Comments on: Bohrbugs: OpenOffice.org won’t print on Tuesdays

By: Matt Zimmerman: Bohrbugs: OpenOffice.org won’t print on Tuesdays

Matt Zimmerman: Bohrbugs: OpenOffice.org won’t print on Tuesdays — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:10:06 +0000

[...] on Planet Debian: a discussion of a recent Ubuntu bug. This is one of my favorite bugs of all time: Ubuntu bug #248619, where OpenOffice.org won’t [...]

By: tys lefering (twlevo) 's status on Monday, 07-Sep-09 08:37:34 UTC - Identi.ca

tys lefering (twlevo) 's status on Monday, 07-Sep-09 08:37:34 UTC - Identi.ca — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:37:37 +0000

[...] Bohrbugs: OpenOffice.org won’t print on Tuesdays, silly http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/08/15/bohrbugs-openoffice-org-wont-print-on-tuesdays/ [...]

By: Funeyh links worth a while | dingleberry.me

Funeyh links worth a while | dingleberry.me — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:38:11 +0000

[...] OpenOffice.org won’t print on Tuesdays [...]

By: Matt Zimmerman

Matt Zimmerman — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:54:19 +0000

No, it was a bug introduced unintentionally in file(1), a program used to guess the type of a file based on its contents. The file in question contained a date, and when the date included the string “Tue”, this was close enough to confuse the program into thinking it was a different type of file. The type database contained a pattern which was too general.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:27:47 +0000

The tuesday thing sounds like some remnant of an easter egg, or a leftover debugging trick from long ago.

By: Earle Martin

Earle Martin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:41:44 +0000

On behalf of the generation of programmers that followed in your footsteps, and indeed as an admirer of the space program, thank you for sharing this with us.

By: conor

conor — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:17:17 +0000

“We start to doubt our senses, or the person who is reporting their observations.”

it’s my experience that a developers _first_ instinct is to doubt the person reporting the issue. then again, i work QA at a for-profit software company, so most developers are there for the paycheck rather than a love of the product.

By: Samus

Samus — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:54:50 +0000

As someone who writes software I readily admit to a low tolerance for buggy software – they piss me off.

In the last six years or so, the most upset I get is while using Open Office. It’s absolutely amazing how many basic usability issues that POS program has. It’s pitiful! It’s just barely competent, IMO.

Makes you want to post nasty rants really giving it to the monkeys responsible, but then you remember it’s open source.

By: Jason Brooks (jasonbrooks) 's status on Monday, 17-Aug-09 21:33:53 UTC - Identi.ca

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:34:09 +0000

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By: Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch) 's status on Monday, 17-Aug-09 21:23:55 UTC - Identi.ca

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:24:00 +0000

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