New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific time.

[iMav]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

Ever heard of something called as software updates that companies can come out with & all you have to do is plug in your hardware 7 allow the PC to do the rest?

 

[Pat]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

Ever heard of something called as software updates that companies can come out with & all you have to do is plug in your hardware 7 allow the PC to do the rest?

Ever heard of a problem where the device does not get detected by the PC at all ? Due to shitty coding ??

 

[Faun]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

Ever heard of neanderthal practices applied blatantly by developers while coding for such devices

Leap years program is in 11th standard book...lol

 

[fun2sh]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

lol this was really a funny but serious Z2k

 

[Vishal Patil]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

microsoft!!!!!!! possible...

 

[abhinandh]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

BTW hers's the source code of the file that caused the bug

*pastie.org/349916

Offending function starts at line 249.

lololololol

look at line 263

if (days > 366) instead of if (days >= 366)

n00b coders.

source

 

[krazzy]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

If abhinandh can find the errors then it must be n00b coding.

 

[Faun]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

^^You know 90% of the world is run by idiots

 

[iMav]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

Ever heard of a problem where the device does not get detected by the PC at all ? Due to shitty coding ??

yeah. In this thread itself.

 

[x3060]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

brilliant coders...no wonder MS is planning for layoff

 

[freshseasons]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

Unlike Product reviews by the customers, software coding is mostly closed and hence not accountable.
Not until things like these happens!!!

 

[abhinandh]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

If abhinandh can find the errors then it must be n00b coding.

STFU , any student who passed 11th class can (you are an exception though) find that error.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Re: New year gift by Microsoft,ALL 1st Gen. Zune 30gb dead at exactly 12PM,pacific ti

I still think Zune 1G 30GB was the most VFM PMP ever launched and its too bad that its discontinued.
But the issue definitely IS troubling.