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So, how many posts are we going to see on this topic claiming the CS one is "not a WTF"? Place your bets now!

CS is a WTF itself.

And who knew IMBD hates old people?

Everyone knows that people over the age of 100 don't have valid opinions... Therefore IMDb is not a WTF.

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So people have to make sure to register to all the websites they'd like to use before they go too old. Does anybody have a list of the age limit for various websites? Maybe it is about time I register for thedailywtf, what is the age limit here anyway?

With viagra now men are wanting to live longer.

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Congrats to Kean P. for being WTF's oldest reader!

The CS picture isn't a WTF. That's a cracked Russian version that Mr. Jordan is attempting to install.

Kasper:

So people have to make sure to register to all the websites they'd like to use before they go too old. Does anybody have a list of the age limit for various websites? Maybe it is about time I register for thedailywtf, what is the age limit here anyway?

Well, we all enjoy the mistakes of the aging programmer sometimes more so than the rookie mistakes. Personally...I like to read about them old folks who think writing code on punch cards is still a valid way to program.

Mr. Spontaneous:

The CS picture isn't a WTF. That's a cracked Russian version that Mr. Jordan is attempting to install.

Beat me to it.

So the real WTF is that Kean P. is a woman right?

"You mean, you hired one of those GIRLS out there?"

Mr. Spontaneous:

The CS picture isn't a WTF. That's a cracked Russian version that Mr. Jordan is attempting to install.

In Soviet Russia, CS installs you!

Mr. Spontaneous:

The CS picture isn't a WTF. That's a cracked Russian version that Mr. Jordan is attempting to install.

Indeed, any software that uses a character set that has no corresponding glyphs in the font that's being used to display the text will look like that.

I just repeated the KTorrent one on KTorrent 2.1.4. It seems that cancel recreates it, while no doesn't. Definitely a WTF.

codemonkey:

I like to read about them old folks who think writing code on punch cards is still a valid way to program.

I'm an old fart. They make good "cocktail napkins" (scribble cards) as they're much sturdier than actual cocktail napkins. And bookmarks. Plus, they give you that Super Nerd look! :-)

As for punching code on them, that's what you hire GIRLS for :-) You just turn in a coding form.

Damn, I'm glad I missed that by a hair.

wiregoat:

With viagra now men are wanting to live longer.

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Look again ! The gender checked is Female !

Well it's a wtf that imdb doesn't know that zip codes in Denmark are four digits.

Why is the IMDB image a WTF? So they've chosen to exclude really really old people from their target audience, what's the big deal? Is there a huge amount of 107 year olds that really really need to register with IMDB? Now if this was the registration form for social security, medicare, AARP or any of those old people programs, it'll be a legitimate WTF.

At least he can be on a smuckers jar.

Bart:

Why is the IMDB image a WTF? So they've chosen to exclude really really old people from their target audience, what's the big deal? Is there a huge amount of 107 year olds that really really need to register with IMDB? Now if this was the registration form for social security, medicare, AARP or any of those old people programs, it'll be a legitimate WTF.

Not much on this website is "worse than failure".... this isn't even a failure. its not even pitiful really, and slightly borders on poor programming (who cares about IMDB anyway? or old people?)

How many times are we going to post pictures of users attempting to install foreign language versions of software that they don't have the character set installed for? Real WTF is the user.

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The CS doesn't strike me as a WTF. Rather, it strikes me as a case of the wrong language. The system doesn't have the fonts installed to display it.

The IMDB sounds like a reasonableness check on the data that's a little too strict. A poor choice but not really a WTF.

10100 is not a valid postal code in Denmark.

My only guess for the reason IMDB does not allow 107 year olds is the database. I forget what RDBMS store dates in 2-digit formats, but the ones that do, typically go from 1930-1940 to 2030-2040 so that they store a 100 year window, which would be a good enough reasoning for not allowing a 107 year old on IMDB.

Or, since they're storing birth years, maybe some short-sighted DBA or programmer decided that they only needed a window of time 100 years into the past, making 1907 and earlier invalid as options. Computer memory has not been that valuable for a long time though so it is still definitely a WTF.

Anyone want to take a crack at decoding the email address?

We know it ends in ".dk", based on the visible "k" in the "confirm" box and the dropdown.

It also contains a "g" and a "j".

Given that the font is unantialiased 10pt Arial, it should be possible to reconstruct the original email address...

(Otherwise known as, why you should always blank out private information in screenshots and NOT blur it or pixelate it - enough information remains to reconstruct the original.)

I believe some files should never be recreated.

the wtf is that you guys play CS

Anon:

Anyone want to take a crack at decoding the email address?

We know it ends in ".dk", based on the visible "k" in the "confirm" box and the dropdown.

It also contains a "g" and a "j".

Given that the font is unantialiased 10pt Arial, it should be possible to reconstruct the original email address...

(Otherwise known as, why you should always blank out private information in screenshots and NOT blur it or pixelate it - enough information remains to reconstruct the original.)

One can only fear the day the spam bots start doing that.

Uch:

10100 is not a valid postal code in Denmark.

Unless it's just 0020 in binary... :-)

Anon:

(Otherwise known as, why you should always blank out private information in screenshots and NOT blur it or pixelate it - enough information remains to reconstruct the original.)

As that Canadian pervert found out the hard way

KTorrent is full of WTFs (personally, I liked the release version that crashed on launch, every time). That dialog has been one of my favorites for a long time. Nice to see it's getting the publicity it deserves.

I'm pretty sure the ktorrent WTF is fixed in the 2.2.x series..

codemonkey:

Well, we all enjoy the mistakes of the aging programmer sometimes more so than the rookie mistakes. Personally...I like to read about them old folks who think writing code on punch cards is still a valid way to program.

(Durn young whipper-snappers that think cards are archaic.)

Listen up youngster: You're just spoiled by all these LCD monitors and stuff. Try programming on a plugboard sometime and then you'll know what a card is good for.

Dan Herbert:

Or, since they're storing birth years, maybe some short-sighted DBA or programmer decided that they only needed a window of time 100 years into the past, making 1907 and earlier invalid as options. Computer memory has not been that valuable for a long time though so it is still definitely a WTF.

So if you signed up at 95 years old, in five years it might suddenly wrap around and see you as 0 years old? =p

blunden:

One can only fear the day the spam bots start doing that.

Meh, spam bots can't even unobfuscate addresses with random uppercase words (NOSPAM, BLOCKME, etc) or symbol-to-word conversions. Deconvolution's a bit harder than OCR, anyway - by a few orders of magnitude.

Anon:

Anyone want to take a crack at decoding the email address?

We know it ends in ".dk", based on the visible "k" in the "confirm" box and the dropdown.

It also contains a "g" and a "j".

Given that the font is unantialiased 10pt Arial, it should be possible to reconstruct the original email address...

(Otherwise known as, why you should always blank out private information in screenshots and NOT blur it or pixelate it - enough information remains to reconstruct the original.)

You are truly an Internet Hate Machine.

Anon, hi... let me ask you a question. I'll do my best at english, as we don't speak it here.

Do you work for some of those... er... beautiful companies... who keep registering domain names and try to sell it?
Or one who stoically keep on hacking google's search results to show nothing but useless and annoying ads?

both things perhaps?

If that's the case, please know that i officially hate you, and i hope you suffer, eventually diying in a lot of pain with blood, worms, and that kind of stuff. I wish you the worst. Please, make an effort and try to die.

Cheers, and keep the good job.

Dan Herbert:

My only guess for the reason IMDB does not allow 107 year olds is the database. I forget what RDBMS store dates in 2-digit formats, but the ones that do, typically go from 1930-1940 to 2030-2040 so that they store a 100 year window, which would be a good enough reasoning for not allowing a 107 year old on IMDB.

Or, since they're storing birth years, maybe some short-sighted DBA or programmer decided that they only needed a window of time 100 years into the past, making 1907 and earlier invalid as options. Computer memory has not been that valuable for a long time though so it is still definitely a WTF.

So WTF does IMDB need to know how old you claim to be? Most likely because the douchebags on Capitol Hill are protecting the children by requiring them to lie about their age when registering on websites.

But to the main point. IMDB used to be cool. But *any* website that has a box to "verify your email address* is obviously under the control of retarded dipshits. I don't know where this stupid idea got started, but it sure spread like herpes in a Viagra factory.

Please, find somebody who thinks this makes any sense. Get them to post an explanation. I would like to mock them to their virtual face.

The Fudge:

Mr. Spontaneous:

The CS picture isn't a WTF. That's a cracked Russian version that Mr. Jordan is attempting to install.

Beat me to it.

Yep, tell Jordan to buy a legitimate copy :P

Unless it's just 0020 in binary... :-)

Still not valid - valid Danish postal codes start at 1000

Vechni:

who cares about ... old people?

"Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man" ~James Thurber

One day, we'll be old too. I just hope that people our age will have more for us respect than that.

I have a legit copy :P I was just installing this after Cisco class, A bunch of us got bored, so we installed a copy of CS we found on someones computer.

And this is what happened.

And Steams port is blocked, which prevented me from downloading it. :P

Oh, and I don't know whats going on, but the system gives me an error when I attempt to log on, so the system is messed up atm.

Im sorry that I don't understand Russian.

The real wtf is the first "why register" bullet on that IMDB screen. It's still live, just go there (http://www.imdb.com/register/), type "1900", submit the form and it will show up. Brillant!

Jordan.:

I have a legit copy :P I was just installing this after Cisco class, A bunch of us got bored, so we installed a copy of CS we found on someones computer.

And this is what happened.

And Steams port is blocked, which prevented me from downloading it. :P

Oh, and I don't know whats going on, but the system gives me an error when I attempt to log on, so the system is messed up atm.

That chomping sound is a virus in the warez you installed eating all the files on your hard drive!

Pretty Internet Hate Machine:

eventually diying in a lot of pain with blood, worms, and that kind of stuff.

DIYing with blood. Sounds like a typical bank holiday weekend to me.

Dancindan84:

Mr. Spontaneous:

The CS picture isn't a WTF. That's a cracked Russian version that Mr. Jordan is attempting to install.

In Soviet Russia, CS installs you!

Hohoho! Brillant! :D

Captcha: Slashbot - they maim; they kill; but only for the thrill...

Mith:

Unless it's just 0020 in binary... :-)

Still not valid - valid Danish postal codes start at 1000

So then it's clearly 1020. There is no need to store a constant offset - this approach saves bits!

Ninjas - they maim; they kill; but only for the thrill...

Even a DOB year of 1907 says you're too old to reg. 1908 is apparently the first valid year, so it's definitely a 100 y/o limitation.

Captcha : stinky... indeed

pitchingchris:

wiregoat:

With viagra now men are wanting to live longer.

Look again ! The gender checked is Female !

Perhaps wiregoat meant:
With more men using Viagra, more women are wanting to live longer!

Anon:

(Otherwise known as, why you should always blank out private information in screenshots and NOT blur it or pixelate it - enough information remains to reconstruct the original.)

The clues you describe come not from using pixelation to block out the original, but the fact that she missed a few bits when doing so. If she'd blacked out the same area instead, you'd be able to tell the same thing. Tell me what you can make out from the actual pixelated part and I'll be impressed.

Installing CS with wine and not having the font isn't really a WTF