• (cs)

    The first screenshot looks awfully like the one on http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Internet-is-Broken--Time-to-Get-a-New-Phone.aspx. The two submitters even managed to take it at the same hour with the same battery level!

    [[Note from Mark]]: Yep! Typo on image URLs. Thanks!

  • Leighton (unregistered)

    Page was edited as I was posting them :(

  • JC (unregistered)

    TRWTF is Welsh

  • (cs)
    Mark Bowytz:
    Lauri noticed this lonely computerized toy int eh corner
    I want to program with toy ints now!
  • (cs) in reply to Leighton
    Leighton:
    Page was edited as I was posting them :(
    And your previous comment was removed!
  • Zog (unregistered) in reply to JC

    TRWTF is people posting "TRWTF is Welsh" ...

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is people defending Welsh.

  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to Zog
    Zog:
    TRWTF is people posting "TRWTF is Welsh" ...
    Agreed, they should post "TRWTF mae'r Gymraeg yn".
  • pippo (unregistered)

    Ah! Kids nowadays would likely be able to setup BIOS better than grown ups.

  • (cs)

    int eh = 0; if(eh == 0) return "I am TRWTF";

  • faoileag (unregistered)

    Looking at the billboard picture, my eyes involutarily strayed upwards from the mac screen. And I saw the url. And I read "chica go the musical". And thought: "well, that English is a wtf as well"... patterns and the brain, always good for a strange moment or two :-)

  • (cs)

    Oh God! Everyone is going to start using Mac for everything, aren't they.

  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to pippo
    pippo:
    Ah! Kids nowadays would likely be able to setup BIOS better than grown ups.
    What is this "BIOS" thingy you keep talking about? There is no BIOS thingy on my tablet! Just cowies and unicorns and Om Noms!
  • (cs) in reply to Zacrath
    Zacrath:
    Oh God! Everyone is going to start using Mac for everything, aren't they.
    In defense: it's not OSX that crashed, but the application.
  • (cs) in reply to mikeTheLiar
    no laughing matter:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Lauri noticed this lonely computerized toy int eh corner
    I want to program with toy ints now!
    mikeTheLiar:
    int eh = 0; if(eh == 0) return "I am TRWTF";
    WAAAAAAH!!! Mama, mikeTheLiar is playing with my toy ints!
  • Hulk's Penis (unregistered) in reply to TGV

    Its's not even that, the application simply didn't quit when it was asked when the system wanted to reboot.

  • Hulk's Penis (unregistered) in reply to TGV

    Well we'll try that again..

    TGV:
    Zacrath:
    Oh God! Everyone is going to start using Mac for everything, aren't they.
    In defense: it's not OSX that crashed, but the application.

    Its's not even that, the application simply didn't quit when it was asked when the system wanted to reboot.

  • (cs) in reply to faoileag
    faoileag:
    Zog:
    TRWTF is people posting "TRWTF is Welsh" ...
    Agreed, they should post "TRWTF mae'r Gymraeg yn".
    Nope.

    "TRWTF ydy'r Gymraeg". But the people trying to correctly construct Welsh and failing are also ARWTF. (Note: I possibly include myself in this.)

    EDIT: But of course expressing it like that conveys "Welsh is TRWTF" rather than the other way around.

  • anonymous (unregistered) in reply to no laughing matter
    no laughing matter:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Lauri noticed this lonely computerized toy int eh corner
    I want to program with toy ints now!
    Have at it...

    Oh look, it's been fixed now. Oh well.
  • gnasher729 (unregistered) in reply to TGV
    TGV:
    Zacrath:
    Oh God! Everyone is going to start using Mac for everything, aren't they.
    In defense: it's not OSX that crashed, but the application.
    In more defense: Neither the OS nor the application crashed. Someone tried to restart the computer. When MacOS X restarts the computer, it first asks all running applications to quit. The "Presentation Player" application refused to quit - probably because it is supposed to play some presentation forever. When that happens, the user will get this exact error message and can then choose to manually quit the application in order to restart.

    The real problem is most likely that someone tried to restart the computer when they shouldn't have done so.

  • drake (unregistered)

    Wow... the number of apple fan boys today...

    "It's not OS X's fault, it's the program"

    After all, we all know Apple can do no wrong.

  • moz (unregistered) in reply to drake
    drake:
    Wow... the number of apple fan boys today...

    "It's not OS X's fault, it's the program"

    After all, we all know Apple can do no wrong.

    Right. Someone's responsible for the fact that this picture of a desktop appeared on a billboard, rather than just on a local display.

    Apple are paying nothing for this, so why give them a free advert?

  • (cs) in reply to anonymous
    anonymous:
    no laughing matter:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Lauri noticed this lonely computerized toy int eh corner
    I want to program with toy ints now!
    Have at it...
    More like ...

    "I see a red door and I want to paintBlack()!"

  • Qazwsx (unregistered)

    Does Google Earth normally leave a suspicious looking blank space between the search term and period in the error message?

  • Kuli (unregistered)

    I always thought that protest would be written without a D.

  • Captcha: oppeto (unregistered)

    TRWTF is "whomever is behind..."

  • ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL (unregistered)
  • (cs) in reply to no laughing matter
    no laughing matter:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Lauri noticed this lonely computerized toy int eh corner
    I want to program with toy ints now!
    As long as you don't mind waiting for the kids with an own keyboards.
  • Valued Service (unregistered) in reply to ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL
    ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL:

    And the fact that all the individual buyers are losing their plans... ...because corps can negotiate with the government and get a pass, but small businesses can't. I thought this was supposed to protect small businesses.

    "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.... (mutters under breath unless I don't like your plan, because then your premium will quadruple to support my plan.)"

  • ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL (unregistered) in reply to Valued Service
    Valued Service:
    And the fact that all the individual buyers are losing their plans... ...because corps can negotiate with the government and get a pass, but small businesses can't. I thought this was supposed to protect small businesses.

    "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.... (mutters under breath unless I don't like your plan, because then your premium will quadruple to support my plan.)"

    Hey, I love the fact that I will now be covered in case I get pregnant! Why should only women be covered for that? MUH FREEDOM AND EQUALITY!

  • Sarah (unregistered)

    Am I the only one noticing the capital P on the google earth map of that place name and the lowercase p in the search? Didn't knew google earth was case sensitive but still..

  • (cs) in reply to no laughing matter
    no laughing matter:
    anonymous:
    no laughing matter:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Lauri noticed this lonely computerized toy int eh corner
    I want to program with toy ints now!
    Have at it...
    More like ...

    "I see a red door and I want to paintBlack()!"

    Why stop there? Why not build your own ints out of toy NAND gates?

    (Or even build your own Askimet out of stone knives and bear skins. It would still work as well.)

  • (cs) in reply to DCRoss
    DCRoss:
    Rocky's Boots (1982):
    The colors of orange and white were used to show the binary logic states of 1 and 0. As the circuits operated, the signals could be seen slowly propagating through the circuits, as if the electricity was liquid orange fire flowing through transparent pipes.
    But what color is FILENOTFOUND?
  • ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL (unregistered) in reply to no laughing matter
    no laughing matter:
    But what color is FILENOTFOUND?
    FileNotFound's color is Squant Fuck you too, Akismet.
  • (cs) in reply to drake
    drake:
    Wow... the number of apple fan boys today...

    "It's not OS X's fault, it's the program"

    After all, we all know Apple can do no wrong.

    Yes, so what's your point?

  • (cs) in reply to faoileag
    faoileag:
    Zog:
    TRWTF is people posting "TRWTF is Welsh" ...
    Agreed, they should post "TRWTF mae'r Gymraeg yn".

    Not sure if responding in Welsh or having seizure on keyboard...

  • (cs) in reply to Qazwsx
    Qazwsx:
    Does Google Earth normally leave a suspicious looking blank space between the search term and period in the error message?

    Probably, if the space is also in the search term. That may even be the root cause.

  • n_slash_a (unregistered) in reply to ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL
    ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL:
    Valued Service:
    And the fact that all the individual buyers are losing their plans... ...because corps can negotiate with the government and get a pass, but small businesses can't. I thought this was supposed to protect small businesses.

    "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.... (mutters under breath unless I don't like your plan, because then your premium will quadruple to support my plan.)"

    Hey, I love the fact that I will now be covered in case I get pregnant! Why should only women be covered for that? MUH FREEDOM AND EQUALITY!
    Don't forget that single guy not only get maternity leave but also pediatric dental coverage!

  • (cs) in reply to operagost
    operagost:
    As long as you don't mind waiting for the kids with an own keyboards.
    This sadly was not blued. And the error is still in the article!
  • TheAngryPenguin (unregistered)

    "...waiting for the kids with an own keyboards to come and set up the BIOS."

    WTF?!?

  • (cs)

    Not only can Quaker Oats not pay for the full font, they also can't make up their mind whether it's "its" or "it's", and so opted for both.

  • Anonymous') OR 1=1 (unregistered)
    Its's 76º and ✞ ✭(BILLY ARGEL FONTS) Storm outside

    Its's is TRWTF.

  • (cs)

    After having saved up vacation days, Spell Check has decided to take Fridays off for the rest of the year.

  • rpq (unregistered)

    "(...) waiting for the kids with an own keyboards to come and set up the BIOS."

    Actually, I'm pretty sure this is a touchscreen aware BIOS, same as on some of IBM POS machines.

    Note the big squares at the bottom saying stuff like "Up/Down/Enter/Select". They're tappable and execute the appropriate command.

    And again - if it's like IBM's, you just need to doubletap the screen when on the BIOS boot message to open the BIOS setup.

    So could be done totally without a keyboard, just needing a power cycle and a double tap at the right moment.

  • Scourge of Programmers! (unregistered)

    I am surprised nobody has commented on the comment made above.

  • CigarDoug (unregistered) in reply to Valued Service
    Valued Service:
    And the fact that all the individual buyers are losing their plans... ...because corps can negotiate with the government and get a pass, but small businesses can't. I thought this was supposed to protect small businesses.
    I thought so too, because my not-so-small company uses Blue Cross, so I would escape this evilness inflicted on the rest of the country. I lost the plan I have used for years, and now have one that has higher premiums AND higher out-of-pocket costs. Thanks for being the real WTF, Obama!

    I guess I can take some small comfort in the fact my previous plan was one of those rotten "Cadillac" plans so well demonized by our President. I never realized I was one of those fat-cat millionaires and billionaires he seems to have such a problem with.

  • CigarDoug (unregistered) in reply to Scourge of Programmers!
    Scourge of Programmers!:
    I am surprised nobody has commented on the comment made above.
    And _I_ am surprised that you can't seem to find the quote button, so we could have half a clue as to which comment you are talking about.
  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Valued Service
    Valued Service:
    ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL:

    And the fact that all the individual buyers are losing their plans... ...because corps can negotiate with the government and get a pass, but small businesses can't. I thought this was supposed to protect small businesses.

    "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.... (mutters under breath unless I don't like your plan, because then your premium will quadruple to support my plan.)"

    Had you Conservative and/or Libertarian fuckwits not screamed OMGSOCIALISMOMGLENINOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG every five fucking seconds for the past three years, perhaps we'd have some of the fucking controls in place to prevent this shit from happening. Instead, your whining and bitching has resulted in exactly zero of the legislative fixes necessary to prevent insurance companies from dicking everyone over.

  • DV Henkel-Wallace (unregistered)

    Google and YouTube should immediately form and announce a strategic alliance so they they can both exploit greater synergies.

  • Anonypony (unregistered) in reply to Qazwsx
    Qazwsx:
    Does Google Earth normally leave a suspicious looking blank space between the search term and period in the error message?

    Well, based on the look of that user interface I'd say the screenshot is from around 1997. We should be a little forgiving of an alpha version from 4 years before the first stable release.

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