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**appabessy** · 12-08-2009, 06:32 PM

Want to borrow a firearm?

**Inenuedbabnor** · 12-08-2009, 06:35 PM

One of these contractors (a guy who immigrated here from India) was to make a simple web service that responded with a simple text string only (a JSON array, if you know what that is). I told him this many times, and it's clearly defined in the specs I gave him: JUST return the string, nothing else -- no HTML, no formatting, etc.

He took ONE WEEK to implement this service that would LITERALLY take me 5 to 10 mins to implement, and it's a full out HTML page. It's got a page title, it's got a header (h1) that says 'Welcome to the web service!'. The text string I wanted is then below the header. Below that is another text string that literally says 'Come visit us again!'. Are you ****ing kidding me? He essentially put a "Thank you, come again" footer on the ****ing web service.

Holy ****. My head is killing me.

**vNZsk39B** · 12-08-2009, 06:36 PM

He also said he couldn't find a Java-based JSON library to read/write to/from JSON to Java, so he apparently wrote his own buggy implementation with a String Tokenizer. With 2-3 seconds of searching I gave him a link to no less than over a dozen free, open source JSON to Java conversion libraries. All he'd have to do is include them and make a simple function call!

**Enalsebeerkawl** · 12-08-2009, 06:39 PM

Want to borrow a firearm?

FWIW, this is why Canada has strict gun control laws.

**IntinyBut** · 12-08-2009, 06:46 PM

No, Britain has strict gun control laws. We have "strict" gun control laws only relative to the US.

**Cemeuncex** · 12-08-2009, 06:50 PM

I found some dude who wrote a compiler for his ph.d using over three hundred data structures. "This tree is slightly faster when you access it in this order, this other tree is slightly faster when you access it in this other order, there's at least another dozen trees like this folks!"

**loolitoertego** · 12-08-2009, 06:56 PM

You are officially the second-worst poster.

**viawbambutt** · 12-08-2009, 06:57 PM

You are officially the second-worst poster.

Awwww...

Who do I have to beat?

**Endatrybeeddy** · 12-08-2009, 07:04 PM

Holy ****. My head is killing me.

cool

**CialisBestPrice** · 12-08-2009, 08:39 PM

I suppose I could edit that but won't.

**plaiskegizils** · 12-08-2009, 08:40 PM

I have no idea what he's talking about, but I think it's funny. Anytime Asher is annoyed by stupidity I think an angel gets it's wing, or a fairy is born, or a gremlin explodes or something.

**weightpillsnow** · 12-08-2009, 08:40 PM

The CG spirit.

**Flirigor** · 12-08-2009, 10:13 PM

This guy was Indian (which was funny given his "Visit us again" footer), but he's also just very stupid.

There's even more to his stupidity today. But I'm too exhausted to type it out.

**salomal-qask** · 12-08-2009, 10:28 PM

This guy was Indian (which was funny given his "Visit us again" footer), but he's also just very stupid.

There's even more to his stupidity today. But I'm too exhausted to type it out.

I had a strange thing happen to me today. I have received a functional specification from our Indian contractors to review, and it made sense. Mostly because 95% of it was my requirements specification copied verbatim, but the remaining five also made sense. I'm either impressed or alarmed.

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12-08-2009, 06:35 PM	#2
Inenuedbabnor Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 411 Senior Member	One of these contractors (a guy who immigrated here from India) was to make a simple web service that responded with a simple text string only (a JSON array, if you know what that is). I told him this many times, and it's clearly defined in the specs I gave him: JUST return the string, nothing else -- no HTML, no formatting, etc. He took ONE WEEK to implement this service that would LITERALLY take me 5 to 10 mins to implement, and it's a full out HTML page. It's got a page title, it's got a header (h1) that says 'Welcome to the web service!'. The text string I wanted is then below the header. Below that is another text string that literally says 'Come visit us again!'. Are you **ing kidding me? He essentially put a "Thank you, come again" footer on the ing web service. Holy **. My head is killing me. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2009, 06:36 PM	#3
vNZsk39B Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	He also said he couldn't find a Java-based JSON library to read/write to/from JSON to Java, so he apparently wrote his own buggy implementation with a String Tokenizer. With 2-3 seconds of searching I gave him a link to no less than over a dozen free, open source JSON to Java conversion libraries. All he'd have to do is include them and make a simple function call! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Enalsebeerkawl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	Want to borrow a firearm? FWIW, this is why Canada has strict gun control laws. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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IntinyBut Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	No, Britain has strict gun control laws. We have "strict" gun control laws only relative to the US. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Cemeuncex Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 407 Senior Member	I found some dude who wrote a compiler for his ph.d using over three hundred data structures. "This tree is slightly faster when you access it in this order, this other tree is slightly faster when you access it in this other order, there's at least another dozen trees like this folks!" Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2009, 08:40 PM	#11
plaiskegizils Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 549 Senior Member	I have no idea what he's talking about, but I think it's funny. Anytime Asher is annoyed by stupidity I think an angel gets it's wing, or a fairy is born, or a gremlin explodes or something. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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weightpillsnow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	The CG spirit. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2009, 10:13 PM	#13
Flirigor Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	This guy was Indian (which was funny given his "Visit us again" footer), but he's also just very stupid. There's even more to his stupidity today. But I'm too exhausted to type it out. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2009, 10:28 PM	#14
salomal-qask Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	This guy was Indian (which was funny given his "Visit us again" footer), but he's also just very stupid. There's even more to his stupidity today. But I'm too exhausted to type it out. I had a strange thing happen to me today. I have received a functional specification from our Indian contractors to review, and it made sense. Mostly because 95% of it was my requirements specification copied verbatim, but the remaining five also made sense. I'm either impressed or alarmed. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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