rambo wrote:
Conosticator said:
Must be a bunch of techno-neophytes here.
Ah shucks. My two degrees in engineering were all for nought, then.
That isn't a BUG. That is a FEATURE.
I know your joking, but I'll offer a rebuttal anyway :) When the program doesn't function as intended due to programming error, it is called a bug. The way to fix it is simple if you have the source code or the base file. One uses the following format:
if
int((n+1)/8) == (n+1)/8
then
p = (n+1)/8;
else
p = 1 + int((n+1)/8);
where n is the number of responses and p is the number of pages. The programmer must have accidentally omitted the "+1" in the numerator.
The programmer that created that FEATURE was rewarded with a nice cushy job creating "FEATURES" for Microsoft Vista. Rumor has it that he has been very successful...
LOL!!! Agreed. Microsoft Windows has been referred to by many a Linux-junkie as the largest virus ever made. Sadly, its still easier to use than Linux.
Two engineering degrees. Must be a glutton for punishment.
My experience being in the Honors Program and a CS major at BYU was that the most helpful class I ever survived was a technical writing course. The next most helpful was a house wiring class I took for fun. In the 28 years I have spent as a software developer since I finished my BSCS curriculum at BYU, I have found little beyond Dr. Ashton's introductory programming concepts class that transferred to a real world work environment.
Currently I start a 15-month contract position next monday as the software architect for a Boeing 737 flight simulator being built for a airline pilot training facility under construction in India. I'll be looking to hire a few experienced software developers with C/C++, Qt, graphics, Linux, Windows, & etc. Experience with flight dynamics, control laws, DO-178B standards, is highly desirable.
