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	<title>Comments on: Dead bug funeral&#160;Kit</title>
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		<title>By: evilrooster</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/dead-bug-funeral-kit-1.html#comment-103435</link>
		<dc:creator>evilrooster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Note to self - do parodies &lt;em&gt;faster&lt;/em&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note to self &#8211; do parodies <em>faster</em>.</p>
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		<title>By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/dead-bug-funeral-kit-1.html#comment-103476</link>
		<dc:creator>Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Evilrooster FTW!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Evilrooster FTW!</p>
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		<title>By: thepez</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/dead-bug-funeral-kit-1.html#comment-102967</link>
		<dc:creator>thepez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow.  I used to perform live burials of ants in beer and soda cans as kid living in West Texas.  Now I find out I could be making money marketing that twisted compulsion. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow.  I used to perform live burials of ants in beer and soda cans as kid living in West Texas.  Now I find out I could be making money marketing that twisted compulsion. </p>
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		<title>By: franko</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/dead-bug-funeral-kit-1.html#comment-103002</link>
		<dc:creator>franko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;m with you, thepez -- why the hell didn&#039;t *i* think of this??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m with you, thepez &#8212; why the hell didn&#8217;t *i* think of this??</p>
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		<title>By: larisa0001</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/dead-bug-funeral-kit-1.html#comment-103042</link>
		<dc:creator>larisa0001</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is great!  The next fly I swat will get a grand burial, complete with eulogy.  I&#039;m not sure I need the kit for it; I think it will be a more meaningful event if it does not come from a prefabricated kit.  I can write the eulogy myself.  My fellow mourners and I will weep copiously.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is great!  The next fly I swat will get a grand burial, complete with eulogy.  I&#8217;m not sure I need the kit for it; I think it will be a more meaningful event if it does not come from a prefabricated kit.  I can write the eulogy myself.  My fellow mourners and I will weep copiously.</p>
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		<title>By: benzle</title>
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		<dc:creator>benzle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, I think this would be perfect for those jerks over at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.JapaneseBugFights.com&quot;&gt;Japanese bug fights web site&lt;/a&gt;, is this really just a coincidence BoingBoing?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, I think this would be perfect for those jerks over at the <a href="http://www.JapaneseBugFights.com">Japanese bug fights web site</a>, is this really just a coincidence BoingBoing?</p>
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		<title>By: nolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>nolly</dc:creator>
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		<description>But what about the eulogy for subtly wrong code? Or blatantly wrong, what-were-they-thinking code?  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But what about the eulogy for subtly wrong code? Or blatantly wrong, what-were-they-thinking code?  </p>
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		<title>By: Cory Doctorow</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/dead-bug-funeral-kit-1.html#comment-103618</link>
		<dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Evilrooster, you are as a god to me!</description>
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		<title>By: evilrooster</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/dead-bug-funeral-kit-1.html#comment-103116</link>
		<dc:creator>evilrooster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nolly @5:

Here you go.


Refactoring Bob changed the line
if &lt;em&gt;i !&gt; x do&lt;/em&gt; to
if &lt;em&gt;i &lt; x do&lt;/em&gt;.  Looked fine
When he ran a use case or two.

He checked the change in as &quot;all tested,
Compiled and ready to ship!&quot;
Though QA complained and protested,
The deadlines weren&#039;t subject to slip.

The system looked fine throughout beta
And Wired said its future was bright.
But then, with the userbase greater*,
A cluster of faults came to light.

The bug reports soon flooded in;
The system phoned home in distress.
Support found their patience wear thin,
Till management queried &quot;the mess&quot;.

Retesting to track down the glitch
Was run, and it soon stood revealed:
The use case &lt;em&gt;(i = x)&lt;/em&gt; which
Inadequate tests had concealed.

A fix was soon made and compiled
And users, their systems now patched,
Then found their results reconciled.
And thus was this code bug despatched.

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* An evil rhyme, but it had to be done</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nolly @5:</p>
<p>Here you go.</p>
<p>Refactoring Bob changed the line<br />
if <em>i !&gt; x do</em> to<br />
if <em>i &lt; x do</em>.  Looked fine<br />
When he ran a use case or two.</p>
<p>He checked the change in as &#8220;all tested,<br />
Compiled and ready to ship!&#8221;<br />
Though QA complained and protested,<br />
The deadlines weren&#8217;t subject to slip.</p>
<p>The system looked fine throughout beta<br />
And Wired said its future was bright.<br />
But then, with the userbase greater*,<br />
A cluster of faults came to light.</p>
<p>The bug reports soon flooded in;<br />
The system phoned home in distress.<br />
Support found their patience wear thin,<br />
Till management queried &#8220;the mess&#8221;.</p>
<p>Retesting to track down the glitch<br />
Was run, and it soon stood revealed:<br />
The use case <em>(i = x)</em> which<br />
Inadequate tests had concealed.</p>
<p>A fix was soon made and compiled<br />
And users, their systems now patched,<br />
Then found their results reconciled.<br />
And thus was this code bug despatched.</p>
<p>&#8212;-<br />
* An evil rhyme, but it had to be done</p>
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