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[modenaf1]

I have an idea to keep down the number of bug reports and support requests like this. When you try to download a CVS snapshot, you have to pass a little 10-question test with obvious answers (like "What is the name of this solar system's star?") in multiple choice. But in that little test, have one question randomly inserted saying "What did the CVS agreement say about asking for support?"

Well, he just said thye dont need any more agreements or something, but still it would hold down on all of the support questions.

BTW, I figured it out, I reisntalled mysql and now I can get the snapshots to work! I had tried just getting a normal verison of phpBB2.0 and that didnt work so it led me to beleive it was the server.

[imeyer]

Imagine your friend telling you every time he gets a new copy that this is broken, that is broken, and you really should have done something in some other way than you did.

Maybe you need to re-evaluate your friendship with that person then!

In all seriousness though, people can download the CVS version of my project but I don't give support and if anyone says anything, I ignore them. Maybe I'll take note of what they said, but I usually just ignore them.

[Roberdin]

I'd just say "That's great, really is... I have another buggy pre-release version I want you to beta test for me. Note all the bugs you can find ok? It's called Windows." That should keep em busy for a while

[imeyer]

I'd just say "That's great, really is... I have another buggy pre-release version I want you to beta test for me. Note all the bugs you can find ok? It's called Windows." That should keep em busy for a while

Ha. That's funny. Sad thing is I can't think of any piece of software that doesn't have a bug in it. Which raises the question, if there is a bug and it hasn't been found, is it still a bug?

[Klors]

I'd just say "That's great, really is... I have another buggy pre-release version I want you to beta test for me. Note all the bugs you can find ok? It's called Windows." That should keep em busy for a while

Ha. That's funny. Sad thing is I can't think of any piece of software that doesn't have a bug in it. Which raises the question, if there is a bug and it hasn't been found, is it still a bug?

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<?php
if ($bug = 'found')
{
    echo $bug;
}
else
{
    echo $bug;
}
?>

This piece of code will give you the answer. All you have to do is figure out how to get it to evaluate to false.

Maybe try a quantum computer. In theory that should give you both results at once.

(PS note it's intentional that it's written as an assignment not a comparison)

[imeyer]

I'd just say "That's great, really is... I have another buggy pre-release version I want you to beta test for me. Note all the bugs you can find ok? It's called Windows." That should keep em busy for a while

Ha. That's funny. Sad thing is I can't think of any piece of software that doesn't have a bug in it. Which raises the question, if there is a bug and it hasn't been found, is it still a bug?

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<?php
if ($bug = 'found')
{
    echo $bug;
}
else
{
    echo $bug;
}
?>

This piece of code will give you the answer. All you have to do is figure out how to get it to evaluate to false.

Maybe try a quantum computer. In theory that should give you both results at once.

(PS note it's intentional that it's written as an assignment not a comparison)

Well going by Schroedinger's cat paradox, wouldn't the result be both until it was observed?

[Klors]

Hence the need for a quantum computer to observe both outcomes at the same time so that the observation of the event doesn't alter the outcome.

[Roberdin]

You could rewrite the php parser to include $bug as some sort of constant as "Non Found".

(Yes I like to be difficult)

[imeyer]

Hence the need for a quantum computer to observe both outcomes at the same time so that the observation of the event doesn't alter the outcome.

In theory, isn't that impossible, because you're still observing, even if it is on the quantum level.

But I may be wrong, I'm stuck in a holographic universe.

[Klors]

By jove! I do believe you've solved the eternal question of Schroedinger's cat paradox. I take it that you are postulating that the initial paradox question was in fact malformed and that we should re-pose the question as...

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<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
define('BUG', 'Not found');

if (BUG = 'found')
{
    echo $bug;
}
else
{
    echo $bug;
}
?>

and in so doing find that the cat is neither alive nor dead, but that it is in fact a "Parse error: parse error in /home/klors/www/schroedinger.php on line 5".

So I would then presume that you are hinting to us that it is in fact the universe that is mutable and not the cat. That the cat is a constant and we should redefine our view of the universe to include the cat in its non-variable form of mere existance rather than viewing it as an alive/dead variable.

Very interesting.