• Bacon (unregistered)

    Frist! Akismet, this isn't spam!

  • Nagesh (unregistered)

    NO INTUITIVE COMMENT HERE

  • Kella (unregistered)

    I don't see the problem with the do not call registry one. My guess is phone/fax refers to a fax machine that has a handset as well, and can make/receive calls. Since they don't have a separate checkbox for it, if you can receive calls on your "fax machine" you can just enter the same number in the box at the bottom. Fax spam happens.

  • (cs)

    End Of Comment

  • AllegedlyHuman (unregistered)

    A tram with destination End Of File... that is oddly poetic, in a silly way.

    I mean, aren't we all currently on a tram with destination End of Life? ;-)

  • doctor_of_common_sense (unregistered)

    meh, the cannot redefine this must be a vb (or worse) coder. Any C++ worth his code can redefine this. <trollbait> All this is Microsoft's fault. </trollbait>

    On a related note, I have now figured out Nagesh, and now that I know, I have sympathy for the chap. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_meru-cab-mishap-kills-driver-software-engineer-escapes-death_1465955

    Nagesh's problem might stem from this.

  • Nagesh (unregistered) in reply to Kella
    Kella:
    I don't see the problem with the do not call registry one. My guess is...

    Because you have to guess, that is the problem. It is a matter of wording. The question is phrased such that you would expect to have options to select either "Fax" or "Phone/Fax" rather than just a checkbox. It is not clear exactly what one is checking the box for or what one is indicating by not checking the box.

  • Glenn Lasher (unregistered) in reply to Bacon
    Akismet, this isn't spam!

    Yes it is. Okay, maybe not spam, per se but it is still rubbish.

  • (cs)

    Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun,

    Can't redefine this!

  • ojno (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    Kella:
    I don't see the problem with the do not call registry one. My guess is...

    Because you have to guess, that is the problem. It is a matter of wording. The question is phrased such that you would expect to have options to select either "Fax" or "Phone/Fax" rather than just a checkbox. It is not clear exactly what one is checking the box for or what one is indicating by not checking the box.

    It seems fairly clear to me. Is this a fax or a phone/fax? Yes, this is a fax, tick. Yes, this is a phone/fax, tick. No, this is a phone, unticked.

    Maybe a dropdown for "Type of line" would have made it absolutely clear with options "Phone", "Fax", "Both", but you have to be extremely picky to call this a WTF. It's suboptimal UX, but hardly a WTF.

  • Bonbon (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh

    ...also, having to provide a contact number if one registers a "phone/fax" is a bit... odd... it's a PHONE/fax, so presumably one could call the number and somehow get a human...

    I disagree that you have to guess. You just have to think and then check the box if it is a fax or a phone/fax. No guessing is necessary...

  • croc (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh

    I prefer to think de WTF is because we are asking to «please supply a phone number you can be contacted on»... It is as «DO NOT CALL registry» ...

  • Adam (unregistered) in reply to ojno

    TRWTF is that the do not call registry is asking for a contact # where they can call you if (presumably) anyone has a problem not calling you.

    "If registering a fax (this included phone/fax), please supply a phone number you can be contacted on:"

  • Robb (unregistered)

    EOL would have been more funny.

    CAPTCHA: augue - don't you dip bread into this?

  • brodie (unregistered) in reply to Adam
    Adam:
    TRWTF is that the *do not call* registry is asking for a contact # where they can call you if (presumably) anyone has a problem not calling you.

    "If registering a fax (this included phone/fax), please supply a phone number you can be contacted on:"

    I thought that's what the joke was. The rest seemed fairly straightforward. Basically if the number involves faxing (so, either a pure fax or a phone/fax) tick the box, otherwise don't.

  • Adam (unregistered) in reply to brodie
    brodie:
    Adam:
    TRWTF is that the *do not call* registry is asking for a contact # where they can call you if (presumably) anyone has a problem not calling you.

    "If registering a fax (this included phone/fax), please supply a phone number you can be contacted on:"

    I thought that's what the joke was. The rest seemed fairly straightforward. Basically if the number involves faxing (so, either a pure fax or a phone/fax) tick the box, otherwise don't.

    Yes, I was responding to several other comments that were wondering why the Do Not Call one was a WTF.

  • Plexyglazz (unregistered)

    Obviously EOF should have been End Of Line…

  • Some damn Yank (unregistered) in reply to AllegedlyHuman
    AllegedlyHuman:
    A tram with destination End Of File... that is oddly poetic, in a silly way.

    I mean, aren't we all currently on a tram with destination End of Life? ;-)

    Speak for yourself, oh mortal one.
  • Brian White (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    Kella:
    I don't see the problem with the do not call registry one. My guess is...

    Because you have to guess, that is the problem. It is a matter of wording. The question is phrased such that you would expect to have options to select either "Fax" or "Phone/Fax" rather than just a checkbox. It is not clear exactly what one is checking the box for or what one is indicating by not checking the box.

    No, the problem is that you have to supply a number to be contacted at, when signing up for the do not contact list.

  • (cs)

    Apparently Christian doesn't understand what elevation data is.

  • Mr Keith (unregistered) in reply to Adam
    Adam:
    TRWTF is that the *do not call* registry is asking for a contact # where they can call you if (presumably) anyone has a problem not calling you.

    "If registering a fax (this included phone/fax), please supply a phone number you can be contacted on:"

    While that's probably the intent of the WTF, national Do Not Call registries are to prevent telemarketers, on pain of some fine, from calling the number on the registry.

    It takes a case of galloping willful misunderstanding to believe that it means "the government" cannot call you.

  • (cs) in reply to AllegedlyHuman
    AllegedlyHuman:
    A tram with destination End Of File... that is oddly poetic, in a silly way.

    I mean, aren't we all currently on a tram with destination End of Life? ;-)

    Think how much more poetic it would have been if it had said EOL ...

  • John (unregistered) in reply to Bacon
    Bacon:
    Frist! Akismet, this isn't spam!

    Um, yes it is.

  • (cs)
    [image]

    I'm attempting to install GNOME 3 from scratch, and I wish this popup had shown up before I started.

  • Wonk (unregistered) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    AllegedlyHuman:
    A tram with destination End Of File... that is oddly poetic, in a silly way.

    I mean, aren't we all currently on a tram with destination End of Life? ;-)

    Think how much more poetic it would have been if it had said SOL ...

    FTFY

  • n/a (unregistered) in reply to Sock Puppet 5
    Sock Puppet 5:
    [image]

    I'm attempting to install GNOME 3 from scratch, and I wish this popup had shown up before I started.

    To make a pie from scratch, you have to invent the universe.

    To install GNOME 3 from scratch, you have to turn your distro into Slackware (with a few well-placed make && make install any distro will become just that).

    That is to say, you are disgusting.

  • the beholder (unregistered) in reply to Zylon
    Zylon:
    Apparently Christian doesn't understand what elevation data is.
    Fully agreed. Elevation data doesn't take into account bridges, buildings or any other man-made structure (or alien-made pyramids either). All that matters is the topology of the terrain.

    But yeah, the picture still holds a WTF.

  • Akismet (unregistered) in reply to Bacon
    Bacon:
    Frist! Akismet, this isn't spam!
    Don't dick with me. I know what spam is better than you do. The problem is your definition of spam doesn't match mine, and mine is more precise.

    You don't want me to mark it spam? Don't write spam!

  • (cs) in reply to the beholder
    the beholder:
    Zylon:
    Apparently Christian doesn't understand what elevation data is.
    Fully agreed. Elevation data doesn't take into account bridges, buildings or any other man-made structure (or alien-made pyramids either). All that matters is the topology of the terrain.

    But yeah, the picture still holds a WTF.

    A glitch in how Google Earth presents elevation data to the user. Close enough to the original phrasing.

    A design limitation. A less-than-ideal user experience. An amusing glitch.

  • xvx (unregistered)

    The iTunes one has to be a fake. Aside from the fact that the button doesn't actually tell you what pressing the button will do, it's not an action (in violation if the HIG) and it doesn't make sense in the context of the dialog. If iTunes is syncing, the iPod doesn't need to be formatted so it can be used with iTunes.

  • Dirk (unregistered) in reply to doctor_of_common_sense
    doctor_of_common_sense:
    On a related note, I have now figured out Nagesh, and now that I know, I have sympathy for the chap. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_meru-cab-mishap-kills-driver-software-engineer-escapes-death_1465955

    Nagesh's problem might stem from this.

    How the hell did you find this?

  • Herby (unregistered)

    As far as entering a "contact number" when filling out the do not call registry, I only offer a suggestion: The phone number of the local politician (who write laws regarding said registry). Only then will it have any effect.

    This being said from a person who has turned off the fax machine automatic answering to preserve the ink cartridge in the fax machine. And yes, it was already in a do not call list. FAX spammers don't seem to care.

  • Gunslinger (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    Kella:
    I don't see the problem with the do not call registry one. My guess is...

    Because you have to guess, that is the problem. It is a matter of wording. The question is phrased such that you would expect to have options to select either "Fax" or "Phone/Fax" rather than just a checkbox. It is not clear exactly what one is checking the box for or what one is indicating by not checking the box.

    It's actually very clear. There are two ways to use "or" and this is an example of the other way. It's not asking you to choose one of the two options; rather it is saying that the two options are equivalent.

  • (cs)

    So what's next? A streetcar named "FILE NOT FOUND"?

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is that fax spam is even legal.

  • (cs) in reply to Plexyglazz
    Plexyglazz:
    Obviously EOF should have been End Of Line…
    Ah crud. You beat me to it.
  • Rob Elkin (unregistered) in reply to xvx

    Its not a fake, it was from a beta build of iTunes. And you can't say it's a fake based on the button not being named right/HIG, that is part of the WTF

  • John Muller (unregistered) in reply to lolwtf

    It's not (at least here), however enforcement is left up to the receiver, who can take the sender to civil court for $10,000 a fax, iirc.

  • (cs) in reply to doctor_of_common_sense
    doctor_of_common_sense:
    meh, the cannot redefine this must be a vb (or worse) coder. Any C++ worth his code can redefine this. <trollbait> All this is Microsoft's fault. </trollbait>

    On a related note, I have now figured out Nagesh, and now that I know, I have sympathy for the chap. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_meru-cab-mishap-kills-driver-software-engineer-escapes-death_1465955

    Nagesh's problem might stem from this.

    I think this is an example of "life imitates art".

    Hate to say this but could Nagesh be right from the start?

  • (cs) in reply to doctor_of_common_sense
    doctor_of_common_sense:
    meh, the cannot redefine this must be a vb (or worse) coder. Any C++ worth his code can redefine this. <trollbait> All this is Microsoft's fault. </trollbait>

    On a related note, I have now figured out Nagesh, and now that I know, I have sympathy for the chap. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_meru-cab-mishap-kills-driver-software-engineer-escapes-death_1465955

    Nagesh's problem might stem from this.

    Nagesh canceled his flight? Why? How improbable is it to have a plane accident directly following a major car crash?

  • Mandatory Nightly Pony (unregistered)
  • (cs) in reply to JiP
    JiP:
    doctor_of_common_sense:
    meh, the cannot redefine this must be a vb (or worse) coder. Any C++ worth his code can redefine this. <trollbait> All this is Microsoft's fault. </trollbait>

    On a related note, I have now figured out Nagesh, and now that I know, I have sympathy for the chap. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_meru-cab-mishap-kills-driver-software-engineer-escapes-death_1465955

    Nagesh's problem might stem from this.

    Nagesh canceled his flight? Why? How improbable is it to have a plane accident directly following a major car crash?

    You never know, he might have soiled his clothing during the incident, and wanted to make sure he didn't subject the other passengers to the aroma of the byproducts of his digestive process.

  • Guru (unregistered) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    You never know, he might have soiled his clothing during the incident, and wanted to make sure he didn't subject the other passengers to the aroma of the byproducts of his digestive process.

    This could be funny joke, except the fact this happens in Bangalore

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  • Andrew Turner (unregistered)

    For more ridiculous google earth maps, take a look at http://clementvalla.com/work/bridges/

    captcha: nulla. Wasn't that a Van Vogt science fiction novel?

  • Rich (unregistered)

    TRWTF is the Windows 3.1 icon in the "Program Error" dialog box

  • (cs)

    Car 1 should really go to SOH, not EOF.

  • Herohtar (unregistered) in reply to fennec
    fennec:
    the beholder:
    Zylon:
    Apparently Christian doesn't understand what elevation data is.
    Fully agreed. Elevation data doesn't take into account bridges, buildings or any other man-made structure (or alien-made pyramids either). All that matters is the topology of the terrain.

    But yeah, the picture still holds a WTF.

    A glitch in how Google Earth presents elevation data to the user. Close enough to the original phrasing.

    A design limitation. A less-than-ideal user experience. An amusing glitch.

    It's definitely an amusing picture, but not really an "error'd" since it's impossible for Google Earth to detect the bridges and the correct height, let alone "cut out" the bridge sections, float them and then fill in the missing image data.

  • Guru (unregistered) in reply to Herohtar
    Herohtar:
    it's impossible for Google Earth to detect the bridges and the correct height

    Why, eh?

    Looks like trivial task for me (hint: its intersection of two highways, which are known to them)

  • Charles (unregistered) in reply to Rob Elkin
    Rob Elkin:
    Its not a fake, it was from a beta build of iTunes. And you can't say it's a fake based on the button not being named right/HIG, that is part of the WTF

    You're missing the added WTF bonus of it mixing up an iPad and an iPod.

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