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A CHRISTMAS TALE
One particular Christmas a long time ago,
Santa was getting ready for his annual trip ...
but there were problems everywhere.
Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves
did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones,
so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of
being behind schedule. Then, Mrs. Claus told him
that her Mom was coming to visit.
This stressed Santa even more. Then when he went to
harness the Reindeer, he found three of them were
about to give birth and two had jumped the fence and
were out, heaven knows where. More Stress......
Then when he began to load the sleigh one of the boards
cracked and the toy bag fell to the ground, and
scattered the toys.
So, frustrated, Santa went back into the house for a
cup of coffee and a shot of whiskey. When he went to
the cupboard, he discovered the elves had hid the
liquor and there was nothing to drink. In his
frustration, he accidentally dropped the coffee pot
and it broke into hundreds of little pieces all over
the kitchen floor.
He went to get the broom and found that mice had
eaten the straw it was made from. Just then, the
doorbell rang and Santa cussed his way to the door.
He opened the door and there was a little angel with
great big Christmas Tree.
The angel said, very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas
Santa. Isn't it just a lovely day? I have a
beautiful tree for you. Isn't it just a lovely tree?
Where would you like me to stick it?"
Thus began the tradition of the little angel on top
of the Christmas tree.
THE TWELVE BUGS OF CHRISTMAS
At the first bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
See if they can do it again.
At the second bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the third bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the fourth bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the fifth bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the sixth bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Reinstall the software
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the seventh bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the eighth bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the ninth bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the tenth bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the eleventh bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Say it's not supported
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
At the twelfth bug of Christmas, my tech lead said to me
Tell them it's a feature
Say it's not supported
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
*** ASK FOR A DUMP ***
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it ... and
See if they can do it again.
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