• Inigo Montoya (unregistered) in reply to Ian
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    Or 2047 on both...

    You killed my father. Prepare to die.

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    From what can be seen, Apple sometimes has weird variable names. In one of their string localization files, you have the names PIN_Hopelessly_Locked and PUK_Hopelessly_Locked.] Captcha: nulla It's-a null-a!

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    I'm sick to death of hearing morons breathlessly spew out tired phrases like "OMG EPIC FAIL", "YOO FAIL!!1!", "joo FAYLESELS fefe FAIL!"!"!122!2".

    If my computer starts spitting out this nonsense I'm going to have to start bringing a hatchet into work.

    Sorry man, thats what you are going to hear in most WoW guilds. Try changing to Horde, might help a little.

  • (cs)

    Speaking of "metric inches", when my younger brother got his first driver's license, he was asked for his height and weight. He was proud that he was almost 6' tall, but he didn't hedge; he gave his actual height as "five feet, eleven and a half inches".

    The clerk dutifully rounded this up to 5' 12". And that's what his license listed as his height: 5' 12". He thought that was hilarious (which it was), and he was proud to tell people that he was 5' 12" tall. He cherished that driver's license.

    He evertually grew a little more, and now he's about 6' 4", and has a newer license. I don't think he was able to get his height listed as 5' 16" though.

  • Andrew (unregistered) in reply to Ian

    Only if you have 11 fingers

    captcha: tristique, french for feeling sad about having an inferior number of fingers

  • Bosshog (unregistered) in reply to Ken B.
    Ken B.:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)
    Or 2047 on both...
    You must find it hard to buy gloves. :-)
    +1
  • Bosshog (unregistered) in reply to Bob
    Bob:
    CapCity:
    Imperial Leather:
    there's no option for 6'10"-6'12" etc

    If one were 6'12" then 7'0" would work fine

    He must have been thinking of a bakers' foot.

    Hehehe!!

  • (cs)

    I'm going to remove the return value "UnknownError" from any future web services I write and replace them with "APIEpicFail."

  • Clothèd (unregistered) in reply to The Nerve

    whut?

    I want to measure his height not width, damnit!

    C.

    Captcha: haero, is that when a hero also can fly?

  • (cs) in reply to Cactus Powers
    Cactus Powers:
    Oh, and I think inches were based on the width of the thumb.

    Nope.

    An inch is three barleycorns.

    Seriously.

  • Barney fife (unregistered)

    I am 3' 4" and feel discriminated against...

  • JJ (unregistered) in reply to da Doctah
    da Doctah:
    Cactus Powers:
    Oh, and I think inches were based on the width of the thumb.

    Nope.

    An inch is three barleycorns.

    Seriously.

    And what kind of Neanderthal has 1-inch-wide thumbs?? I think he was thinking of length of the thumb, i.e., from the last joint to the tip.

  • Mr. Baggins Junior (unregistered) in reply to Barney fife
    Barney fife:
    I am 3' 4" and feel discriminated against...

    I Frodo never get ANY respect after tossing that stupid ring into the fire!

    People don't talk to me.... applications don't cater to my height..... Next thing you know I won't be able to ride roller coasters.

  • xaosflux (unregistered) in reply to Imperial Leather
    Imperial Leather:
    there's no option for 6'10"-6'12" etc

    6'12" eh....

  • Some Wonk (unregistered) in reply to Mr. Baggins Junior
    Mr. Baggins Junior:
    Barney fife:
    I am 3' 4" and feel discriminated against...

    I Frodo never get ANY respect after tossing that stupid ring into the fire!

    People don't talk to me.... applications don't cater to my height..... Next thing you know I won't be able to ride roller coasters.

    And you can only count to 511 on your hands...

  • Count Rugen (unregistered) in reply to Inigo Montoya
    Inigo Montoya:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    Or 2047 on both...

    You killed my father. Prepare to die.

    You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago. You've been chasing me your whole life only to fail now? I think that's about the worst thing I've ever heard.

  • fjf (unregistered) in reply to bobzilla
    bobzilla:
    And all this time I thought that kid was flipping me off, but apparently he was just telling me he was four.
    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040217
  • ÃÆââ (unregistered) in reply to Capt. Obvious
    Capt. Obvious:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    Or 2047 on both...

    Or 26,243 if you use the Egyptian innovation of tristate (non-thumb) fingers.

    Egyptians: originators of FILE_NOT_FOUND.

    And what if you include your toes?

  • Andrew (unregistered) in reply to moz
    moz:
    Pervez Mushaf (and no, I have no idea why he's on IMDB either).

    Apparenly IMDB considers talk shows and news programs as being "movies"

  • Dan (unregistered) in reply to bobzilla
    bobzilla:
    And all this time I thought that kid was flipping me off, but apparently he was just telling me he was four.

    Or 5. Or 20 if your pinky is the least significant digit. And for many people it is <rim shot>

  • ÃÆââ (unregistered) in reply to Andrew
    Andrew:
    moz:
    Pervez Mushaf (and no, I have no idea why he's on IMDB either).

    Apparenly IMDB considers talk shows and news programs as being "movies"

    Hey, it also lists him as the current president of Pakistan. I guess IMDB is TRWTF.

  • D Traver Adolphus (unregistered) in reply to Imperial Leather

    Not that it comes up very often if you're not Masai, but the option for 6'12" is generally considered to be 7'0".

  • (cs) in reply to Andrew
    Andrew:
    moz:
    Pervez Mushaf (and no, I have no idea why he's on IMDB either).

    Apparenly IMDB considers talk shows and news programs as being "movies"

    That's so you can link him to Kevin Bacon in two steps (using Stephen Colbert as the intermediary).

  • (cs) in reply to re:me
    re:me:
    Imperial Leather:
    there's no option for 6'10"-6'12" etc

    6'12"?

    Guess he meant between 6'10 and 6'12, noninclusive.
  • (cs) in reply to Derek
    Derek:
    Notorious J:
    Cactus Powers:
    The Nerve:
    Jim:
    Ralph:
    So.. what's wrong with those height ranges?

    Inches were invented by someone with 12 fingers.

    Or more likely by a man who wore size 12.

    "Here, lay on the ground, and I'll measure your height with my feet."

    "Hey, good idea: until now I've been measuring with the top section of my index finger. Looks like your foot has about 12 of those."

    With shoes on, you mean. Oh, and I think inches were based on the width of the thumb.

    "Hey, guys, I've got a better way. I've got a stopwatch, and I'll measure how long it takes for light to travel the length of your body. Darn, my stopwatch doesn't have enough marks on it."

    "...but first, we need to put you in a vacuum."

    That would suck.

  • Silverhill (unregistered) in reply to JJ
    JJ:
    And what kind of Neanderthal has 1-inch-wide thumbs??
    Perhaps your hands are unusually small? My hands are not "plus size" (though my fingers are longer than average), but my thumbs are about 1" wide at the base of the nail. (There may be some Neanderthal in my background, but not in the last 1000 or so generations....)

    captcha: enim ... online version of Nim

  • stu (unregistered) in reply to David Robinson
    David Robinson:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)
    Or 2047 on both...
    Are you descended from Anne Boelyn?

    2^10 - 1 = 1023.

    No, he's just a well endowed gentleman.

  • MG (unregistered) in reply to Jim
    Jim:
    Ralph:
    So.. what's wrong with those height ranges?

    Inches were invented by someone with 12 fingers.

    Actually, inches were invented by someone smart enough to realize that even the mostly-illiterate people at the time could understand a measuring system where the basic unit (the foot) could be divided into halves, thirds, and quarters and arrive at round numbers of of inches.

    I'm not saying it should be kept given today's average level of literacy and math education.

  • neminem (unregistered) in reply to bobzilla
    bobzilla:
    And all this time I thought that kid was flipping me off, but apparently he was just telling me he was four.
    132 you, too.
  • RandomUser423695 (unregistered) in reply to JJ
    JJ:
    da Doctah:
    Cactus Powers:
    Oh, and I think inches were based on the width of the thumb.
    Nope.

    An inch is three barleycorns.

    Seriously.

    And what kind of Neanderthal has 1-inch-wide thumbs?? I think he was thinking of length of the thumb, i.e., from the last joint to the tip.
    Which happens to be an absurdly poor estimate on some hands; easily off by 150% in some cases. For me, the middle segment of the little finger is much closer.

    But then again, how often do people have to make digital estimates of distance these days? If you frequently do, I recommend you take a measuring-stick/-tape and figure out your own best matches, instead of relying on (ahem) rules-of-thumb.

  • MG (unregistered) in reply to Steve The Cynic
    Steve The Cynic:
    Greg:
    Fun factoid on the seemingly weird use of the number 12 on clocks, inches in feet, etc:

    Using your thumb, count the knuckles on the same hand. 12! Dates from ancient Egyptians, I believe. You can now count to 24 on two hands. :)

    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    Count this, smartass: 00100 00100

    :-)

  • MG (unregistered) in reply to Count Rugen
    Count Rugen:
    Inigo Montoya:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    Or 2047 on both...

    You killed my father. Prepare to die.

    You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago. You've been chasing me your whole life only to APIEpicFail now? I think that's about the worst thing I've ever heard.

    FTFY

  • anon (unregistered) in reply to The Nerve
    The Nerve:
    Alargule:
    Probably the same mutant that invented the clock. And he couldn't count past 59, either.

    Well, he(or she) didn't feel the need to divide the circle into more minute(pun intended) pieces.

    All in all, 60 is a pretty nice integer number with lots of convenient divisors.

    if you call out the pun, it loses the punch

  • fjf (unregistered) in reply to stu
    stu:
    David Robinson:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)
    Or 2047 on both...
    Are you descended from Anne Boelyn?

    2^10 - 1 = 1023.

    No, he's just a well endowed gentleman.
    So his most significant bit is used for overflow?

  • (cs) in reply to Greg
    Greg:
    Fun factoid on the seemingly weird use of the number 12 on clocks, inches in feet, etc:

    Using your thumb, count the knuckles on the same hand. 12! Dates from ancient Egyptians, I believe. You can now count to 24 on two hands. :)

    That's quite interesting. But now I'm wondering why the Egyptians didn't include the tips of their fingers (along with the knuckles) in their counting method. That would have allowed counting up to 16 on each hand. Eqyptian Hexadecimal !

  • sota (unregistered) in reply to Count Rugen
    Count Rugen:
    Inigo Montoya:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    Or 2047 on both...

    You killed my father. Prepare to die.

    You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago. You've been chasing me your whole life only to fail now? I think that's about the worst thing I've ever heard.

    You just wiggled your 2047 fingers. That's wonderful.

  • Sylver (unregistered) in reply to Eskil
    Eskil:
    Ralph:
    So.. what's wrong with those height ranges?

    They're not metric ;)

    FTW!

  • Montoya (unregistered) in reply to Schmalls
    Schmalls:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    That is awesome. They should start teaching that in elementary schools.

    The only problem with this is that most people can't lift their ring fingers without lifting the adjacent middle fingers too. Can you lift your ring finger independently? I can't :(

  • BushIdo (unregistered)

    Better than APIBrutalFail. http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2007/04/07/

  • gilleain (unregistered) in reply to MG
    Count this, smartass: 00100 00100
    Yeah I don't quite get how these finger-binary systems are meant to work. The best system I can think of is one where the finger on one hand is used to point at the 19 knuckle/tip points on the other hand.

    The good thing about this system is that the state is still clear (as with the original thumb-knuckle 12-system) but that you have many more states. If you combine the information of which finger is doing the pointing with what it's pointing at, you get 2*(5 * 19) or an 190-system.

    What the hell, chuck in the center of the palm and you get a nice metric 200 :)

  • Cobi (unregistered) in reply to gilleain

    The way that finger binary is supposed to work is you've got 10 fingers that can be in one of two states -- straight or curled. So, convert the number you wish to represent to binary, and adjust your fingers accordingly -- straight for a 1, curled for a 0. So, 1 = 00000 00001, or your right pinky is straight and your other fingers are all curled. 425 = 01101 01001, or your right hand pointer and pinky are straight and your left hand ring finger, middle finger, and thumb are straight.

    This of course requires that you be fluent with binary, and can independently control each finger.

  • (cs)

    Do you have pets? [Choose One] None Dog File not Found

  • (cs)

    TRWTF: Thinking that there's such a thing as a 'legitimate secret shopper web site'.

  • Mike (unregistered) in reply to jrh
    jrh:
    SenTree:
    Ralph:
    So.. what's wrong with those height ranges?
    I'm 5'10" and I feel discriminated against. Also, doesn't cater for midgets.

    The secret shopper people just don't want to deal with people are x'10" or x'11". It's a know fact that when people that close to the next foot mark become become paranoid that are being discriminated against based on their height.

    Alex?

  • (cs) in reply to jrh
    jrh:
    The secret shopper people just don't want to deal with people are x'10" or x'11".
    Not quite. They cope just fine if you're 7'10", a real consolation for having to duck all the time when in those shops…
  • (cs) in reply to MG
    MG:
    Count Rugen:
    Inigo Montoya:
    Ian:
    Steve The Cynic:
    I can count to 31 on just one hand. (Hint: 2**5-1)

    Or 2047 on both...

    You killed my father. Prepare to die.

    You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago. You've been chasing me your whole life only to APIEpicFail now? I think that's about the worst thing I've ever heard.

    FTFY

    How marvelous.

  • Roger (unregistered) in reply to JJ
    JJ:
    ... And what kind of Neanderthal has 1-inch-wide thumbs?? I think he was thinking of length of the thumb, i.e., from the last joint to the tip.

    I do. As do all men in my family, except for Uncle Geoff, who did his apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in the days before power tools were common, and has hands that are 4¼" across the big knuckles.

    The length of the last joint of my thumb is almost exactly 1½". BTW, I prefer "stocky" or "solidly built" to Neanderthal.

    Captcha: esse. Blogito, ergo sum.

  • Roger (unregistered) in reply to Greg
    Greg:
    Fun factoid on the seemingly weird use of the number 12 on clocks, inches in feet, etc:

    Using your thumb, count the knuckles on the same hand. 12! Dates from ancient Egyptians, I believe. You can now count to 24 on two hands. :)

    Very interesting! But I'm pretty sure that having twelve non-thumb knuckles per hand dates back a lot longer than that!

  • David (unregistered) in reply to Greg
    Greg:
    Using your thumb, count the knuckles on the same hand. 12! Dates from ancient Egyptians, I believe. You can now count to 24 on two hands. :)

    It actually dates from the Sumerians as far as we know. They could count to 60 with two hands, one hand counting the phalanges and on the other hand counting the number of 'full hands', so you would have 5 x 12 = 60.

    This in turn was the basis for the base 60 numeric system the Babylonians used, which is the base for hour clock.

  • lolwtf (unregistered) in reply to re:me
    re:me:
    First comment cannot be before last comment.

    where else would it be?

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