This is just my handy tip for all of you aspiring programmers out there. Never, ever, EVER hardcode your personal contact information into your applications.
About 6 years ago, I wrote a Windows Service at my last job. If that service encounters an error, it logs it in a text file. However, if it can't access that file, it sends a text message to my phone. Which, was pretty handy at the time, because I would be alerted immediately if things went wrong.
BUT...
It's now 6 years later, and they're still running that service... And it's still got my cell phone number hardcoded into it...
So, when the server apparently went down last night, I got a text message every 2 SECONDS for 5 HOURS! ...Fuck. This has happened a few times now, and trust me, I've learned my lesson.
I hope each and every one of you can learn from my epic failure. /facepalm
Hardcoding, FOR THE LOSE
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Netwatcher
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Re: Hardcoding, FOR THE LOSE
oh dear XD 
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How will you fix that?
...How will you fix that?
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Re: Hardcoding, FOR THE LOSE
I hope this service is just on one server! You may want to give these guys a call and provide them with v2.0 of that service.
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Re: Hardcoding, FOR THE LOSE
I had them kill the service. It's not something they use anymore. Thank god. Otherwise, I would have volunteered my time to fix it. 
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ismetteren
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Re: Hardcoding, FOR THE LOSE
Well I never would have thought of doing that, even good sounding ideas often take a turn for the worse...
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Poor Trufun.Falco Girgis wrote:It is imperative that I can broadcast my narcissistic commit strings to the Twitter! Tweet Tweet, bitches!
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Re: Hardcoding, FOR THE LOSE
Dude, that is absolutely hilarious!