Considered harmful

Post technologies and techniques considered harmful, with a very short explanation/tag on why.

- Non-Unicode anything (charset hell, no support for some characters, exploitable, Americans and Japanese don't give a shit, etc.)
- C char type (signed, gives the false impression of being a character)
- Locales (hell, ambiguous, problematic, Americans don't give a shit, lack of standard)
- COBOL (shitty)
- Java (shitty)
- Current shell scripting (shitty)
- Goto (spaghetti code)
- Null-terminated strings (inefficient, non-binary)
- Variables with default value (i.e. read before assignment/definition yields null or some crap)
- Automatic string-int conversion (1+"1"=shit)
- PHP register globals and magic quotes
- Non-nesting quotes like " (quote escape hell, as opposed to Perl's q{}, q(), etc.)
- Lack of functions (as in Java, sometimes you need them)
- C standard library (OH EXPLOITABLE!)
- Obsessive generalization and overengineering (Java API: unusable, unproductive)
- XML obsession (people believe it works automagically, verbose, inefficient)
- FHS (shitty mess, can't manage applications, non-relocable, no several versions of applications)
- Windows Registry (shitty mess, hard to manage and repair, ugly)
- "Different on purpose" attitude in some GNAA projects (different from the good things too)
- Compile obsession (waste of time just to suck Richard Stallman's cock)
- Win32 API (NULL, NULL, NULL, hwnd, lpszLabel, ssdSecurityDescriptor)
- Lack of net neutrality (corporate fags, shitty Internet for everyone)
- Email (shitty naive protocol, best for spam, poor specs, can't be fixed)
- FTP (shitty protocol, control/data connection insanity, active/passive insanity, braindamaged send IP in protocol fucks with NAT)
- H.323 (braindamaged send IP in protocol fucks with NAT)
- MSIE (world exploit me, broken everything)
- Windows Vista (DRM OS, wasteful, shitty)
- DRM (shit, braindamaged)
- Media corporations (shit)
- HD-DVD (DRM)
- Blu-ray (DRM)
- Windows Media (DRM)
- iTunes (DRM)
- Software patents (American shit)
- Lawyers (no need to explain why)
- SCO (lawyers)

- Non-Unicode anything RULES (8 bits per character saves space!)
- C char type RULES (characters are SUPPOSED TO BE 8 BITS)
- Locales (illusion of care better than out and out saying I don't care)
- COBOL RULES (Very readable.)
- Java RULES (Cross-platform)
- Current shell scripting RULES (IT'S A SHELL NOT A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, GO SUCK POWERSHELL'S BALLS NIGGER)
- Goto RULES (sidesteps stack exploits)
- Null-terminated strings RULES (ANYTHING ELSE MIGHT BE INTERNALLY INCONSISTENT, i.e. stated length does not match actual length)
- Variables with default value RULES (one less statement I have to write)
- Automatic string-int conversion RULES (um, we use text-based data sometimes)
- PHP register globals and magic quotes RULES (i'm sure, haven't tried but i'm sure they rule)
- Non-nesting quotes like " RULES (they do!)
- Lack of functions RULES (stop programming like it's 1969)
- C standard library RULES (it's standard!)
- Obsessive generalization and overengineering RULES (helps economy)
- XML obsession RULES (pretty soon all data in world can be parsed with xml - I am a nazi)
- FHS RULES (SHORT NAMES and RUNNING MORE THAN ONE VERSION OF SHIT IS STUPID)
- Windows Registry RULES (<- Sorry, I can't even PRETEND to like the registry)
- "Different on purpose" attitude in some GNAA projects RULES (this is the fault of copyright and patent law)
- Compile obsession RULES (CFLAGS JUST KICKED IN YO)
- Win32 API RULES (What better way to force insecure applications on the public and open them up to vulnerabilites.  Not on my system though)
- Lack of net neutrality RULES (Turning the Internet into a big jewish controlled digital TV network is FUCK AWESOME if you're jewish like me)
- Email RULES (i like sending bulk messages)
- FTP RULES (dual channels help counter connection hijacking)
- H.323 RULES (NAT sucks)
- MSIE RULES (90% of world uses it)
- Windows Vista RULES (I like how the Autoplay function is in the Control panel now.)
- DRM RULES (Why should I have control over my own computer.  I clearly don't know what I'm doing)
- Media corporations RULES (WAR IS PEACE)
- HD-DVD RULES (15GB AND GTFO)
- Blu-ray RULES (30GB AND GTFO)
- Windows Media RULES (WMP11 looks awesome!)
- iTunes RULES (So easy to use!)
- Software patents RULES (Litigation is fuck win, make money and do no work)
- Lawyers RULES (Being productive is overrated)
- SCO RULES (Their UNIX is the best)