Comment On Hard Coded Rubbish

"Little did I realize that a trip to the local recycling centre would provide the material for a WTF submission," Simon D wrote, "for the record, 'Actual Rate' was hand written as 61%" [expand full text]
« PrevPage 1Next »

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 08:05 • by XioPod
The comment is lost in the printer (pr-First!)

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 08:06 • by monkeyPushButton (unregistered)
Invisible comment

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 08:08 • by daniel (unregistered)
The camera was only recycled at 61%, therefor rubbish.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 08:15 • by RayS
I just hope that the "61%" notice was written on recycled paper.

(Had to log in to post this comment since the captcha field only allowed me to enter numbers.)

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 08:22 • by snoofle
That handwritten 61% is definitely NOT a wtf! Think about those signs that say: "It's been nnn days since our last workplace injury". It's the same thing; canned information and a periodic status.

Addendum (2009-02-05 08:44):
Damn, wrote that before coffee - it's an electronic sign, isn't it (*grumble*)

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 08:52 • by Deke (unregistered)
Haven't you people ever heard of a constant?

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 08:57 • by Kevin (unregistered)
Double fail on the sign: The 61% may have been right when it was first added to the sign, but based on the numbers in the picture it's not right anymore.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:00 • by Polar Bear (unregistered)
242530 in reply to 242529
Kevin:
Double fail on the sign: The 61% may have been right when it was first added to the sign, but based on the numbers in the picture it's not right anymore.


Damn you for making me go back and do the math.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:09 • by Ville (unregistered)
That paper is obviously there just to prevent them from missing the target.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:21 • by Random832
242532 in reply to 242523
snoofle:
That handwritten 61% is definitely NOT a wtf! Think about those signs that say: "It's been nnn days since our last workplace injury". It's the same thing; canned information and a periodic status.


Except the system is already providing live information on the actual numbers involved - all it would have to do to provide the percentage is divide them. And the actual number is 56%, not 61%.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:22 • by Quango
The 61% paper reminds me of the classic Goon Show sketch "What Time is it Eccles?" by the immortal Milligan and Sellers..

If you are not familiar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSSGiA4f5cs if you're allowed video or
http://www.hexmaster.com/goonscripts/what_time_is_it.html if you're not.

Or even better I've got it writted down for you:
http://whattimeisiteccles.com/

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:31 • by jimlangrunner
The SP35 is a card printer - for printing ID cards. Still a lousy error message, but not quite as bad as an expansion card (or some silly thing like that).

Out of context, it's a rubbish message. In context, well, it's bait for a true WTF.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:31 • by jimlangrunner
The SP35 is a card printer - for printing ID cards. Still a lousy error message, but not quite as bad as an expansion card (or some silly thing like that).

Out of context, it's a rubbish message. In context, well, it's bait for a true WTF.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:32 • by jimlangrunner
Okay. I tried to delete the dupe. Can't. WTF?

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 09:49 • by Miriam Webster (unregistered)
TRWTF is misspelling "tons".

Subjects of Her Majesty: Stand up straight so the joke doesn't go sailing over your head.

CAPTCHA: abico. Probably another British spelling.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 10:02 • by Baldrick (unregistered)
242542 in reply to 242538
If it's metric it's spelt tonnes, only spelt tons if it's imperial

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 10:19 • by Anonymous (unregistered)
242543 in reply to 242538
Miriam Webster:
TRWTF is misspelling "tons".

Subjects of Her Majesty: Stand up straight so the joke doesn't go sailing over your head.

CAPTCHA: abico. Probably another British spelling.
That's the Queen's ton you're talking about there sonny - show some respect!! Anyway, must be time for some ruddy nice plum pudding...

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 10:34 • by RBoy (unregistered)
If I was the ambitious sort, I would take a screen shot of the comment field, then print it out.

I would then type a comment in word, and print that out.

Taping the printout of the comment to the printout of the comment page, I would then place it on a wooden table.

Using my trusty digital camera, I would take a picture of said papers on the wooden table, upload it, and then make that my comment.

But alas, typing my intentions is as ambitious as I want to get.

That, and I'm at work.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 10:36 • by macavenger (unregistered)
As another poster mentioned, that printer dialog is for a card printer. As such, the dialog makes perfect sense. Perhaps not the absolutely best worded possible, but far from a WTF. What am I missing?

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 10:43 • by Wizard Stan (unregistered)
242550 in reply to 242545
macavenger:
As another poster mentioned, that printer dialog is for a card printer. As such, the dialog makes perfect sense. Perhaps not the absolutely best worded possible, but far from a WTF. What am I missing?
A sense of humor.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 10:46 • by wintermute (unregistered)
242551 in reply to 242538
Miriam Webster:
TRWTF is misspelling "tons".

Subjects of Her Majesty: Stand up straight so the joke doesn't go sailing over your head.

CAPTCHA: abico. Probably another British spelling.


The real WTF is not knowing that they're different units of measure.

http://www.google.com/search?q=1%20ton%20in%20tonnes

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 11:30 • by WiredNut (unregistered)
242559 in reply to 242551
wintermute:


The real WTF is not knowing that they're different units of measure.

http://www.google.com/search?q=1%20ton%20in%20tonnes


WOOOOSH

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 13:05 • by Fry-kun (unregistered)
Surprised nobody brought up the good old "printer on fire" error message :)

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 13:43 • by Code Dependent
242595 in reply to 242551
wintermute:
The real WTF is not knowing that they're different units of measure.
You were sitting when you wrote that, obviously.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 14:41 • by PublicLurker (unregistered)
242601 in reply to 242588
Years ago, I worked on Apollo workstations. There was an error code from these machines that indicated that the device was too large to fit through a 42 inch hatch. I never could find anyone who know how to actually get that code.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 16:06 • by Me (unregistered)
242610 in reply to 242544
RBoy:
If I was the ambitious sort, I would take a screen shot of the comment field, then print it out.

I would then type a comment in word, and print that out.

Taping the printout of the comment to the printout of the comment page, I would then place it on a wooden table.

Using my trusty digital camera, I would take a picture of said papers on the wooden table, upload it, and then make that my comment.

But alas, typing my intentions is as ambitious as I want to get.

That, and I'm at work.


Plus it would launch a 4-page argument over whether the table you photographed it on has the right look....

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 16:34 • by Yep (unregistered)
Smart. Driver.

That made my day.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 19:16 • by Eternal Density
My comment was invisible, so I writted it down on a piece of paper and stuck it to an electronic wooden table.
(Unfortunately it only has two columns.)

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-05 21:03 • by lolwtf
That's how Microsoft works. They refer you to the support section of their website for customer service. The support section is broken. How do you tell them that? By using the support section of their website. You eventually give up.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-06 08:42 • by MrBester
242681 in reply to 242595
wintermute:
The real WTF is not knowing that they're different units of measure.

One is a unit of mass and the other is a unit of weight.

Not to mention that there are several different varieties of "ton"...

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-06 13:39 • by hambone (unregistered)
242764 in reply to 242639
The real wtf is that someone uses microsoft.....

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-06 16:34 • by Zagro (unregistered)
Card lost in printer... I've actually got that error.

Pidgin English for... wait for it... Paper Jam. admittedly the printer this happens to is only able to handle little flashcard type slips for stuffing envelopes and it's got an overly complex path across the printer.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-08 23:44 • by Gotta love embossers (unregistered)
242959 in reply to 242550
I recognized it from the graphic. I hate these Datacard card embossers. We have over 15 on property and they suffer from user abuse. Long fingernails tear off the soft plastic button panels because the cards jam frequently, the end users have little patience, and they never notice error messages. They also clear the out the card layouts frequently due to the above. I could go on and on, but I won't.

It could be worse...I could be digging ditches for a living...

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-02-10 00:41 • by Sane Person (unregistered)
243113 in reply to 242523
snoofle:
That handwritten 61% is definitely NOT a wtf! Think about those signs that say: "It's been nnn days since our last workplace injury". It's the same thing; canned information and a periodic status.

Addendum (2009-02-05 08:44):
Damn, wrote that before coffee - it's an electronic sign, isn't it (*grumble*)


Irrelevant but that reminds me ...

I once got a job with a manufacturing company. On my first day they took me for a tour of the factory. They had one of those signs that said "____ days since the last workplace accident", where someone could write in a number with chalk. And the number they had written in was: "1".

Rather made me want to ask if I could come back for the tour on another day.

runescape gold

2009-04-19 05:28 • by rebecca (unregistered)
Powerleveling-Runescape.net is a professional Runescape powerleveling Service site for Runescape player to Buy Cheap runescape powerleveling Service,gold,money and item,We Offer low prices with free delivery Money & Powerleveling to your runescape account. All of our Runescape Service,money,runescape gold and items are very Cheap Price for you!

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2009-06-19 07:43 • by Nep (unregistered)
In response to Hadar,

I had to support that worthless product for a short time. That is the standard error message for the following:

Card jammed in rollers that die after 20 prints.
Plastic roller failed to pick card.
Alcohol swab not run after every single print.
Print cartridge installed wrong, or perhaps properly.
Operator errantly installed 250 driver on 200 model.
Attempt to print double-sided on simplex model.
Attempt to print double-sided on duplex model.

I'm so goddamn glad I don't have to deal with employee cards and got back into code (yes, I went downscale, but had to move back to a desert for family health concerns at the time - and the slots' folks weren't hiring).

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2010-08-20 16:35 • by tharpa
This is what happens when you get Runescape gold caught in your printer.

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2011-01-11 09:59 • by cindy (unregistered)

Re: Hard Coded Rubbish

2011-03-02 02:44 • by cindy (unregistered)
« PrevPage 1Next »

Add Comment