Comment On Pop-up Potpourri: It's Getting a Little NaN Outside

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Alex Papadimoulis:

No, this next one isn't really computer related ... but Ben did appreciate the new definition of "fully-assembled" for this product at Target ...

 

 

It's also not a WTF. It tells you the dimensions when it is fully assembled, not that it currently is assembled.    

 

The Target one is kinda lame.  I think it's pretty obvious that they're specifying the dimensions when fully assembled.  The others are gold :)

 

I think I'll go Buy some toxins, I hoep I can get some cheap.

 

The funny thing about this is that all sorts of crap like this turns up. I've had the opportunity to buy all sorts of stuf I did not even know was available.

 

 

What is the meteo "applet" in the last entry ?

I kind of like the theme, and I would like to steel it ;-) 

Alex Papadimoulis:

Igal Tabachnik seems to have misplaced a "full explanation" - anyone, full explanation? It's got a lot of words and talks time? No, ok ...

 

The phrase "full explanation" seems to be a different shade of blue, as if it were a hyperlink.

Anonymous:

What is the meteo "applet" in the last entry ?

I kind of like the theme, and I would like to steel it ;-) 

I think that's just an OS X weather widget..
 

"Undo Undo" ?

 Too... many... jokes...

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

That is the weather widget from the OS X dashboard.

Alex Papadimoulis:

 

It was pretty clear to Justin what some one on his campus was trying to say. Now if only he could find where this roommate was and if she was cute ...

 

How is this a WTF?  Sure, it's funny and all, but it's a user configurable value.  I'd give them several points for creativity, but this is hardly a WTF (unless the W is for 'who').

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

Look at the delivery location up top, and then down below

One says Linden, VA the other says Front Royal, VA 

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

 

Look at the "Delivery on" date and the "Shipped or billed on" date. 

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

If you look at the delivery location on the top half of the page, you see that it was delivered to the front door, in Linden, VA.  The bottom half indicates that it was delivered to Front Royal, VA, which is a separate city, about 20km away.

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

Linden and Front Royal Virginia are about 10 miles apart - look at the two addresses

Anonymous:

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

Look at the delivery location up top, and then down below

One says Linden, VA the other says Front Royal, VA 

... Allthough, that's not a WTF, one is the UPS station and the other is the actual delivery address.

The UPS WTF - apparently they re-use their tracking numbers. It says that "billing information was received" in October 2006, and the delivery was made in June 2006...

Anonymous:

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

Linden and Front Royal Virginia are about 10 miles apart - look at the two addresses

erm - not to mention that it was shipped in October but delivered in June (of the same year)

"anyone, full explanation?"

Did you try clicking on the "full explanation" link?

Alex Papadimoulis:

G. wasn't quite sure what the nVidia Control Panel was trying to tell him ...

 

I don't get this one... Maybe a bit confusing between what the distinction is, but a WTF? 

It was pretty clear to Justin what some one on his campus was trying to say. Now if only he could find where this roommate was and if she was cute ...

 

The real WTF here is that the top line says "TigerNet --- Not Connected", but below "You are currently connected to this network."

What's that about? (I haven't used wireless personally... I don't have a laptop.)
 

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

I also like how it was delivered three and a half months before it was sent, and without being picked up or transferred through any holding facilities first.

Anonymous:

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

Look at the delivery location up top, and then down below

One says Linden, VA the other says Front Royal, VA 

Linden and Front Royal are adjacent, it's not surprising that a driver might not know the exact physical boundary between them.

EvanED:

Alex Papadimoulis:

G. wasn't quite sure what the nVidia Control Panel was trying to tell him ...

 

I don't get this one... Maybe a bit confusing between what the distinction is, but a WTF? 

 

Read the second computer monitor screen. 

I just got the NVidia one. Look at the two screens to the right of the list of options. They say "View....." "Anal....."

Hah!  I see now...

I think someone should call their tech support line and ask about how their software knows their surfing habits.

 

No, this next one isn't really computer related ... but Ben did appreciate the new definition of "fully-assembled" for this product at Target ...

 

I've actually seen this many times before.  The "fully assembled" usually refers to how big the product is after you put it all together, not the size of the box it comes in.

EvanED:

Alex Papadimoulis:

G. wasn't quite sure what the nVidia Control Panel was trying to tell him ...

I don't get this one... Maybe a bit confusing between what the distinction is, but a WTF? 

Read the text on the monitors. ;)

CAPTCHA: creative 

Carnildo:

The phrase "full explanation" seems to be a different shade of blue, as if it were a hyperlink.

Coloring hyperlinks so they stand out from the rest of the text is so 90s. Why spoil
all the rest of that beautiful blue text with some clashing color?

Carnildo:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Igal Tabachnik seems to have misplaced a "full explanation" - anyone, full explanation? It's got a lot of words and talks time? No, ok ...

 

The phrase "full explanation" seems to be a different shade of blue, as if it were a hyperlink.

Good eye, sir. I agree that looks like a hyperlink to the full explanation. It's not very obvious, though. I thought it was a jpg artifact.

Seriously, it was not a hyperlink.

However, in the defense of the software, it was a Beta2 release of Microsoft Max. I tried clicking everywhere, and those words were certainly not hyperlinked. Perhaps they fixed this already.

Carnildo:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Igal Tabachnik seems to have misplaced a "full explanation" - anyone, full explanation? It's got a lot of words and talks time? No, ok ...

 

The phrase "full explanation" seems to be a different shade of blue, as if it were a hyperlink.

Now that I look at it again, I see it. To my (and Igal's) credit, the surround color makes it much harder to notice. Heres the full image:

 

Alex Papadimoulis:

Igal Tabachnik seems to have misplaced a "full explanation" - anyone, full explanation? It's got a lot of words and talks time? No, ok ...

 

i'm actually wondering what kinda of thing this is.

it's some sort of personal msg but with a direct action button.

The
theme looks kinda GNOMEish but i've never seen this, I do get a vibe
that this is some sort of mockup for a 'this would be cool to have'
application.

Ok, I'm glad someone explained what was supposed to be funny about this because I sure couldn't figure it out on my own.  I still don't think it's funny but at least now I know what it was supposed to be.  I don't get why this made the cut, is everyone around here an 11 year old boy?

SomebodyElse:

I think I'll go Buy some toxins, I hoep I can get some cheap.

 

The funny thing about this is that all sorts of crap like this turns up. I've had the opportunity to buy all sorts of stuf I did not even know was available.

Yeah, a while back e-Bay was trying to sell me a short-lived medical radioisotope.
 

Alex Papadimoulis:

I don't know where this forecast is from, but here it's MostlyNull.

The real WTF is how many people failed to look at the shipped/delivery dates on the UPS screen the caption itself says "Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time."

 

Anonymous:

The real WTF is how many people failed to look at the shipped/delivery dates on the UPS screen the caption itself says "Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time."

 

I read "back in time" as returned in a timely manner, not as a measure of time.  I would assume that others read it the same way I did. 

Anonymous:

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

 

Look at the "Delivery on" date and the "Shipped or billed on" date. 

 

BILLED on...meaning he wasn't billed till quite later. Pretty sweet if you asked me.     

Anonymous:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time. Next step: sending it to his address instead of some place in Virginia ...

 

OK, call me stupid if you like, but after staring at this for a good few minutes I've completely failed to spot the WTF. I guess it's either because a) I live in the UK so am unfamiliar with some key aspect of US geography and/or postal regulations, or b) because I'm being a total muppet.

 

Could someone clarify please? 

You're stupid.

captcha: muppet

Anonymous:

Ok, I'm glad someone explained what was supposed to be funny about this because I sure couldn't figure it out on my own.  I still don't think it's funny but at least now I know what it was supposed to be.  I don't get why this made the cut, is everyone around here an 11 year old boy?

No, but neither are we a bunch of old ladies.

Rich

Alex Papadimoulis:

 

I hate those things with an absolute passion. They signifigantly increase the time the page needs to load, and interrupt me while I'm reading. Every time I run across one, I immediately try and figure out the server so that I can block it, and don't stop until I finish.

HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE those!

Anonymous:

The real WTF is how many people failed to look at the shipped/delivery dates on the UPS screen the caption itself says "Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time."

 

anybody watch flashtoons on friends of foamy? (http://friendsoffoamy.com - not work safe) look for the one titled Yesterday mail. i'd post a link but i'm at work.. anywayz i'm glad ups figured this before fedex got that whole time warp worm whole thing built

btw, i posted this tomorrow ;-)

Volmarias:

Alex Papadimoulis:

 

I hate those things with an absolute passion. They signifigantly increase the time the page needs to load, and interrupt me while I'm reading. Every time I run across one, I immediately try and figure out the server so that I can block it, and don't stop until I finish.

HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE those!

Not only that but being links, they are misrepresenting themselves as relevant information linked by the producer of the page.

The local library has something which puts these things on *all* pages the PCs retrieve. Makes me want to puke. 

Possibly the next innovation for Firefox would be to get rid of these?

 Rich

 

Volmarias:

Alex Papadimoulis:

 

I hate those things with an absolute passion. They signifigantly increase the time the page needs to load, and interrupt me while I'm reading. Every time I run across one, I immediately try and figure out the server so that I can block it, and don't stop until I finish.

HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE those!

humm.. turn off javascript...

captcha: batman.. he doesn't need javascript

What does that have to do with anything?  I didn't say I was offended I just said you are juvenile.  I think Beavis and Butthead are funny, I'm just surprized to find them writing articles for a technical website.

themagni:

Carnildo:

Alex Papadimoulis:

Igal Tabachnik seems to have misplaced a "full explanation" - anyone, full explanation? It's got a lot of words and talks time? No, ok ...

 

The phrase "full explanation" seems to be a different shade of blue, as if it were a hyperlink.

Good eye, sir. I agree that looks like a hyperlink to the full explanation. It's not very obvious, though. I thought it was a jpg artifact.

You're all blind.  The "full explanation" is right below but unfortunately it is written in white on a white background.

Anonymous:

The real WTF is how many people failed to look at the shipped/delivery dates on the UPS screen the caption itself says "Jason was pretty pleased that UPS was able to ship his order back in time."

 

The problem is that that sentence can be parsed two ways. Back in time, as in 1.21 jigowatt back in time, or as in "Jason received something and sent it back through UPS, which they managed in time".

Volmarias:

I hate those things [green intellitext linky things] with an absolute passion. They significantly increase the time the page needs to load, and interrupt me while I'm reading. Every time I run across one, I immediately try and figure out the server so that I can block it, and don't stop until I finish.

HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE those!

I hate them too. Luckily, I have Firefox.  And Greasemonkey.  And the "Uh Oh! Intellitext link ad remover" script. 

I never see them anymore.  Hooray!
 

un.sined:

Alex Papadimoulis:

 

It was pretty clear to Justin what some one on his campus was trying to say. Now if only he could find where this roommate was and if she was cute ...

 

How is this a WTF?  Sure, it's funny and all, but it's a user configurable value.  I'd give them several points for creativity, but this is hardly a WTF (unless the W is for 'who').

 Well, the WTF I spotted is that it says "Not Connected" to the left of the star, yet under the lock it says "You are currently connected to this network."

 So, which is it?