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fury

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I saw this on stackoverflow while Googling for a C program that was shaped like a diamond and actually compiled and ran. Had a few laughs, mainly because some of the comments these guys write hit so close to home :p I frequently have no idea what I coded after I coded it and sit there wondering WTF.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...ment-in-source-code-you-have-ever-encountered

A few of my favorites:

Code:
// 
// Dear maintainer:
// 
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// 
// total_hours_wasted_here = 39
//

Code:
/*
 * You may think you know what the following code does.
 * But you dont. Trust me.
 * Fiddle with it, and youll spend many a sleepless
 * night cursing the moment you thought youd be clever
 * enough to "optimize" the code below.
 * Now close this file and go play with something else.
 */

Code:
 /**
   * This method leverages collective synergy to drive "outside of the box"
   * thinking and formulate key objectives into a win-win game plan with a
   * quality-driven approach that focuses on empowering key players to drive-up
   * their core competencies and increase expectations with an all-around
   * initiative to drive down the bottom-line. I really wanted to work the word
   * "mandrolic" in there, but that word always makes me want to punch myself in
   * the face.
   */
private void updateFileCountLabel() {
 
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