> > If I see "@returns id integer The ID" one more time I'll be tempted to throw my monitor out the window.
> I honestly believe we're in a dire need for a more up-to-date metaphor that lets us express our anger at a computer, due to monitors becoming paper thin and lightweight in the past decade or so.
My experience may not be representative, but I believe I have encountered variants of "hurl the keyboard at the monitor" more often than "monitor out the window".
> I honestly believe we're in a dire need for a more up-to-date metaphor that lets us express our anger at a computer, due to monitors becoming paper thin and lightweight in the past decade or so.
My experience may not be representative, but I believe I have encountered variants of "hurl the keyboard at the monitor" more often than "monitor out the window".
OTOH, that phrase doesn't account for laptops.