The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

C-Octothorpe · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

z00n3s!$:
C-Octothorpe:
hoodaticus:
Zylon:
The water temperature is clearly being given in degrees Kelvin.
Kelvin is a unit, not a scale. It doesn't have degrees, e.g., "The temperature at which water freezes is apx 273 Kelvins".
I wonder what it would be like to get an enema with -108 C water... I'd assume it would be like the T-1000 terminator walking in the liquid nitrogen.
I'm pretty sure that would qualify as a workplace hazard, no?
Don't know, bro, but I'm pretty sure your next shit will be like none other.

If you can have a -108 C BM, then hats-off to you sir...

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

hoodaticus:
Zylon:
The water temperature is clearly being given in degrees Kelvin.
Kelvin is a unit, not a scale. It doesn't have degrees, e.g., "The temperature at which water freezes is apx 273 Kelvins".

Kelvin was a lord, and he may have had more than one degree.

My USA high school chemistry teacher kept using "degrees absolute" to mean the Kelvin scale. It looked like the Angtroms symbol, and I doubt it was officially used anywhere.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Decius:
Just as long as it's not .002 cents...

Well that opinion is your 0.000000000000000002 cents. Others might not agree.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Otto:
"Broccoli rape" is a real thing, also known as Rapini.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapini

...so is the Powergen Italia company (say it fast). Apparently, the UK also has a company named Powergen leading to fun with Web searches.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

He's just living in the past:

"1967/1968 Resolution 3 of the 13th CGPM renamed the unit increment of thermodynamic temperature "kelvin", symbol K, replacing "degree absolute", symbol °K."

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Nagesh:
Alex is having interesting definition of unique article.
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Time-Sync.aspx

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It's Mark Howell's fault for submitting the same item twice.

CAPTCHA: quis. That's it, I quis!

pauly · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Jordan:
I rarely unplug my laptop computer but when I do, I prefer to have nearly a year of battery life left.
Stay uncharged, my friends.

This should be featured quote.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Uh.. no. 165C is hotter than boiling (which is 100C).

Jerry:
Pay attention! That is 165 degrees Celsius. Who knows what that might be in real degrees, but it is probably cold.

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Rfoxmich:
Uh.. no. 165C is hotter than boiling (which is 100C).
Jerry:
Pay attention! That is 165 degrees Celsius. Who knows what that might be in real degrees, but it is probably cold.

Newsflash, Rfoxmich, the rest of us got the joke.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

hoodaticus:
The arrival time of the train is the indefinite integral of what now?

It's the sum of the bulbs that are lit to the right of the integral sign, with the green ones being worth 2.

Zylon · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

hoodaticus:
Zylon:
The water temperature is clearly being given in degrees Kelvin.
Kelvin is a unit, not a scale. It doesn't have degrees, e.g., "The temperature at which water freezes is apx 273 Kelvins".

Wrong, it's both a unit (kelvins, equivalent to degrees Celsius) and a scale (the Kelvin scale, with its zero point defined as equivalent to absolute zero). Although you are correct that I should have just written "kelvins" instead of "degrees Kelvin".

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

To the Ubuntu user with 8400 hours of battery life: At least you don't have the opposite problem.

On my laptop running Mint, if I unplug it while the battery life is anything less than 90%, I immediately get a popup stating that the battery is critically low and then the system goes to hibernate.

Then when I bring it back out of hibernate, it will run on battery just fine for another 4-5 hours.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Top three reasons why broccoli rape works:

It isn't against the law
The green residue goes away without antibiotics
You always end up with a special sauce

Grimoire · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

"I'm starting to question what they mean by 'Italian pork' too."

I'm guessing they meant Italian bork.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

trying to understand that leave request tool ... maybe it's just failing to apply the fail-early principle: "sick leave" is supposed to be entered for the past, so it just counts past work hours? Oh and in fact it's a feature, entering "-3" means "i'll happily do 3 hours of overtime that day" :)

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Alas, they caught on before the year end. Several people had twice as many days available six months into the year than they started with.

Of course, we couldn't understand what was going wrong... :)

neminem · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Parle Italiano:
Otto:
"Broccoli rape" is a real thing, also known as Rapini.

...so is the Powergen Italia company (say it fast).

True enough. But that's a different trope :p.

Addendum (2011-09-30 14:48): Also, that one doesn't really work if you say it: the 'a' in "Italia" isn't long. The important thing is that they had a url, and thus, the name was written with no spaces. Pronunciation differences were thus rendered moot.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

I'm also wondering what they mean by "honey mustard" and "tomato sauce". Definitely rude.

Silfax · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

broccoli rabe - one of my favorite veggies... the rape here comes from the latin rapum (generically any member of the brassica family)

To paraphrase the old margarine commercial -- "You call it Canola, we call it rape"

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

n_slash_a:
[...] but is there really such a thing as beating children too much? </sarcasm>

Yes. If you beat them too much, they break down and turn watery, ruining the meringue.

da Doctah · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

hoodaticus:
The arrival time of the train is the indefinite integral of what now?

If a train leaves Chicago at 9 am going south, how long will it take before the passengers realize they're going the wrong way?

Disregard friction, and assume a spherical dining car.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

TFA:
David Lively spotted this at a Capital One ATM in Texas.

TRWTF is Texas

Matt Westwood · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

neminem:
Parle Italiano:
Otto:
"Broccoli rape" is a real thing, also known as Rapini.

...so is the Powergen Italia company (say it fast).
True enough. But that's a different trope :p.

Addendum (2011-09-30 14:48): Also, that one doesn't really work if you say it: the 'a' in "Italia" isn't long. The important thing is that they had a url, and thus, the name was written with no spaces. Pronunciation differences were thus rendered moot.

Haven't laughed so much for a long time.

Matt Westwood · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

da Doctah:
hoodaticus:
The arrival time of the train is the indefinite integral of what now?

If a train leaves Chicago at 9 am going south, how long will it take before the passengers realize they're going the wrong way?

Disregard friction, and assume a spherical dining car.

Assuming this is a serious question: till someone looks out of what they assume is the west window and see the sun in the sky?

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Matt Westwood:
da Doctah:
hoodaticus:
The arrival time of the train is the indefinite integral of what now?

If a train leaves Chicago at 9 am going south, how long will it take before the passengers realize they're going the wrong way?

Disregard friction, and assume a spherical dining car.

Assuming this is a serious question: till someone looks out of what they assume is the west window and see the sun in the sky?

Whooosh!!!!!

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Matt Westwood:
Owl:
Hans:
Jerry:
Pay attention! That is 165 degrees Celsius. Who knows what that might be in real degrees, but it is probably cold.

In real degrees it's still 165 (C). In Fahrenheit however, it's 329 degrese.
How many degreses in a degree?
Who cares, you ignorant, unwashed YANK!. Why don't you go learn bloody units like the rest of the bloody world and while you're at it, quit dragging the world economy ino the toilet. Fucking 'murikans is why we can't have nice things.

FTFY. If your going to impersinate Matt Westwood, you have to put in more effor than that.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Also Matt Westwood:
Matt Westwood:
Who cares, you ignorant, unwashed YANK!. Why don't you go learn bloody units like the rest of the bloody world and while you're at it, quit dragging the world economy ino the toilet. Fucking 'murikans is why we can't have nice things.
FTFY. If your going to impersinate Matt Westwood, you have to put in more effor than that.

I am Matt Westwood!

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

I am Matt Westwood!:
Also Matt Westwood:
Matt Westwood:
Who cares, you ignorant, unwashed YANK!. Why don't you go learn bloody units like the rest of the bloody world and while you're at it, quit dragging the world economy ino the toilet. Fucking 'murikans is why we can't have nice things.
FTFY. If your going to impersinate Matt Westwood, you have to put in more effor than that.
I am Matt Westwood!

I am Matt Westwood!

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
Also Matt Westwood:
Matt Westwood:

Who among who is Matt Westwood?!

Who cares, you ignorant, unwashed YANK!. Why don't you go learn bloody units like the rest of the bloody world and while you're at it, quit dragging the world economy ino the toilet. Fucking 'murikans is why we can't have nice things.
FTFY. If your going to impersinate Matt Westwood, you have to put in more effor than that.

I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!

I am Matt Westwood!

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
Also Matt Westwood:
Matt Westwood:

Who among who is Matt Westwood?!

Who cares, you ignorant, unwashed YANK!. Why don't you go learn bloody units like the rest of the bloody world and while you're at it, quit dragging the world economy ino the toilet. Fucking 'murikans is why we can't have nice things.
FTFY. If your going to impersinate Matt Westwood, you have to put in more effor than that.

I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!

I am Matt Westwood!

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
Also Matt Westwood:
Matt Westwood:

Who among who is Matt Westwood?!

Who cares, you ignorant, unwashed YANK!. Why don't you go learn bloody units like the rest of the bloody world and while you're at it, quit dragging the world economy ino the toilet. Fucking 'murikans is why we can't have nice things.
FTFY. If your going to impersinate Matt Westwood, you have to put in more effor than that.

I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!

I am Matt Westwood!

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Grimoire:
"I'm starting to question what they mean by 'Italian pork' too."
I'm guessing they meant Italian bork.

Everyone knows 'bork' is Swedish.

hoodaticus · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

airdrik:
hoodaticus:
The arrival time of the train is the indefinite integral of what now?
It's the sum of the bulbs that are lit to the right of the integral sign, with the green ones being worth 2.

Okay, so at least two of us know what an integral is :).

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

the beholder:
Carl:
SeySayux:
Jerry:
Pay attention! That is 165 degrees Celsius. Who knows what that might be in real degrees, but it is probably cold.
About 438.
Wow! That's the combination to my luggage!
Triple Fail

Double true!!!

Matt Westwood · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
I am Matt Westwood!:
Also Matt Westwood:
Matt Westwood:

Who among who is Matt Westwood?!

Who cares, you ignorant, unwashed YANK!. Why don't you go learn bloody units like the rest of the bloody world and while you're at it, quit dragging the world economy ino the toilet. Fucking 'murikans is why we can't have nice things.
FTFY. If your going to impersinate Matt Westwood, you have to put in more effor than that.

I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!
I am Matt Westwood!

Dearie dearie me, some silly wanker's got too much time on his hands, again. Give him some CSV files to edit, Fred ...

And it's not "murikans" you MUMPS-programming pile of buggy APL, it's "merkins".

Matt Westwood · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

2 Posts without Swearing? I'm disappointed:
Matt Westwood:
da Doctah:
hoodaticus:
The arrival time of the train is the indefinite integral of what now?

If a train leaves Chicago at 9 am going south, how long will it take before the passengers realize they're going the wrong way?

Disregard friction, and assume a spherical dining car.

Assuming this is a serious question: till someone looks out of what they assume is the west window and see the sun in the sky?
Whooosh!!!!!

Whooosh indeed. Care to enlighten me?

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?

To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.

C-Octothorpe · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Matt Westwood:
2 Posts without Swearing? I'm disappointed:
Whooosh!!!!!
Whooosh indeed. Care to enlighten me?

He said "Wooosh!!!" damnit! Isn't that enough to prove his intellectual superiority!?!?!

Jeezus! You Taffs are so picky...

Nagesh · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Why is train going in wrong directon? Sumone care to enliten, please...

Nagesh · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

C-Octothorpe:
Matt Westwood:
2 Posts without Swearing? I'm disappointed:
Whooosh!!!!!
Whooosh indeed. Care to enlighten me?
He said "Wooosh!!!" damnit! Isn't that enough to prove his intellectual superiority!?!?!
Jeezus! You Taffs are so picky...

Cockto, welsh peepul did lot of wrong things with shep.

hoodaticus · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?
To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.

Instantaneous speed changes are for algebra weenies.

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

hoodaticus:
Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?
To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.
Instantaneous speed changes are for algebra weenies.

You're free to change the speed gradually if you'd like to show off.

Nagesh · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

hoodaticus:
Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?
To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.
Instantaneous speed changes are for algebra weenies.

MY CALCLATION TELLS ME ANSER IS APPROX 90 MPH. THIS IS PURE MENTAL CALCLATION.

IS IT ALOWED TO GO THAT FAST?

neminem · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?

50 MPH. Otherwise the train will explode.

Abso · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?
To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.

Since the first half of the trip will take one hour, the train will unavoidably be late.

However, if it travels at the speed of light for the second half of the trip, then the passengers will be unaware that it's late, because travel at the speed of light is instantaneous from the viewpoint of the traveller.

It will be 161 microseconds late from the viewpoint of the people waiting in Town B, but they won't be able to perceive this delay because it's too small.

dkf · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?

But the train won't be on time; that would violate the fundamental rule of railways, which is to arrive late when it has the greatest chance of inconveniencing the passengers.

Plus, is “first half of trip” talking about time or distance? If it's the latter, how do you propose to decelerate the train afterwards without destroying Town B? And the rest of the hemisphere too.

Ted:
To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.

So now we've got a singularity with a mass of a few hundred tons undergoing an instantaneous deceleration from c to rest? (The first 30 miles took 1 hour, so we've got to do the rest instantly, which means about light speed. Good approximation anyway.) That's going to be spectacular, but please do this experiment on another planet.

Nagesh · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Abso:
Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?
To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.
Since the first half of the trip will take one hour, the train will unavoidably be late.

However, if it travels at the speed of light for the second half of the trip, then the passengers will be unaware that it's late, because travel at the speed of light is instantaneous from the viewpoint of the traveller.

It will be 161 microseconds late from the viewpoint of the people waiting in Town B, but they won't be able to perceive this delay because it's too small.

Neutrono faster than light!

Nagesh · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

dkf:
Ted:
A train leaves Town A going south at 9AM. It is scheduled to arrive at Town B, 60 miles away, at 10AM. However, due to track construction, it is only able to average 30MPH for the first half of the trip. How fast must it average during the second half of the trip in order to arrive at Town B on time?
But the train won't be on time; that would violate the fundamental rule of railways, which is to arrive late when it has the greatest chance of inconveniencing the passengers.
Plus, is “first half of trip” talking about time or distance? If it's the latter, how do you propose to decelerate the train afterwards without destroying Town B? And the rest of the hemisphere too.

Ted:
To simplify the calculation, you may assume the train is the size of a single point and can change speed instantaneously.
So now we've got a singularity with a mass of a few hundred tons undergoing an instantaneous deceleration from c to rest? (The first 30 miles took 1 hour, so we've got to do the rest instantly, which means about light speed. Good approximation anyway.) That's going to be spectacular, but please do this experiment on another planet.

i asume it travel 15 miles in first half. so now it has to cover 45 miles in second half.

Matt Westwood · 2011-09-30 Reply Admin

Nagesh:
C-Octothorpe:
Matt Westwood:
2 Posts without Swearing? I'm disappointed:
Whooosh!!!!!
Whooosh indeed. Care to enlighten me?
He said "Wooosh!!!" damnit! Isn't that enough to prove his intellectual superiority!?!?!
Jeezus! You Taffs are so picky...

Cockto, welsh peepul did lot of wrong things with shep.

Where's the problem?

2011-09-30 Reply Admin

If it is traveling at the speed of light, how will the engineer know when he has arrived at Town B?

And I never said it had to stop once it got there. It could just toss the passengers and keep going.

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