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Love, Nagesh
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Trwtf, tony is indian guy who find no need for taning.
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Yeah, computers are way overrated. I never did figure out why anyone would want to pay me for the programming I do.
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I am not sure massive exposure to high doses of UV radiation should be considered a gift.
"At least once a day, one of the workstations would need to be rebooted because a customer accidentally closed Internet Explorer by pressing too close to the top of the screen. Occasionally, the beds would reconnect to the server without reboots. The reason for this was the original developer's choice of network configuration."
Wow just wow. These problems were solved years ago. Remind me again why we stopped using TN3270? Sometimes I feel technology just marches ever backwards.
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trwtf is the real Nagesh putting together a semi coherent sentence.
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Thanks for appropriate first post
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The real WTF is that Nagesh spelled First correctly. Anyways, I love this story, somtimes keep it simple is exactly what you need.
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And this likely happened years ago.
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Technology for the sake of technology is TRWTF here. This is not just badly engineered, it was over engineered from the start when a simple lock and key works just as well.
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Well, she asked a programmer... If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks a lot like a nail!
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A story on Thursday ! Its a miracle !
spoke too soon.. its a classic.. wtf
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Alright! Tanning beds! Now that's something I can relate to, instead of the usual nerdy stuff around here.
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I agree. I never did figure out why anyone would want to pay you for the programming you do either.
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But developing a custom system from scratch and then dealing with all the problems this implies for only four (!) tanning beds is definitely over-engineering.
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Nah, "Tony" is short for Tonesh Sandeep Nahasapeemapetilan, obviously Hindi.
The real WTF is a line saying "The owner and her investors". I didn't know tanning salons had "investors", but maybe I'm thinking of "investor" in the VC-funding type of way.
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TRWTF is that I clicked the "Articles" link a few minutes ago and was greeted by a TDWTF page with russian (cyrillic, for the pedants out there) characters.
It seems it was fixed three minutes later. I suspect we're going to see another regional TDWTF page soon.
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DHCP supplies not only the IP address fort eh client to use but also the NETMASK, good luck without it. if there are four tanning beds and one server makes a hell of a lot of sense to hard code (static) the ip and net mask
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One thing I don't get. If someone fails to leave the sunbed before the timer expires presumably they would be locked in and can only be released by the arrival of a new customer?
Then you have to consider date/time vulnerabilities that are typical with timers, eg Y2K - potentially someone who went into the sunbed on December 31st 1999 would be trapped for a century or until a member of staff went to check on them if the timer incorrectly rolled over to January 1st 1900.
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If you want to go old-school, you don't even need DHCP, just some cleverly crafted ARP/RARP tricks.
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Final Destination Explained.
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I assumed that the lock was on the door to the tanning rooms, not the equipment. The timer was probably a mechanical egg timer.
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This doesn't fix the "multiple people sharing the same card" problem, but it would probably mitigate it. Some people (sadly, not even close to all people) feel worse about lying to a person than lying to a machine.
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lots of poonjabi peepul name there sons Tony and doters as Pinky or Dollie
go look fer facts and they stair you rite in face.
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Those mechanical eggs definitely constitute over-engineering.
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gefrey geting lot of bites.
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I loved it the first time i read it and I did enjoy it the secound time.
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Indian-Italian... Sonia Gandhi?
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The real wtf is the white on white heading font. (At least in Firefox)
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You don't need a person to hand out keys and watch the timer. The person at the front desk can do that. There are only 4 beds and they make timers that ring when they expire (like the egg timers suggested by several others). Sure it doesn't scale to 100 beds, but you cross that bridge when you get there.
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Parking meters can take credit cards now, so I assume it wouldn't be too hard to take off all the locks, and have the credit card reader control the power to the UV lights. CC starts the lights. Second time door is opened it stops the lights. Auto timeout after 1 hour. Pie.
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Also, I'd just like to point out that there is strong scientific evidence to support the position that tanning actually makes your MORE healthy.
Look at it like this- we have all heard the reports that the UV exposure can cause cancer. However, statistically, the number of people that get cancer from UV radiation is quite low. Therefore, for the remainder of the population, you are only suffering minor damage.
Our body's defense system is based upon conditioning itself to respond to damage. Get injured a lot, you start to heal faster. Get exposed to a lot of minor colds, you'll get sick less frequently. UV exposure, as long as it is in moderation, actually conditions the body to resist radiation. It makes sense that as long as you don't tan so much as to CAUSE cancer, tanning will actually make you healthier, and better able to RESIST cancer.
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And yet, TRWTF is Java.
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Remember, it's a delicate balance between stupidity and sincerity, and you're leaning a little too much to one side.
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:s/software/religon/g
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I noticed I'm featured in your forum signature. :) I think this is appropriate- It's like saying,"I will respond to any troll, because I am a toolbag and here's the proof."
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I would still let it run its hour.. if they open the door for any reason, if you're gonna kill the power, you better prorate their hour charged, at least in the first half hour.
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TRWTF IS FIREFOX
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Welcome to The Daily WTF, Mr. Speaker. It is quite an honor to have you chime in on our little forum, here.
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Ironically, this is exactly what the new standards for Announcement and Discovery Services do...
ps: DHCP does not come into play at all. The overriding question is if the client (tanning bed) should need to know the name or IPAddr of the server at all...or should it just look for something broadcasting (that is an oversimplification) "Hey I Serve Tanning Beds!"