My log of service under Queiba Command

Monday, March 31, 2008

Loadus Interruptus

If there's one thing I hate more than that central computer network Queiba Command started making us use last month, it's the software we run on it. The programs are full of useless controls that make things go completely haywire if you hit them at the wrong time.

A screen full of mission reports is loading from the database. You try to expand one. It stops the rest of the list from loading. Now you have to exit the report viewer and restart it (which takes forever, of course, because of network delay). The short answer is not to touch the controls until something has fully loaded.

There's only one problem with that advice, though: Programs on our computers don't have progress indicators. You can't tell if it's one report left to load or one thousand. Chalk it up to the overpaid, incompetent programmers Queiba Command has write our computer programs. They probably don't know try{...}catch{...} from if{...}else{...}, and certainly don't know what a progress indicator is.

Sometimes I wish I could go back to Headquarters and write the software, instead of using it. I know Queiba Command would never approve my transfer, though. I guess I'll just stay out here, writing reports on the ridiculous interstellar computer network and avoiding skirmishes with the Rorbulans.

About me

I am Commander Nemulo of the Qlaque, a grade-2 light cruiser meant primarily for light patrolling of the border. Note the word "meant". Not "used". Important distinction there that is lost on my superiors. But I digress.
I am cynical and have no patience for stupidity. I'm a member of the Qrab political system, and fully support their doings and conspiracies.
This blog is the story of my "ship" and my crew on our mission to do whatever my hare-brained superiors (with all due respect) request.

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