• Paul (unregistered)

    To be perfectly honest do we really need a WTF every day. So what if we skip a day, I'd rather a skip than recycling old stuff.

  • (cs) in reply to highphilosopher
    highphilosopher:
    Why does no one trust developers? Seriously we could have taken over long ago, but we're all nicer than that.

    FTW!

  • Lee K-T (unregistered) in reply to highphilosopher
    highphilosopher:
    Why does no one trust developers? Seriously we could have taken over long ago, but we're all nicer than that.

    Well maybe because the 3/4 of people working as developers don't know what is a boolean. And of course the fact that they've been hired in the first place proves that the rest of the world can't tell the difference between real developers and placeholders.

  • Chewbacca (unregistered) in reply to eViLegion

    Please try to get over yourself.

    What about the newcomers to the site that weren't here in 2006?

    Anyway, we have a similar "manual automation" system where data is exported from one app using CSV, then opened in Excel, cut/paste into another workbook, "Process" is clicked, a macro runs, and the result is exported as CSV to another app.

    I've tried saying about a zillion times that I could easily have the second app import-and-process the first app's CSV directly and with no human error (cut/paste off-by-one-column is the most common), but nobody listens.

    Oh well. I'll keep trying.

  • Filo Pastry (unregistered) in reply to Matt
    Matt:
    Filo Pastry:
    Hey, this is a case where automation actually creates jobs.

    It gives me a warm feeling inside.

    The same way if we all transported cargo by human instead of trains, planes, and automobiles, we'd have TONS more people working.

    It was sometime during the steam engine days that someone did an analysis of the work saved by industrialization versus the total labor capacity of the humans on the planet. As far back as that time, machines were already doing more than people could do if all machines were removed and work returned to human hands.

    The CTO's solution creates jobs the same way ARRA is creating jobs. Make-work programs are a mis-allocation of resources. But hey, maybe being paid to dig holes in the street, then fill them in again might be better than life in a cubicle. Hmmm.....

    Matt here is a point . in the event you miss another one.

    Automation is often seen in a negative light as there is usually some form of downsizing involved. However in this case it can be seen in a positive light even although there is a glaring WTF.

  • eViLegion (unregistered) in reply to ih8u
    ih8u:
    What the dailywtf needs is a simple CGI param "&user=wuss".

    You could have it in there automatically when you log in or, just add it to your bookmark (if you're an anonymous dork like me).

    Then Classics would not show up. Posts containing "First", "FRIST", or anything similar could be hidden (unless they were whining about a "FRIST" post). Articles which have minor typos would not show up. Articles and posts with questionable or imperfect grammar would be hidden.

    Then this free website could pander to your special needs.

    Er, I was making a point about something genuinely pointless (and in fact lazy) on the site, without being personal, or offensive.

    But you have decided to associate my point with unrelated things, like the daft posting of "first", grammar nazi-ism, etc, and then labelled me special needs because I don't share your point of view.

    Basically, there was no need to be such an abject asshat about it.

  • (cs) in reply to Lee K-T
    Lee K-T:
    highphilosopher:
    Why does no one trust developers? Seriously we could have taken over long ago, but we're all nicer than that.

    Well maybe because the 3/4 of people working as developers don't know what is a boolean. And of course the fact that they've been hired in the first place proves that the rest of the world can't tell the difference between real developers and placeholders.

    AMEN TO THAT!

  • Chris Charabaruk (unregistered) in reply to The_Assimilator

    It's because people fail upwards.

  • Jim (unregistered)

    If you see this that's mean the site is not secure enough... Your CTO

  • h1ppie (unregistered) in reply to eViLegion
    eViLegion:
    Yeah... I'd sooner just not have any WTF for the day than getting an old one. It gets my hopes up that some new juicy article has been posted, and then dashes them when I realise.

    I'm confused. You have to come to the site to see if a new WTF is posted. You ignore the Classic tag in the story title, and load it anyway. A minute, maybe two, later, you realize it's a repeat.

    The site is free. If you were paying for access, you might have a point. Are you serious, or should I just not feed the trolls?

  • Fuzzypig (unregistered) in reply to md5sum
    md5sum:
    Sounds like a membership web site I was required to build once... People filled out their membership information, which got emailed to a sales agent. The sales agents then manually entered the information into the CRM system and ran the credit cards from the CRM using a plugin developed by our department. They didn't want the website authorizing or charging the member's cards. Then I got a continuous stream of "error reports" from the sales agents when people entered their credit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV numbers incorrectly.

    Just makes no good sense why people would want or accept a half of a solution.

    ~md5sum~

    He he! Love the fact that people won't trust a website to do the one thing it has been written to do and nothing else, but will happily pass on their credit card details to a human being. For as we know human beings won't take the card details and abuse them for their own ends, buying luxury goods and holidays, unlike those pesky websites that are dripping with gold trinkets and heading off into the sun again!

  • Alok (unregistered) in reply to Incredulous
    alexp-at-WorseThanFailure.com

    I thought the site name had reverted ages back, why is the unpopular PC version still around?

  • Quibus custodiet ipsos custodes? (unregistered) in reply to highphilosopher
    highphilosopher:
    Why does no one trust developers? Seriously we could have taken over long ago, but we're all nicer than that.
    Yeah. That, and the fact that then we'd be the ones who would have to herd the idiots. Not worth it.
  • (cs) in reply to Paul

    dumbest comment today ^^

    thank you very much for that little joy and second WTF you brought me here :-)

  • (cs) in reply to Paul
    To be perfectly honest do we really need a WTF every day. So what if we skip a day, I'd rather a skip than recycling old stuff.

    dumbest comment today ^^

    thank you very much for that little joy and second WTF you brought me here :-)

  • (cs)

    And just WHAT generates these deposit reports that get faxed?

    Can't a developer just as easily modify that report generator to include fraudulent deposits? It's not like the bloody person in charge of faxing them is going to read an account number and mumble to himself "Acct 78834512...$412.95...My god! Mary Smith would NEVER make a transaction like that - to the Fraud Police!" and stop the transaction.

  • C (unregistered) in reply to Mason Wheeler
    Mason Wheeler:
    (Second post attempt. Let's see if the "quote" feature actually works this time.)
    I see you still haven't learned the difference between a reply and a quote? :-<
  • C (unregistered) in reply to h1ppie
    h1ppie:
    eViLegion:
    Yeah... I'd sooner just not have any WTF for the day than getting an old one. It gets my hopes up that some new juicy article has been posted, and then dashes them when I realise.
    I'm confused. You have to come to the site to see if a new WTF is posted. You ignore the Classic tag in the story title, and load it anyway. A minute, maybe two, later, you realize it's a repeat.
    Ever heard of things like RSS feeds?
  • Optimus Dime (unregistered) in reply to The_Assimilator
    The_Assimilator:
    More to the point, why do the incompetents end up in management positions instead of being fired like they deserve?

    In this case, the CTO deserved to be fired out of a cannon.

    ...Into the sun.

    captcha: causa

    causa I say so.

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