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Sixteen Hints That Your Program Might be Buggy

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As those of you who have read the blog know, I have a small start-up web application that I think is really cool. I'm still doing programming, management, and technology consulting, but I am also writing this program and doing user support. In the interest of sharing with you some of what I've learned, here are SIXTEEN HINTS THAT YOUR PROGRAM MIGHT BE BUGGY

  1. Your Last Sign-Up Was Put In The Witness Protection Program
  2. There Are People With Torches Outside Your Op Center
  3. Your Release Numbers Have Their Own Dewey Decimal System
  4. The Pope Makes An Appeal For You To Stop Programming
  5. They Burn Effigies Of You On The Nightly News
  6. Your Users Have Started Their Own Hate-You Website
  7. Iraqi Insurgents Are Trying To Send Free Copies Of Your Program To Donald Rumsfeld
  8. Your Helpdesk Tickets Look Like Suicide Notes
  9. Your Program Has Its Own Special Section On Wiki Under "POS"
  10. Your Bug Resolution Options Include "Lawyering Up"
  11. When Surveyed For New Features, Your Users Ask For a 'Self-Destruct' Option
  12. The Only Person That Comes To Your Annual User-Appreciation Picnic Is Your Mother
  13. You and Your User Support Group Is Asked To Appear On Jerry Springer
  14. People Make Special Trips To Defecate On Your House
  15. Your Bug Criticality Selection Has Three Choices: Severe, Life Threatening, and Flee-To-Mexico
  16. Dr. Phil Attacks You At The Mall With One Of Your Shrink-Wrap Boxes
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Clever list :) You should post this at www.dzone.com, a digg-like site specifically for developers.

Thanks. I'll give it a shot. I appreciate the help!

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