Comment On Verified By Fail

"I've heard about verified by Visa, but this is something new," writes Velmu. [expand full text]
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Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:00 • by Airhead
Verified by frist!

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:07 • by Ocson (unregistered)
Of course Verified by Fail will be new phrase used when a typo comes up in a WTF.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:10 • by a programmer (unregistered)
or what i will put in for the first 3 times attempting to enter a comment

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:10 • by Anonymous (unregistered)
Unverified by Visa

Thanks Akismet, stand down now.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:11 • by frits
301239 in reply to 301236
Ocson:
Of course, "Verified by Fail" will be new phrase used when a typo comes up in a WTF.

Verified by Fail.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:18 • by apaq11
Don't be such a whiner... that Pay Station looks totally legit.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:27 • by Bram Smulders (unregistered)
You will not be able to read this text until the comment has not been written.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:28 • by Anthony (unregistered)
"At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"


That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:29 • by Brad (unregistered)
Circular Structure - Isn't the trash usually a "Circular Structure"? Maybe this isn't really a fail...

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:35 • by Anon (unregistered)
Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more.
It's passive aggressive marketing.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:35 • by Bram Smulders (unregistered)
301250 in reply to 301247
Brad:
Circular Structure - Isn't the trash usually a "Circular Structure"? Maybe this isn't really a fail...


Mine is more like a cubicle structure. But I have to admit it doesn't look as appealing as the average Apple product.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:36 • by Anon (unregistered)
301251 in reply to 301246
Anthony:
"At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"


That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...


That's just silly. Clearly you should enter "everything I say is a lie".

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:37 • by mc (unregistered)
301252 in reply to 301247
Brad:
Circular Structure - Isn't the trash usually a "Circular Structure"? Maybe this isn't really a fail...


Drums are also often circular structures...maybe Apple is just a big fan of Stomp.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:39 • by Scott M (unregistered)
That crested gecko looks just like mine.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:40 • by @Deprecated (unregistered)
301254 in reply to 301246
Anthony:
"At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"


That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...


He should have tried entering 'i' or maybe 'j' if he is an engineer...

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 09:55 • by Evo
Is it me or does the first one seem like a very lame XSS vulnerability, where the user used this XSS to display the javascript error message and captured it for here?
Doesn't look real to me. And the "\" at the end of the textbox is usually a good indication of a XSS. And so is more html displayed as text after that.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:08 • by md5sum
Circular Structure - Maybe your drumming sucks and Apple was trying to save your neighbors' sanity...

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:25 • by drachenstern
301260 in reply to 301257
Evo:
Is it me or does the first one seem like a very lame XSS vulnerability, where the user used this XSS to display the javascript error message and captured it for here?
Doesn't look real to me. And the "\" at the end of the textbox is usually a good indication of a XSS. And so is more html displayed as text after that.
Truly 'twas my first impression too. Ah well, so much for TDWTF being mostly accurate ;)

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:30 • by Pixel Slinger (unregistered)
Most of my life seems to be verified by fail.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:36 • by Harry Sintonen (unregistered)
"Look mom, I'm on the daily wtf!"

XSS are usually quite boring from security researcher's point of view, but for this one I found pretty good punchline...

Here's the original picture btw:
http://sintonen.fi/pics/verified_by_fail.png


PS. The spam filter here is frigging annoying.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:42 • by threecheese (unregistered)
WOW, that Chinese Hacker text is sent by a virus via Windows Messenger, which is disabled in XP SP2.
So, 1) this atm runs pre-firewall and horribly unpatched XP, and 2) one of the PCs in the bank's network is infected with a virus from 2002. GREEEAT.

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99518.htm

captcha: jugis (big jugis!)

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:48 • by Neville Flynn (unregistered)
Is that a salmiakki order form?

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:52 • by Mike W (unregistered)
"If you do not hear this message please call the office immediately!" - Eve Arden, high school PA in the movie "Grease".

There just HAS to be something even older!

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:54 • by Quirkafleeg (unregistered)
301267 in reply to 301249
Anon:
Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more.
It's passive aggressive marketing.
Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 10:59 • by amischiefr
Of course there is another number between 1 and 1 that he is forgetting: 1i. (0 + 1i).

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 11:08 • by Keloran (unregistered)
wouldnt a $10/month discount, on 0$

mean he would be paying -10$ (aka they would pay him 10$ a month not to leave) ??

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 11:14 • by Peter (unregistered)
301270 in reply to 301269
Keloran:
wouldnt a $10/month discount, on 0$ mean he would be paying -10$ (aka they would pay him 10$ a month not to leave) ??

Which why the picture is captioned: "I cancelled my free trial," notes Frederick Ding, "but I'd love to be paid $10/month for using 0 MB."

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 11:47 • by Dr.Evil (unregistered)
301272 in reply to 301267
Quirkafleeg:
Anon:
Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more.
It's passive aggressive marketing.
Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?


I didn't get where I am today by keeping the price low all the time!

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 11:52 • by Anon (unregistered)
301274 in reply to 301267
Quirkafleeg:
Anon:
Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more.
It's passive aggressive marketing.
Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?


Wow! That's going back a bit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 11:56 • by mypalmike (unregistered)
Despite the WTF here, Dreamhost is still an excellent cheap hosting provider.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 12:12 • by Flash
301278 in reply to 301272
Dr.Evil:
Quirkafleeg:
Anon:
Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more.
It's passive aggressive marketing.
Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?


I didn't get where I am today by keeping the price low all the time!

Super!

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 12:21 • by SR (unregistered)
301279 in reply to 301274
Anon:
Wow! That's going back a bit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin


Going back a lot but worth the journey!

Great! Super!

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 12:22 • by Nick S. W. (unregistered)
301281 in reply to 301254
@Deprecated:
Anthony:
"At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"


That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...


He should have tried entering 'i' or maybe 'j' if he is an engineer...


Heh, actually I was not prompted to enter anything at all in the first place which was another WTF itself.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 12:31 • by WhiskeyJack
301282 in reply to 301275
mypalmike:
Despite the WTF here, Dreamhost is still an excellent cheap hosting provider.


I'm very happy with them. I like that they have a sense of humour about things. For example, their email newsletters are consistently named (month-1). So their February newsletter is due out any day now because it's the first week of March.

(I wouldn't be surprised if that was born out of a mistaken late newsletter one month, followed by a "hey, uh, we meant to do that! Yeah!" and they've just kept it up ever since.)

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 12:41 • by Grimoire
Please enter an integer between 1 and l

It is asking for an integer between 1 and lower case L. Obviously, they are using the base 17 system.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 12:46 • by Anonymous (unregistered)
The price on that remote controlled train made me think of something I found funny at the local Harbor Freight store yesterday. They have an air compressor that is regular price $397.99. It's "on sale" for $399.99.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 12:47 • by Matt (unregistered)
301288 in reply to 301285
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.


Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 13:12 • by EatenByAGrue (unregistered)
301293 in reply to 301234
Airhead:
Verified by frist!


Frist is a doctor, not a validator!

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 13:17 • by Someone like Kevin (unregistered)
301295 in reply to 301244
Bram Smulders:
You will not be able to read this text until the comment has not been written.

I figured you didn't write that.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 13:32 • by NatoCrisis (unregistered)
The Telus add is actually supposed to be 'Unknown' - its not a mistake

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 13:33 • by davedavenotdavemaybedave
Enter an integer between 1 and 1: "1an integer1" - there, how hard was it?

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 13:40 • by Strawberry Blonde
The future is friendly. Telus is decidedly not.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 13:48 • by CT (unregistered)
I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing ?

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 13:56 • by Quirkafleeg (unregistered)
301307 in reply to 301302
CT:
I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing ?
I expect so.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 14:12 • by Shoruke
301312 in reply to 301298
davedavenotdavemaybedave:
Enter an integer between 1 and 1: "1an integer1" - there, how hard was it?


I think they want something more to the effect of 151
(the integer is 5)

TRWTF for the fail one is that that popup is the only part of the application that is in English. What is an English popup doing on a Spanish (or whatever language) page?

EDIT: sorry, the leftover HTML and the "verified by Visa" bit are also in English, but the point stands; why is the error message in English on a non-English site?

CAPTCHA: Steven Harper's favorite food: prorogue-eeze.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 14:22 • by frits
301314 in reply to 301307
Quirkafleeg:
CT:
I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing ?
I expect so.

I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 14:28 • by Quirkafleeg (unregistered)
301315 in reply to 301314
frits:
Quirkafleeg:
CT:
I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing?
I expect so.
I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?
Yes, probably.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 14:43 • by davedavenotdavemaybedave
301320 in reply to 301315
Quirkafleeg:
frits:
Quirkafleeg:
CT:
I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing?
I expect so.
I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?
Yes, probably.
<br>

I have to admit, I'm a bit baffled as well. Obviously there must be some context I'm missing, because the word 'unknown' isn't a wtf on its own. The picture's been so tightly cropped that it's meaningless. I can only assume that must have been the sum total of the information available, because otherwise there's nothing to see here, but if I have to infer the context that would make a picture funny from the fact that the picture was in a list of funny pictures, then, well, WTF?!

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 14:44 • by frits
301321 in reply to 301315
Quirkafleeg:
frits:
Quirkafleeg:
CT:
I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing?
I expect so.
I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?
Yes, probably.

Probably?

Excuse my ignorance, but that word is unknown to me. Thanks for your friendly responses. I hope you keep that attitude.

Re: Verified By Fail

2010-03-05 14:50 • by lesle (unregistered)
Paraphrastically, they're asking $49.99, it's worth $32, I'll offer them $24.
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