• (cs)

    How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb?

    Fish.

  • (cs) in reply to Jay
    Jay:
    Surely a far better investment of your $150 would be to use it to pay the service charges necessary to get a Nigerian bank to transfer that $50 million that a mysterious stranger wants to give you.
    Ahh, but those service charges are rarely just $150. How much? Well, how much have you got?
  • Dan (unregistered) in reply to SunnyDay
    SunnyDay:
    What's the deal with the UPS? I don't get it.

    There's a note on the back that says look at the bottom. No doubt the note on the bottom says look at the manual.

    Of course TRWTF on one I bought once is that its assembler pinched one of the power supply wires in the mounting screw hole.

  • Jesus Loves (unregistered) in reply to ParkinT
    ParkinT:
    Give a man a fish, he'll throw exceptions for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll throw exceptions for a lifetime!
    Teach a man to be a fisher of men, he'll save lives.
  • DSXP (unregistered)

    damn... now I have to update my code!

    switch(isValid){ case True: doSomething(); break; case False: dontDoAnything(); break; case FileNotFound: findFile(); break; case Fish: getMoreBait(); break; default: throw new Exception("WTF"); }

  • a (unregistered) in reply to The Nerve

    Could also be UPSide DOWNS

  • fjf (unregistered) in reply to Stormcrow
    Stormcrow:
    Write a man some code, and you'll solve one of his problems. Teach him to code and he'll give us a lifetime of WTFs.
    FTFY.
  • Catch Twenty2 (unregistered)

    Bureaucrat: "You do not have authorization for the Forgotten Password application."

    Customer: "And how do I get authorization?"

    B: "Give to us the password you have forgotten and we authorize you for the Forgotten Password application."

    C: <sputter>!

  • (cs) in reply to Catch Twenty2

    Ahh, "WTFs Found In A Bathtub". I read that book.

  • (cs) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    SunnyDay:
    What's the deal with the UPS? I don't get it.

    There's a note on the back that says look at the bottom. No doubt the note on the bottom says look at the manual.

    Of course TRWTF on one I bought once is that its assembler pinched one of the power supply wires in the mounting screw hole.

    Ouch!!! Hope you didn't get 'burned'....

  • (cs)

    Expected "true" but found "whale".

  • brucebrown (unregistered) in reply to Steve-O

    Because a bank would pay you $30 interest on $150 over a year (ignoring that Greg tells us the rebate is permanent)? Not saying it's a good deal, but your comparison just makes no sense.

  • moz (unregistered) in reply to Jesus Loves
    Jesus Loves:
    ParkinT:
    Give a man a fish, he'll throw exceptions for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll throw exceptions for a lifetime!
    Teach a man to be a fisher of men, he'll save lives.
    He may do; or he may just get banned from the swimming pool.
  • Ioachim (unregistered)

    It might be the most repeated to death TDWTF but, we should update it:

    enum Boolean {
    True,
    False,
    FILE_NOT_FOUND,
    fish }
  • Gary Olson (unregistered) in reply to ParkinT
    ParkinT:
    Give a man a fish, he'll throw exceptions for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll throw exceptions for a lifetime!

    But what does he do for garbage collection?

  • Bankman (unregistered) in reply to brucebrown
    brucebrown:
    Because a bank would pay you $30 interest on $150 over a year (ignoring that Greg tells us the rebate is permanent)? Not saying it's a good deal, but your comparison just makes no sense.
    Your comment is TRWTF. What bank is paying 20% APY interest on savings accounts these days? The most I've ever seen in my life is 5-6% on regular savings and 9-10% on cds, that was back in 1988 or so. Right now the highest rate I see for savings accounts is 1.34%.

    Captcha 'consequat', a holy consecrated kumquat

  • fish (unregistered) in reply to ParkinT

    Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day Set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life

  • Mike (unregistered) in reply to Jay
    Jay:
    Surely a far better investment of your $150 would be to use it to pay the service charges necessary to get a Nigerian bank to transfer that $50 million that a mysterious stranger wants to give you.

    Based entirely on your recommendation, I've sent my $150 to the Nigerian prince and I am awaiting my $50 million dollars. I'll report back the moment I receive it.

  • (cs) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    SunnyDay:
    What's the deal with the UPS? I don't get it.

    There's a note on the back that says look at the bottom. No doubt the note on the bottom says look at the manual.

    Of course TRWTF on one I bought once is that its assembler pinched one of the power supply wires in the mounting screw hole.

    No, you are wrong. Of course, the note on the botton of the UPS refers to a note inside the cover, just under the printed circuit board, that says "Risk of electrical shock. Refer to the manual for other cautinary information."

  • Jouva (unregistered)

    Let's see...

    #1 was a dupe that has no issue in itself. #2 was a business practice #3 wasn't too funny #4 makes sense since the bottom has specific warning marks that won't fit on that sticker...

    Come on guys get with it.

  • Infi (unregistered)

    These things just keep getting worse and worse, is there a way to subscribe to the non-error'd articles only? Seeing errors and badly written messages was occasionaly funny, but seeing randomly selected screenshots of perfectly reasonable messages is just pointless.

  • Michael (unregistered) in reply to Bankman

    True, and you are required to have a minimum balance of around $300 or you are charged a fee of around $7 to $10 for the "privilege" of having a "savings" account. Minimum balance and fee structure varies depending on how sh*tty your bank is, the POM, and fish.

  • Michael (unregistered) in reply to Bankman
    Bankman:
    What bank is paying 20% APY interest on savings accounts these days? The most I've ever seen in my life is 5-6% on regular savings and 9-10% on cds, that was back in 1988 or so. Right now the highest rate I see for savings accounts is 1.34%.

    (Repost w/ context, this posting system is a WTF itself)

    True, and you are required to have a minimum balance of around $300 or you are charged a fee of around $7 to $10 for the "privilege" of having a "savings" account. Minimum balance and fee structure varies depending on how sh*tty your bank is, the POM, and fish.

  • brucebrown (unregistered) in reply to Bankman
    Bankman:
    brucebrown:
    Because a bank would pay you $30 interest on $150 over a year (ignoring that Greg tells us the rebate is permanent)? Not saying it's a good deal, but your comparison just makes no sense.
    Your comment is TRWTF. What bank is paying 20% APY interest on savings accounts these days? The most I've ever seen in my life is 5-6% on regular savings and 9-10% on cds, that was back in 1988 or so. Right now the highest rate I see for savings accounts is 1.34%.

    Captcha 'consequat', a holy consecrated kumquat

    Err yeah, my point entirely, in reply to the guy who said you'd make more money sticking it in the bank. Reply/quote difference is confusing, but I thought the irony was obvious.

  • Chris (unregistered) in reply to codeman38

    You sir, have made me lol and therefore deserves three internets.

  • Chris (unregistered) in reply to codeman38
    codeman38:
    How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb?

    Fish.

    Ahem, this sir, made me lol and thus deserves 3 internets.

  • Xythar (unregistered)

    I guess the new booleans are True, Fish and FALSE_NOT_FOUND.

  • Dave G. (unregistered) in reply to Did I mention I went to Cornell?
    Did I mention I went to Cornell?:
    It's clearly a MBA WTF, not an IT WTF.

    I have an MBA, and I can tell you it's not an MBA WTF either.

    The plans improve the company's cash flow. The concept of the Time value of Money means that money has more value now than it does in the future.

    Basically, money you have now can be used for further investment now. Money you have now is guaranteed - future cash flows are less certain. Money you have now can be used to improve cash flow so you can meat your debt obligations now.

    The company is trading $150 of capital now for future cash flows which total $180 in 12 months time. That $180 is a future value which is worth less than $180 now, so the difference in value is even less than the $30 the customer is saving (the exact difference will depend on the specific discount rate chosen for the calculation).

    So, no, it's not an MBA WTF. It's a solid strategy for managing short term cash flow and securing longer term investment capital, as well as securing longer term clients. And hey, all those times the client doesn't stick around for the full year, you've earned yourself additional money you otherwise would not have earned.

  • (cs) in reply to Jouva
    Jouva:
    #4 makes sense since the bottom has specific warning marks that won't fit on that sticker...
    Right, and placing safety warning symbols on the bottom of the UPS where nobody can normally see them is perfectly logical too.
  • causa (unregistered)

    Could we nominate this article for "the worst article in the history of 'The Daily WTF'"? Could this article be a WTF itself? A recursive article?

  • trwtf (unregistered) in reply to causa

    TRWTF is that it took this long for someone to even hint that TRWTF is the post itself.

  • (cs) in reply to Dave G.
    Dave G.:
    Did I mention I went to Cornell?:
    It's clearly a MBA WTF, not an IT WTF.

    I have an MBA, and I can tell you it's not an MBA WTF either.

    The plans improve the company's cash flow. The concept of the Time value of Money means that money has more value now than it does in the future.

    Basically, money you have now can be used for further investment now. Money you have now is guaranteed - future cash flows are less certain. Money you have now can be used to improve cash flow so you can meat your debt obligations now.

    The company is trading $150 of capital now for future cash flows which total $180 in 12 months time. That $180 is a future value which is worth less than $180 now, so the difference in value is even less than the $30 the customer is saving (the exact difference will depend on the specific discount rate chosen for the calculation).

    So, no, it's not an MBA WTF. It's a solid strategy for managing short term cash flow and securing longer term investment capital, as well as securing longer term clients. And hey, all those times the client doesn't stick around for the full year, you've earned yourself additional money you otherwise would not have earned.

    The fact that you needed an MBA to learn about time value of money and misapply it shows how worthless that type of degree is. Good luck getting a ~20% annual rate of return in a shrinking economy. I'm glad you're not running my company.

  • (cs)
    [image]

    Hmmm, all your bases are belong to us maybe?

  • Dave (unregistered) in reply to TheMugs

    That setup fee is not yearly. It's a once-off. If you keep your server (or network switch or firewall or whatever) for more than 10 months before replacing it then you are better off paying the large setup fee. If you replace your servers more often than every 10 months then you should go for the $0 setup fee option.

    It's not a difficult concept.

    Incidentally, LiquidWeb seem to set their rates such that after about 10 months your payments will have added up to the cost of the item you were renting. Adding in a service agreement and some rack space means that if you don't upgrade your servers every 12 months then you would have been better off buying them outright.

  • N0G (unregistered) in reply to frits
    Did I mention I went to Cornell?:
    ...so you can meat your debt obligations now.

    I like the idea of meating my debt obligations. Mmm, interesty.

  • (cs) in reply to Not Eric B
    Not Eric B:
    Do you think Eric B asked to have his email address published?

    No, I didn't :P

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Of course, that's the problem, isn't it? The customer doesn't know if you provide excellent service or not until they've either (a): forked over a ton of money up front for "setup fees" or (b): are locked into a high monthly rate.

    Or I suppose they could just take your word for it.

    You're new to this whole "buying things" procedure, aren't you.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Bankman
    Bankman:
    brucebrown:
    Because a bank would pay you $30 interest on $150 over a year (ignoring that Greg tells us the rebate is permanent)? Not saying it's a good deal, but your comparison just makes no sense.
    Your comment is TRWTF. What bank is paying 20% APY interest on savings accounts these days? The most I've ever seen in my life is 5-6% on regular savings and 9-10% on cds, that was back in 1988 or so. Right now the highest rate I see for savings accounts is 1.34%.

    Also, the extra $15 / month has to come from somewhere. Presumably the $150 you banked when you signed up. So, in fact, you need to make $15 / month in interest just to break even.

  • (cs) in reply to frits
    frits:
    I am a patient boy I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait My time is like water down a drain Everybody's moving, Everybody's moving, Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving Please don't leave me to remain

    In the waiting room number calculating queue position I cannot use it number calculating queue position

    Fugazi? Hell yeah!

  • Ironica (unregistered) in reply to Steve-O

    Yeah... you could put it into a CD and earn a whopping $1.05 in 12 months!

    ...Maybe the 20% interest on the Setup Fee option is a slightly better investment. There are some higher-earning investments, but nothing that isn't high-risk.

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