gamer Dies After 3 Day Online Marathon
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A 30 year-old Chinese internet user dropped dead after a three day online marathon at a local cybercafe.
“According to preliminary findings, the length of time this man spent online might have triggered heart problems,” the paper quoted a local hospital emergency medic in the city of Zhongshan as saying.
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That line seems really weird - it makes it seem like that he died because he was ONLINE for a long time, as if the status of being at a network-enabled computer increases the chance of personal physical damage. In reality, the thing that triggered the heart problems would be the lack of movement/sleep/healthy foods (of course, coupled with previous state of unhealthiness).
Comments below the article suggest:
"From sitting so long, there is chance of a thrombosis to occur and it blocks an artery and then your going to have a heart attack or stroke. Its the reason that you see suggestions of walking on a plane if your going to be on there for a long flight."
"its likely that he could have had a deep venous thrombosis, leading to a pulmonary embolism…less likely to actually cause an MI or stroke…but i’ve seen stranger things happen."
The article also mentions people in China are able to pay for their online gaming by donating blood as well, but it is a misinformed line. The article it references has a story where people could unlock their banned account by donating blood. I like the concept where someone's banned account is only forgiven with a donation. However, I fear that China's supply of usable blood will now be stricken with extremely high levels of energy drinks, sodas and cheetos.
Actually the best part of this article is the first comment below: "Did he drop any good loot?"
A 30 year-old Chinese internet user dropped dead after a three day online marathon at a local cybercafe.
“According to preliminary findings, the length of time this man spent online might have triggered heart problems,” the paper quoted a local hospital emergency medic in the city of Zhongshan as saying.
***********************
That line seems really weird - it makes it seem like that he died because he was ONLINE for a long time, as if the status of being at a network-enabled computer increases the chance of personal physical damage. In reality, the thing that triggered the heart problems would be the lack of movement/sleep/healthy foods (of course, coupled with previous state of unhealthiness).
Comments below the article suggest:
"From sitting so long, there is chance of a thrombosis to occur and it blocks an artery and then your going to have a heart attack or stroke. Its the reason that you see suggestions of walking on a plane if your going to be on there for a long flight."
"its likely that he could have had a deep venous thrombosis, leading to a pulmonary embolism…less likely to actually cause an MI or stroke…but i’ve seen stranger things happen."
The article also mentions people in China are able to pay for their online gaming by donating blood as well, but it is a misinformed line. The article it references has a story where people could unlock their banned account by donating blood. I like the concept where someone's banned account is only forgiven with a donation. However, I fear that China's supply of usable blood will now be stricken with extremely high levels of energy drinks, sodas and cheetos.
Actually the best part of this article is the first comment below: "Did he drop any good loot?"
Labels: games
what a weekend
Bozasm: hey
Bozasm: how'd your weekend go?
Jae Goo: it was alright
Jae Goo: cleaning my closet and vacuuming
Jae Goo: building my new fileserver with old p4 machine
Jae Goo: how about you
Bozasm: nice
Bozasm: went to visit my parents
Bozasm: and my dog ate my phone
Jae Goo: i told you, there's a reason why koreans eat dogs
Bozasm: nice
