[ wp ] you are developing a recording software . you want to test out how it handles bugs so you input a negative recording time . the software outputs the words `` what the fuck ? '' . Out of surprise you say `` what the fuck ? `` .

“ Sam! Holy crap, get your ass in here now! ” yelled Rachel, hands quivering over the keyboard. 
 
 “ Oh my god, ” Sam said as he tumbled into the room so fast he knocked over a chair. “ Did you wipe the servers? Please tell me you didn ’ t, I haven ’ t backed it up in… ” 
 
 “ Just shut up and watch. ” 
 
 Rachel ’ s fingers darted frenziedly as she keyed in “ -30 seconds ” into the console. 
 
 “ That doesn ’ t make sense, Rach. The software only accepts positive integers. If it ’ s negative it will hang – what the hell? ” 
 
 The words “ GUYS HAVE YOU HAD COFFEE DO YOU WANT ME TO GET SOME ON MY WAY OVER ” scrolled slowly on the screen, almost as if they were in defiance of the rising panic in the room. 
 
 “ Do you mean… ” 
 
 “ Yes, ” said Rachel, “ just wait and see. ” 
 
 30 seconds from the time Rachel punched her commands, Joel ’ s voice called out from the corridor as he read out, word for word, what was still flashing on the screen. 
 
 Rachel and Sam stared at each other, eyes wide as saucers. Slowly, determinedly, Rachel nodded, confirming what they were both thinking. 
 
 Rachel wiped her forehead. “ I think… I think it was the third subset code we put in yesterday. I lifted part of it from some other project we started but never finished. Maybe, it ’ s the interface between… ” 
 
 “ Who cares! ” shouted Sam. “ Who cares how you got it to work! Save the damn thing now, make sure we have triple backups! ” 
 
 They worked in silence, saving the code to every backup location they could find. Task completed, Rachel found her voice again. “ Hey… Let ’ s try 24 hours now, shall we? See how far it can go? ” 
 
 Sam nodded, and this time he was the one who keyed in the commands. 
 
 The machine whirred, harder than it ever had before. Then, the words started scrolling again, just as they did before. 
 
 “ … STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING WE WONT ASK TWICE FINE HAVE IT YOUR WAY AHHH NO SAM NO PLEASE THIS IS AHHH THEY SHOULD HAVE WALKED WHEN THEY HAD THE CHANCE… ” 
 
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