• Shutterbug (unregistered)

    I can't resist the frist

    captcha - jugis: what was missing from the flip-flops thumbnail

  • moz (unregistered)

    I suppose black wasn't really Modano's colour.

  • (cs)

    Not seeing the problem here. -$21,693,754.81 is less than $25.

  • c (unregistered)

    I'd flip flop all over that thmbnail.

  • carl (unregistered)

    I'm sure Johnny's old school hacker friend was using the I'dle Mak'er plugin that comes with Pidgin

  • gizmore (unregistered)

    An error occurred while posting your comment: COMMENT POSTED

  • David (unregistered)

    Here in Europee it seems anything less than a few billion seems to be minor for the banks.

  • Dani (unregistered)

    I don't see a wtf in a hacked software

  • null (unregistered)

    Sorry! Your comment was declined.

    The error message was: FILE_NOT_FOUND

    Please re-enter your comment below and click "WTF?!"

  • SalamiMan (unregistered)

    I'm not seeing the problem with the salami. If you can't afford the full $3.99, ask the grocer if he'll sell you just one penny's worth. That should still be plenty.

  • Zunesis guy (unregistered)

    My salami costs $0.00 per inch and I have ten dollars worth!

  • Paul (unregistered)

    Modano, there's a price range on those flip-flops. Doubtless she comes free with the $58.00 package.

  • Jeff (unregistered)

    Mike, unfortunately I think a hacker guessed your ATM teller machine PIN identification number. TRWTF is an ATM that let him withdraw over 21 million dollars.

    and 81 cents.

  • Jerry (unregistered)

    Clearly Karsten is an old person who doesn't understand modern computing paradigms. You're not supposed to read the words. (Cancel... or cancel) You're only supposed to look at the pretty cartoons.

    OK, the olive drab cartoons.

    Anyway, the floppy disk icon obviously means "save" while the "X" means I changed my mind.

    So, just hit "save" to "delete".

    Yeah, maybe that's still a WTF.

  • Leo (unregistered)

    Trillian? I guess the real question is why that submission just now arrived from 2004.

  • Myself (unregistered) in reply to Zunesis guy
    Zunesis guy:
    My salami costs $0.00 per inch and I have ten dollars worth!

    Oh, I'm sorry about that. Have you talked to a doctor yet?

  • (cs)

    When I was a kid, flip-flops were called "thongs". Later someone came along and used that name for something else. The synonym is apparently still in some systems.

  • (cs)
    "One of these flip-flop thumbnails is far more appealing to me than the others," wrote Modano, "see if you can guess which one."

    Couldn't be the one with the big red box drawn around it. That's an unrelated graphical glitch, right?

  • x (unregistered) in reply to da Doctah
    da Doctah:
    When I was a kid, flip-flops were called "thongs". Later someone came along and used that name for something else. The synonym is apparently still in some systems.
    Took the words out of my mouth. Now I feel old.

    Captcha: iusto -- iusto be a lot younger.

  • Matt (unregistered)

    Error message approved!

  • BushIdo (unregistered)

    Amateurs! If we do it by these tiny chunks, we'll never get rid of the national deficit in time.

  • BushIdo (unregistered) in reply to SalamiMan
    SalamiMan:
    I'm not seeing the problem with the salami. If you can't afford the full $3.99, ask the grocer if he'll sell you just one penny's worth. That should still be plenty.

    It's a rounding error of course. The price per pound is less then 0.005, so the weight of the whole salami is about 678 pounds. Sufficient for a snack, but far from infinit.

  • P. Almonius (unregistered)

    A major error gives a customer money rather than taking it.

  • Jon (unregistered) in reply to Leo
    Leo:
    Trillian? I guess the real question is why that submission just now arrived from 2004.

    I'm pretty sure that submission is from this year. That buddy has been idle since the Unix epoch!

  • Hexadecima (unregistered) in reply to BushIdo
    BushIdo:
    SalamiMan:
    I'm not seeing the problem with the salami. If you can't afford the full $3.99, ask the grocer if he'll sell you just one penny's worth. That should still be plenty.

    It's a rounding error of course. The price per pound is less then 0.005, so the weight of the whole salami is about 678 pounds. Sufficient for a snack, but far from infinit.

    Actually, it's 6 oz. It says at the top.

    Sorry, guys. :(

  • Kasper (unregistered)

    Joey should consider himself lucky the error message was approved. Imagine the trouble he would have had if the error message had not been approved.

  • Kaso (unregistered)

    I've had the Cancel | Cancel thing on a Linux app. It was something like "Are you sure you want to cancel this operation, you'll loose xyz?" [Cancel] [Cancel].

  • Overthinker (unregistered)

    The first cancel means "I'm sure I want to cancel my account?" while the second cancel means "I want to cancel canceling my account (i.e. keep it)?"

    Captcha: aliquam - aliquam-ed into my pockets was fwee.
  • Overthinker (unregistered) in reply to Overthinker

    Oops, omit the question marks. :P

    Captcha: laoreet - the cowboy and his laoreet

  • R-T (unregistered)

    That guy is just flaunting his server up-time.

  • Ped Ant (unregistered) in reply to Kaso
    Kaso:
    I've had the Cancel | Cancel thing on a Linux app. It was something like "Are you sure you want to cancel this operation, you'll loose xyz?" [Cancel] [Cancel].

    Well for God's sake don't loose it on the populace at large!!

  • (cs)

    So it's an automated email the bank sends out to you when your balance drops below $25, right? Helpfully, it also offers advice about a service: you can have the bank send out an automated email to you when your balance drops below $25. Good to know.

  • (cs) in reply to oheso
    oheso:
    Not seeing the problem here. -$21,693,754.81 is less than $25.

    Dearie, dearie me, you really have to do something about your spendaholic inclinations. I hope you have a plan in place to sort out that balance, which is considerably more overdrawn than was originally agreed.

    I have sent the bailiffs round, who are going to do an assessment of your assets and remove any goods they see fit in order to make a start on making amends for your irresponsibility. Your home is in the process of being repossessed. Note that because of the extreme nature of your overdraft, you will not be eligible for any governmental assistance.

  • A. Nonymous (unregistered) in reply to P. Almonius
    P. Almonius:
    A major error gives a customer money rather than taking it.
    This.
  • Arthur Dent (unregistered)

    Trillian? 42? Then the Ultimate Question must be: How many years since UNIX epoch...?

    But since it is impossible for The Answer and The Question to be known in the same universe, I guess 2012 is really the end.

  • (cs)

    Mmmm, dark matter salami is yummy.

  • (cs)

    why would a minor be typing these letters anyway?

  • (cs)
  • (cs) in reply to A. Nonymous
    A. Nonymous:
    P. Almonius:
    A major error gives a customer money rather than taking it.
    This.
    Yes.
  • Aussie Bob (unregistered) in reply to da Doctah
    da Doctah:
    When I was a kid, flip-flops were called "thongs". Later someone came along and used that name for something else. The synonym is apparently still in some systems.
    Same here. When I first saw it, I thought "Look an American Thong in with the Thongs....". I can't explain the black square though....

    TRWTF is America.

    Also (as I think someone else pointed out) the Cancel, Cancel is perfectly ok. If you want to cancel your account, click cancel. If you don't want to cancel your account, click cancel (the other one).

  • (cs) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    Note that because of the extreme nature of your overdraft, the government will have no qualms sorting you out and leaving the bill with the taxpayers.

    Sorry, but can't help it. FTFY.

  • Not Nagesh Either (unregistered) in reply to Aussie Bob
    Aussie Bob:
    Also (as I think someone else pointed out) the Cancel, Cancel is perfectly ok. If you want to cancel your account, click cancel. If you don't want to cancel your account, click cancel (the other one).

    That doesn't mean it's OK.

  • Aussie Bob (unregistered) in reply to Not Nagesh Either
    Not Nagesh Either:
    Aussie Bob:
    Also (as I think someone else pointed out) the Cancel, Cancel is perfectly ok. If you want to cancel your account, click cancel. If you don't want to cancel your account, click cancel (the other one).

    That doesn't mean it's OK.

    Stupid users are not IT's fault. We included icons to clarify which Cancel is which. Mildly confusing, perhaps, but hardly a WTF....

  • (cs) in reply to Watson
    Watson:
    So it's an automated email the bank sends out to you when your balance drops below $25, right? Helpfully, it also offers advice about a service: you can have the bank send out an automated email to you when your balance drops below $25. Good to know.
    Actually, if you'd bothered to read what it said, you'd have seen that it's offering a service which allows you to adjust the alert threshold to something other than $25, according to your needs.
  • (cs)

    Johnny's friend Trillian has found the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything! I wonder if she knows it?

  • Kempeth (unregistered)
    1. Wear socks
    2. Put on flip flops
    3. Look at you feet
    4. Get it...
  • (cs) in reply to Scarlet Manuka
    Scarlet Manuka:
    Watson:
    So it's an automated email the bank sends out to you when your balance drops below $25, right? Helpfully, it also offers advice about a service: you can have the bank send out an automated email to you when your balance drops below $25. Good to know.
    Actually, if you'd bothered to read what it said, you'd have seen that it's offering a service which allows you to adjust the alert threshold to something other than $25, according to your needs.
    Actually, if you'd bothered to read what it said, you'd have read the rest of the paragraph you refer to:
    Get notified before your Available Balance drops below $25. Activate the Low Balance Alert and customize your notification with an amount that's right for you.
  • Regular Dickweed (unregistered) in reply to Watson
    Get notified before your Available Balance drops below $25. Activate the Low Balance Alert and customize your notification with an amount that's right for you.
  • Iain (unregistered)

    Surely the real WTF is shopping for flip-flops?

  • (cs) in reply to Leo
    Leo:
    Trillian? I guess the real question is why that submission just now arrived from 2004.
    Dunno, for me "Trillian" has meant Tricia McMillan ever since 1978...

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