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Bate
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Post by Bate »

I had something similar to this once.

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Post by slavik262 »

You haven't heard of ERROR_SUCCESS? :P It's used all the time in Windows.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... S.85).aspx
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Post by Bate »

So a "Fatal Error" title and a crashed program is correct behavior? Now it makes all sense to me :D
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Post by shadowslair »

Bate wrote:So a "Fatal Error" title and a crashed program is correct behavior? Now it makes all sense to me :D
Absolutely. Well, looks like the MS guys create an app, just to watch it crashing- the same way as a kid builds a tower of bricks just to enjoy crashing it at once... :lol:
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Post by DarkDepths »

slavik262 wrote:You haven't heard of ERROR_SUCCESS? :P It's used all the time in Windows.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... S.85).aspx
Oooohhhh.... so success is an error according to Windows.

Well that explains a lot!
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Post by ent1ty »

I think more would be explained, if error was a success :P
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Post by ent1ty »

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//I logged the only explanation left
IrrDevice->getLogger()->log("This species has amused itself to death!");
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EDIT: ok obviously no-one got it. Take a look here, the 4. and 3. line from bottom.
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Post by Sylence »

DarkDepths wrote:Oooohhhh.... so success is an error according to Windows.

Well that explains a lot!
Are you trying to be funny?
These codes are called error codes and are prefixed with "ERROR_"
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Post by Virion »

Sylence wrote:
DarkDepths wrote:Oooohhhh.... so success is an error according to Windows.

Well that explains a lot!
Are you trying to be funny?
These codes are called error codes and are prefixed with "ERROR_"
don't be so serious. this is a joke thread so obvious he is just joking. :D
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Post by serengeor »

Virion wrote:
Sylence wrote:
DarkDepths wrote:Oooohhhh.... so success is an error according to Windows.

Well that explains a lot!
Are you trying to be funny?
These codes are called error codes and are prefixed with "ERROR_"
don't be so serious. this is a joke thread so obvious he is just joking. :D
Oooh, so you're joking about that he is joking? :D
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Post by kazymjir »

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//todo-wojtek no comments
commentToSave.setComment(getComment(documentComment));
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Post by Virion »

serengeor wrote:
Virion wrote:
Sylence wrote: Are you trying to be funny?
These codes are called error codes and are prefixed with "ERROR_"
don't be so serious. this is a joke thread so obvious he is just joking. :D
Oooh, so you're joking about that he is joking? :D
you're now joking about me joking about he is joking. :x *infinite*
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Post by ACE247 »

So the number is either 7008000 if the last x is a multiply or 168 192 000 if its a variable for 24. :lol:
And I very much know what you mean with that software design joke, there are actually such clueless people. :(
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Post by ent1ty »

nice :D I liked it the telephone number. Although it's a little too easy, isn't it? I learned that at school when i was 12 or so. An they use := instead of = ... Reminds me of ...
*runs away* :lol:
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