• BobB (unregistered)

    Sadly, the only wind we get near my cube is foul smelling and acidic. Damn you Crab Shack, DAMN YOU!

  • (cs)

    A true Ninja Hacker likes breaking wind...

  • satan 666 (unregistered)

    Is it me, or is that ninja wearing high heels?

    And how, pray-tell, is this really a wtf?

  • The Thinman (unregistered)

    Do my eyes deceive me, or is that ninja wearing 3-inch heels?

    I know Uma Therman is really popular right now . . . but . . . c'mon.

  • no - YOUR NAME (unregistered)

    One of the better WTFs of late. WTF?!?

    Captcha text and i eat paste

  • Raider (unregistered)

    Hrm ... Why does a new guy have access to highly secure racks that are apparently se sensitive that they have sensors on the panel doors ... Without supervision?

  • WTF?! (unregistered)

    umm.. ok we need to prolly maybe work on the writing skills. not terrible, but there are some words that dont fit.

  • neven (unregistered)

    The real WTF is trying to make a non-WTF into a WTF by adding gratuitous ninjas. WTF?

  • satan 666 (unregistered)

    Forget that the ninja is wearing 3" high heels...

    Did you notice that she's on a table (ok, so it's not wooden), taking a picture of a printout...

  • THE Nonymouse (unregistered)

    Many years ago, the company who owned me had just put in a new document imaging system, the heart of which was a massive (Subzero refrigerator-sized) "jukebox" filled with WORM disks (and robotic contraptions that fed them into one of four drives). The thing probably held at least 40GB of near-line data. Wow! The backup process for this beast was a WTF unto itself.

    In any event, I got a call one evening from the night operator, saying the jukebox was off-line. I tried some basic stuff over the phone, but it seemed like the jukebox was truly dead. I hopped in the car and drove the ten miles to the office. Upon arriving, I saw the jukebox controller PC with a big SCSI error on the screen and the night operator peering into the opened back of the jukebox.

    "Um, has the door been open the whole time?"

    "Yeah, I wanted to see how it worked."

    I stared at him for a long moment, reached past him and shut the door, then hit "Retry." The jukebox whirred to life. I left without saying a word.

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is that the sword is clearly a katana instead of the ninja-to that a true ninja would carry.

  • Mizchief (unregistered)

    The RWTF is that he used a putter to fend off ninjas. Everyone knows the 9 iron is the best ass-beating club.

  • R (unregistered) in reply to Mizchief
    Mizchief:
    The RWTF is that he used a putter to fend off ninjas. Everyone knows the 9 iron is the best ass-beating club.

    Rubbish. I ALWAYS use a 2 wood for my ninja beating needs.

  • Canon Owner (unregistered)

    When ninja's take pictures, do they need to turn the camera on? Because I own that model and the lens is only closed like that with the camera off.

  • (cs) in reply to satan 666
    satan 666 :

    Is it me, or is that ninja wearing high heels?

    And how, pray-tell, is this really a wtf?

    In soviet Russia high heels wear ninjas.

  • Frank (unregistered) in reply to DeLos

    Oddly, you're probably right.

  • (cs)

    It's "Rappel".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappel

  • (cs)

    The picture is a bigger WTF than the story.

  • Jean Naimard (unregistered)

    3 inch heels is counterproductive, at least for a ninja. But spandex, OTOH…

  • Willow (unregistered)

    Hey! Back OFF on the heels and the sword in my picture, ok? My cloth sandals were dirty, and DUH! the Katana was the only sword I had that went with those boots!

  • (cs) in reply to El Duderino
    El Duderino:
    It's "Rappel".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappel

    No, they have it right. The ninjas obviously rode down the elevator shaft on whatever it was that they were repelling in front of them--possibly, some guards whose sense of style was offended by the three inch heels. So these guards served as a buffer to break their fall.

  • Nit (unregistered) in reply to dpm
    dpm:
    TRWTF is that the sword is clearly a _katana_ instead of the _ninja-to_ that a *true* ninja would carry.

    According to Wikipedia (the font of accurate data), "The typical ninjatō carried by a ninja would most likely have been a wakizashi or shortsword fitted with a katana-length handle and placed in a katana-length saya (scabbard)." One should not be able to tell from the picture of the saya what type of blade is within.

  • Derek Hartley (unregistered) in reply to WTF?!
    WTF?!:
    umm.. ok we need to prolly maybe work on the writing skills. not terrible, but there are some words that dont fit.

    Might I correct the capital letters in 'ok', the spelling of 'prolly' to 'probably' and add an apostrophe to 'dont'? Then you might be able to comment on other people's writing skills.

  • (cs) in reply to Nit
    Nit:
    dpm:
    TRWTF is that the sword is clearly a _katana_ instead of the _ninja-to_ that a *true* ninja would carry.

    According to Wikipedia (the font of accurate data), "The typical ninjatō carried by a ninja would most likely have been a wakizashi or shortsword fitted with a katana-length handle and placed in a katana-length saya (scabbard)." One should not be able to tell from the picture of the saya what type of blade is within.

    It's neither the blade nor the hilt nor the scabbard that gives it away, it's the guard.

  • (cs) in reply to Canon Owner
    Canon Owner:
    When ninja's take pictures, do they need to turn the camera on? Because I own that model and the lens is only closed like that with the camera off.
    Duh, she must be blonde <ducking>
  • (cs) in reply to Smash King
    Smash King:
    Canon Owner:
    When ninja's take pictures, do they need to turn the camera on? Because I own that model and the lens is only closed like that with the camera off.
    Duh, she must be blonde <ducking>

    Haha, blonde ninja, like that could ever happen...

  • TRWTF (unregistered)

    TRWTF are Ukrainian coders (I'm from Russia and know what I saying)

  • IV (unregistered) in reply to Derek Hartley
    Derek Hartley:
    WTF?!:
    umm.. ok we need to prolly maybe work on the writing skills. not terrible, but there are some words that dont fit.

    Might I correct the capital letters in 'ok', the spelling of 'prolly' to 'probably' and add an apostrophe to 'dont'? Then you might be able to comment on other people's writing skills.

    Don't forget the split infinitive. Nothing should go between 'to' and the verb.

    I also want to point out that a real ninja would have worked around the alarm. They should have been worried about some other form of theif.

  • (cs) in reply to IV
    IV:
    Derek Hartley:
    WTF?!:
    umm.. ok we need to prolly maybe work on the writing skills. not terrible, but there are some words that dont fit.

    Might I correct the capital letters in 'ok', the spelling of 'prolly' to 'probably' and add an apostrophe to 'dont'? Then you might be able to comment on other people's writing skills.

    Don't forget the split infinitive. Nothing should go between 'to' and the verb.

    I also want to point out that a real ninja would have worked around the alarm. They should have been worried about some other form of theif.

    And don't forget the use of "probably" and "maybe" for the same uncertainty, as it would've been advised by the Department of Redundancy Department. I would pick either "we probably need to work" or "maybe we need to work".

  • (cs)

    She's like the wind through my tree She rides the night next to me She leads me through moonlight Only to burn me with the sun She's taken my heart But she doesn't know what she's done

    Feel her breath on my face Her body close to me Can't look in her eyes She's out of my league Just a fool to believe I have anything she needs She's like the wind

  • The only funny thing here... (unregistered) in reply to satan 666
    satan 666 :

    Is it me, or is that ninja wearing high heels?

    And how, pray-tell, is this really a wtf?

    Apparently only the ninja is, and for me that's a great wtf. Now, if you are used to wear high heels...
  • the amazing null (unregistered)

    i do not want to pick on the picture because i think that it is cute, and inventive. how come for all of the smack everyone is talking about it, the ninja's lack of gloves is not an issue?

    anyhow, i thought it was a great story and stuff like that far too often happens. as a hacker with a ninja-to and known for wearing black everyday [two facts that actually got me labeled the ninja at work], assuming ninjas are breaking in seems like a common assumption on slow afternoons or during late nights...

  • (cs) in reply to Smash King
    Smash King:
    And don't forget the use of "probably" and "maybe" for the same uncertainty, as it would've been advised by the Department of Redundancy Department. I would pick either "we probably need to work" or "maybe we need to work".
    Good timing! I was just calling auto glass businesses comparing quotes, and I got a recording that ended with, "we are currently assisting other patients at the moment."

    The unnecessarily repetitive redundancy is amusing enough, but--"other patients"? At an auto glass repair business? WTF indeed!

  • sf (unregistered) in reply to TRWTF
    TRWTF:
    TRWTF are Ukrainian coders (I'm from Russia and know what I saying)
    Here in the states we hire Ukrainians to double as coders/server room security guards. They usually get to expense there putters. What do you use?
  • Me (unregistered)

    The RWTF is that the ninja is Irish Girl in disguise... and the head is still attached to the body.

  • Tyler (unregistered) in reply to IV
    IV:
    Derek Hartley:
    WTF?!:
    umm.. ok we need to prolly maybe work on the writing skills. not terrible, but there are some words that dont fit.

    Might I correct the capital letters in 'ok', the spelling of 'prolly' to 'probably' and add an apostrophe to 'dont'? Then you might be able to comment on other people's writing skills.

    Don't forget the split infinitive. Nothing should go between 'to' and the verb.

    I also want to point out that a real ninja would have worked around the alarm. They should have been worried about some other form of theif.

    And yet there is a name/complete linguistic theory for split infinitives. That is usually an indicator that it DOES make sense grammatically and therefore it IS okay to put words in between "to" and the verb.

  • (cs)

    The last company I worked for (a bank) actually DID have ninjas (well, maybe not official ninjas, but armed men with masks) break into a datacenter and make off with a shitton of stuff.

  • sd (unregistered) in reply to R
    R:
    Mizchief:
    The RWTF is that he used a putter to fend off ninjas. Everyone knows the 9 iron is the best ass-beating club.

    Rubbish. I ALWAYS use a 2 wood for my ninja beating needs.

    I wood get a wood for that female ninja too.

  • 2 Ninjas 1 Cup (unregistered)

    Put a cup under that ninja, and get another ninja on standby, and you've got yourself an instant internet hit!

  • Jon von Gillern (unregistered)

    Where the hell do you get a stock photo of a woman ninja in heels taking pictures of documents while crouching on a table. WOW!

  • (cs) in reply to dpm
    dpm:
    Nit:
    dpm:
    TRWTF is that the sword is clearly a _katana_ instead of the _ninja-to_ that a *true* ninja would carry.

    According to Wikipedia (the font of accurate data), "The typical ninjatō carried by a ninja would most likely have been a wakizashi or shortsword fitted with a katana-length handle and placed in a katana-length saya (scabbard)." One should not be able to tell from the picture of the saya what type of blade is within.

    It's neither the blade nor the hilt nor the scabbard that gives it away, it's the guard.

    I've gotten use to people picking apart the (mis)use of low level hardware terminology etc but only on TDWTF will a Ninja's sword of choice be picked apart to this degree.

    God forbid we have a story about a Debian install and a photo of some tech that happens to be wearing a red hat.

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is that some of the comments are re-used from the old original article..... and they have been highlighted in blue

  • GrandmasterB (unregistered)

    Obviously, the Ninja's opened the doors on the server units purposely to draw Mike away from his computer... on which they installed a key logger once he left to check out the disturbence.

  • (cs) in reply to IV
    IV:
    Derek Hartley:
    WTF?!:
    umm.. ok we need to prolly maybe work on the writing skills. not terrible, but there are some words that dont fit.

    Might I correct the capital letters in 'ok', the spelling of 'prolly' to 'probably' and add an apostrophe to 'dont'? Then you might be able to comment on other people's writing skills.

    Don't forget the split infinitive. Nothing should go between 'to' and the verb.

    I also want to point out that a real ninja would have worked around the alarm. They should have been worried about some other form of theif.

    The so-called split infinitive rule is bogus. There is nothing inherently wrong with it. In this case, it was done poorly, but that's just the poster's moronic tone. Second, I think the word you were trying to spell is "thief".

  • Mr.'; Drop Database -- (unregistered) in reply to Jon von Gillern
    Jon von Gillern:
    Where the hell do you get a stock photo of a woman ninja in heels taking pictures of documents while crouching on a table. WOW!
    Easy. Just go to Cuil and search for "gardening".
  • (cs)

    The reason the ninja is taking photographs of documents is because scanning them is too troublesome.

  • Matt (unregistered) in reply to sd
    sd:
    R:
    Mizchief:
    The RWTF is that he used a putter to fend off ninjas. Everyone knows the 9 iron is the best ass-beating club.

    Rubbish. I ALWAYS use a 2 wood for my ninja beating needs.

    I wood get a wood for that female ninja too.

    And then you could beat on her with your hard wooden shaft.

  • John Doe (unregistered)
    repelled

    Rappel, not repel. Unless they were pushing something away from themselves, in which case it's repel.

  • Alcari (unregistered)

    Nice story.

    Of course, in reality the fact that they didn't see any ninjas was caused by the fact that THEY'RE NINJAS.

  • Dennis (unregistered) in reply to sas

    The so-called split infinitive rule is bogus.

    Well, that's a whole nother matter entirely!

Leave a comment on “Classic WTF: A True Ninja Hacker Is Like The Wind”

Log In or post as a guest

Replying to comment #:

Log Out

« Return to Article