Comment On What is <3?

"I thought I'd be a little geeky-romantic with my girlfriend and write a sweet note to her," Jonathan writes, "however, it seems Amazon.com did not really like the idea and suspected '<3' as being malicious." [expand full text]
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Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:01 • by Steve (unregistered)
Well, they're hardly going to allow HTML in their message box!

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Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:02 • by jordteic
I'd pay $70 for Legos. I don't care. Call my crazy, but I'd do it.

What is that anyway? A spaceship? So cool...

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:04 • by Pidgeot
Real geeks use ❤.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:04 • by Kluge Doctor (unregistered)
This comment should only be read on the second Thursday of each week.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:06 • by JD (unregistered)
The Yahoo Messenger one is pretty obvious - the little yellow guy is happy that, since the installation failed, his computer is not infested with crappy Yahoo spyware. I'd be happy to, after coming so perilously close to actually installing that junk.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:13 • by Mike (unregistered)
Real geeks use ASCII art (and have a lot of misplaced love):

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Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:13 • by spxza
Presumably that HSBC page would have:

1) A list of contact numbers/email addresses/etc.

2) A form to email queries.

Why deny access to either when they are out of hours (I'm ignoring the obvious WTF about the times)? It makes no sense.

Any comments about the URL of this article?

Addendum (2008-10-23 08:19):
Presumably that HSBC page would have:

1) A list of contact numbers/email addresses/etc.

2) A form to email queries.

Why deny access to either when they are out of hours (I'm ignoring the obvious WTF about the times)? It makes no sense.

Any comments about the URL of this article? I'm still waiting to see what 603 is.

Addendum (2008-10-23 08:19):
Damnit, my bad, too clicky.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:15 • by ParkinT
This comment can be read between 0am and 0am.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:16 • by Warp (unregistered)
What do you mean there's something wrong with &#60;3? That *is* the uber-geeky way of expressing your love to your geeky gf.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:18 • by Nether
224423 in reply to 224422
Warp:
What do you mean there's something wrong with &#60;3? That *is* the uber-geeky way of expressing your love to your geeky gf.


Everyone knows it's a good idea to entity-encode all doubtful characters to avoid any ambiguity or errant control characters in the gender-to-gender transport layer.

TRWTF is he didn't use unicode.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:27 • by Easy Bud (unregistered)
All this fuss about proofreading suggests you must have lived back in the time when people actually did things. Now, writers pretend to write books, publishers pretend to publish them, teachers pretend to teach, and students pretend to read. But no one bothers to actually do anything. So relax already.

And tell everyone you're going to vote for the guy who acts like he will actually have any power to do anything once he gets in. But stay home and sleep in. No one will know.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:27 • by buffalo cobol (unregistered)
The refractive index is equal to the ratio of the wave speeds in the two media. That is: Error!

Interesting way to teach.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:31 • by rbonvall
224427 in reply to 224422
Warp:
What do you mean there's something wrong with &#60;3? That *is* the uber-geeky way of expressing your love to your geeky gf.
I agree. If she understands it, marry her NOW.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:36 • by Tobias (unregistered)
Actually, the "<3" in the title shows up as &#60;3 in the RSS-feed, too =)

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:41 • by Someone (unregistered)
The smiley face seems to be spewing those ribbons from its mouth... maybe it's sick over the failled install.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:45 • by ClaudeSuck.de
224432 in reply to 224413
jordteic:
I'd pay $70 for Legos. I don't care. Call my crazy, but I'd do it.

What is that anyway? A spaceship? So cool...


What would you do with a SENTAI FORTRS? I'd rather go for the MNDSTRM. At least it can be programmed.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:46 • by spxza
An mp5 player? Oohhh...I've always wanted one of those.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:47 • by Captcha alert (unregistered)
Our friend "wholesale" is trying, in its own braindead way, to inform us that having a 4-character lower case captcha with a vocabulary of only about 200 words is a WTF of its own.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:50 • by Andrés (unregistered)
But objects cannot be created from editing field codes. It's been tested in the lab. That's good physics.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 08:50 • by zaphod (unregistered)
See? That's what happens when you make creationist revisions to school text books.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:01 • by Abby (unregistered)
I don't get it. What's wrong with the book? Is it missing an apo'strophe?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:04 • by causa (unregistered)
True geeks would have sent:

0011110000110011

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:05 • by Gorfblot (unregistered)
wholesale:
Are you looking for Wholesale Specials every week?


I suspect this was a poor choice of forums to spam.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:11 • by Dirk Diggler (unregistered)
224447 in reply to 224433
spxza:
An mp5 player? Oohhh...I've always wanted one of those.
I want an mp11.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:11 • by saepius (unregistered)
wholesale:
...Eight out of ten Spaniardscheap digital camerasdigital camera storesbought tickets for the lottery...


you know, that is always good to know... WTF don't these spammers READ what their programs output? This is TRWTF®

Re: What is <3?

2008-10-23 09:11 • by Ken B (unregistered)
224449 in reply to 224427
rbonvall:
Warp:
What do you mean there's something wrong with &#60;3? That *is* the uber-geeky way of expressing your love to your geeky gf.
I agree. If she understands it, marry her NOW.
For my 32nd birthday, a female co-worker got a cake with "Happy $20th birthday" on it. (It really confused the guy at Carvel. She told him "don't worry about it, just do it".)

BTW, I'm now married to her.

And BTW, 2 is "<3".

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:13 • by Ken B (unregistered)
wholesale:
spam
Anyone here who can delete that post?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:15 • by Ken B (unregistered)
224452 in reply to 224447
Dirk Diggler:
spxza:
An mp5 player? Oohhh...I've always wanted one of those.
I want an mp11.
There are 10 types of people in this world...

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:15 • by SysKoll (unregistered)
"objects cannot be created from editing field codes"

Aaaand that's why you should not use MS-Word for complex projects. It offers so many way to screw yourself up.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:15 • by saepius (unregistered)
224454 in reply to 224450
Ken B:
wholesale:
spam
Anyone here who can delete that post?


I say remove the links and blue hilight it! it's the funnier than the artical if you try to read it <3 ;)

Re: What is <3?

2008-10-23 09:16 • by Abby (unregistered)
224455 in reply to 224449
Ken B:
For my 32nd birthday, a female co-worker got a cake with "Happy $20th birthday" on it.

BTW, I'm now married to her.

So I guess she got her $20 worth?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:20 • by Bill Himnotme (unregistered)
224456 in reply to 224453
SysKoll:
Aaaand that's why you should not use MS. It offers so many ways to screw yourself up.

Fixed that for you.

Plus, if you don't screw yourself, it offers so many ways for everyone else on the internet to do you. What is it now, 130 critical patches for "our most secure OS yet"?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:24 • by Frost (unregistered)
So what's the WTF with the legos, the fact that "Save $-49" isn't accurate?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:27 • by Machtyn (unregistered)
224458 in reply to 224415
Kluge Doctor:
This comment should only be read on the second Thursday of each week.


The 2nd Thursday of each week?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:30 • by RogerC
224459 in reply to 224431
Someone:
The smiley face seems to be spewing those ribbons from its mouth... maybe it's sick over the failled install.

I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one who thought the smiley was spewing.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:30 • by notme (unregistered)
224460 in reply to 224433
spxza:
An mp5 player? Oohhh...I've always wanted one of those.


"MP5-player"? Is that some fancy euphemism for a trigger-happy soldier?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:36 • by HughG (unregistered)
I saw the following grafitti on a lamp post near my house (Edinburgh, Scotland) recently, written as a single column of characters, in black marker pen:

X
Y
<
3
A
B

(initials changed to protect the guilty)

:-)

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:45 • by Arlen (unregistered)
I'd argue that is more geeky, and hence, more romantic.

Missed opportunity

2008-10-23 09:52 • by jcorno
This article should've been titled "I &#60;3 WTFs."

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:53 • by someguy (unregistered)
224467 in reply to 224433
spxza:
An mp5 player? Oohhh...I've always wanted one of those.

that's supposed to be "an mp5, playa."

captcha: vindico

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 09:58 • by Smash King
What the hell is a Boxing Day? A holiday in which everyone can wear huge gloves and punch everyone else on the face? Maybe it's the day everyone put assorted junk from their home and work in boxes?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 10:08 • by scav (unregistered)
224470 in reply to 224469
Smash King:
What the hell is a Boxing Day? A holiday in which everyone can wear huge gloves and punch everyone else on the face?


In Scotland, yes.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 10:08 • by Bombe
224471 in reply to 224470
scav:
Smash King:
What the hell is a Boxing Day? A holiday in which everyone can wear huge gloves and punch everyone else on the face?
In Scotland, yes.
You need special days for that in Scotland?

Re: What is <3?

2008-10-23 10:10 • by Bombe
224473 in reply to 224449
Ken B:
For my 32nd birthday […] "Happy $20th birthday" […]
I will be celebrating my 100000th birthday in two months. :)

Re: What is <3?

2008-10-23 10:10 • by Code Dependent
224474 in reply to 224449
Ken B:
For my 32nd birthday, a female co-worker got a cake with "Happy $20th birthday" on it.
Hexing your cake and eating it too?

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 10:13 • by Stewie (unregistered)
224476 in reply to 224416
JD:
The Yahoo Messenger one is pretty obvious - the little yellow guy is happy that, since the installation failed, his computer is not infested with crappy Yahoo spyware. I'd be happy to, after coming so perilously close to actually installing that junk.

I thought maybe the purple streamers coming out of his mouth was puke.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 10:14 • by mauhiz (unregistered)
Real geeks don't even have girlfriends to send whatever geekiness to :(

Though it would be so lovely to receive a message like '%love%'

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 10:21 • by Bez (unregistered)

"Hexing your cake" *snort* C|N>K

I suppose there's several religious groups that would seriously object to your wife-to-be hexing your cake....


Captcha veniam. Veniam? From venio, "I come/approach"? Hm...

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 10:33 • by shadowman
Christ. Considering the exorbitant prices of textbooks, I would definitely contact the publisher of that book and demand either a refund or a corrected version.

Re: What is &#60;3?

2008-10-23 10:39 • by KenW
224481 in reply to 224456
Bill Himnotme:
SysKoll:
Aaaand that's why you should not use computers. It offers so many ways to show how stupid you are.

Fixed that for you.

Plus, if you don't show how stupid you are, it offers so many ways for everyone else on the internet to know how stupid you are. What is it now, 130 times I've senselessly and needlessly bashed MS for my own stupidity?


FTFY.
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