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Top 20 replies by Programmers to Testers when their programs don't work:

    20."That's weird..."
    19. "It's never done that before."
    18. "It worked yesterday."
    17. "How is that possible?"
    16. "It must be a hardware problem."
    15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?"
    14. "There is something funky in your data."
    13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!"
    12. "You must have the wrong version."
    11. "It's just some unlucky coincidence."
    10. "I can't test everything!"
    9. "THIS can't be the source of THAT."
    8. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
    7. "Somebody must have changed my code."
    6. "Did you check for a virus on your system?"
    5. "Even though it doesn't work, how does it feel?
    4. "You can't use that version on your system."
    3. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
    2. "Where were you when the program blew up?"


And the Number One Reply by Programmers when their programs don't
work:

    1. "It works on my machine"

I must admit, I have used a few of those

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Originally posted by Ahmz_055

    18. "It worked yesterday."

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i use that one a bit

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Originally posted by Ahmz_055
1. "It works on my machine"

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thats the best

what about

'Who actually uses windows 9x?'

and you also missed out "its not a bug, its a feature"

Sounds like the beta testing forum

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Originally posted by Pipish
Sounds like the beta testing forum

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Originally posted by Ahmz_055
20."That's weird..."
    19. "It's never done that before."
    18. "It worked yesterday."
    17. "How is that possible?"
    16. "It must be a hardware problem."
    15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?"
    14. "There is something funky in your data."
    13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!"
    12. "You must have the wrong version."
    11. "It's just some unlucky coincidence."
    10. "I can't test everything!"
    9. "THIS can't be the source of THAT."
    8. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
    7. "Somebody must have changed my code."
    6. "Did you check for a virus on your system?"
    5. "Even though it doesn't work, how does it feel?
    4. "You can't use that version on your system."
    3. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
    2. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
    1. "It works on my machine"

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Seriously
Many of them were what i would imagine that someone would say
Really good

lol i normally use "works for me and xxx so the problem must be you " which is basicly the "it works on my machine" one

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Originally posted by -dt-
lol i normally use "works for me and xxx so the problem must be you " which is basicly the "it works on my machine" one

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thats the equivalent of "the problem lies between your screen and your chair"