• ^W (unregistered)

    About the do-not-call registry, has anyone considered that they could want a number to confirm the listing? You know, so people don't start spamming the registry?

    nimis: "Nimis (Slovene: Neme) is a town and comune of 2,817 located in the Italian province of Udine, about near to the border with Slovenia. It is situated at the foot of Mount Bernadia, home to a World War I Italian fort and a sweet white wine, Ramandolo.

    "The town is bordered by the comuni of Attimis, Lusevera, Povoletto, Reana del Rojale, Taipana and Tarcento. According to the 1971 census, 25.4% of the population are Slovenes, but these are located mainly on some villages on the surrounding hills and not in the main town and the rest of the plain.

    "It was founded by the ancient Romans, its name deriving from the Latin word "Nemus". After the fall of the Western Roman Empire it housed a castrum, mentioned by Paul the Deacon in his Historia Langobardorum. In World War II, the town was burned by the SS, due to the presence of partisan brigades in the area.

  • Don't ****ing call me! (unregistered)

    I'm completely failing to see how spamming the Do Not Call registry could ever be a bad thing.

    It'd just eventually destroy the industry of rudely disturbing people to try to force-feed them products they definitely do not want.

    Although that would require the Do Not Call registry (Telephone Preference Service in the UK) to actually do what it claimed to.

    Which is doesn't. Ever tried getting the name and business address of a cold caller?

  • NFST (unregistered) in reply to Guru

    A bridge is the intersection of two highways? News to me. I'm sure if you figured out how to get this "trivial" task accomplished algorithmically you could at least get a few papers published.

  • yet another damn yank (unregistered) in reply to Guru
    Guru:
    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)

    Maybe in Canada, but it would fail with any of the multi-level interchanges common around cities; a somewhat extreme example is the high five around Dallas, but you get complex interchanges around most busy beltways.

    And just forget about doing that with Japanese interchanges.

  • Expert (unregistered) in reply to yet another damn yank
    yet another damn yank:
    Guru:
    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)

    Maybe in Canada, but it would fail with any of the multi-level interchanges common around cities; a somewhat extreme example is the high five around Dallas, but you get complex interchanges around most busy beltways.

    And just forget about doing that with Japanese interchanges.

    You missing the point (pun intended) They have elevation data for all roads, but choosing wrong one (bottom) instead of topmost

  • Matt (unregistered) in reply to ^W
    ^W:
    About the do-not-call registry, has anyone considered that they could want a number to confirm the listing? You know, so people don't start spamming the registry?

    This is exactly the intended purpose.

  • Simon (unregistered) in reply to Plexyglazz
    Plexyglazz:
    Obviously EOF should have been End Of Line…

    My thoughts, exactly.

  • Kasper (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:"

    It should have said "please supply a phone number you do not want to be contacted on."

  • Mark (unregistered)

    The phone/fax reminds my of the pot pies I like to microwave -- they come in a browning wrapper that insists I open both ends first.

    Now, both ends "frist" I could do.

  • (cs) in reply to Mandatory Nightly Pony
    Mandatory Nightly Pony:
    [snip]
    Akismet, THAT is spam!
  • (cs) in reply to Mark
    Mark:
    The phone/fax reminds my of the pot pies I like to microwave -- they come in a browning wrapper that insists I open both ends first.

    Now, both ends "frist" I could do.

    Now come on, if we're going to do deliberate misinterpretation of perfectly straightforward instructions, we can't forget "Dogs must be carried on this escalator." I never did travel on that escalator because I have never had a dog to carry.

  • (cs) in reply to Don't ****ing call me!
    Don't ****ing call me!:
    I'm completely failing to see how spamming the Do Not Call registry could ever be a bad thing. It'd just eventually destroy the industry of rudely disturbing people to try to force-feed them products they definitely do not want.

    Except that the companies that do it are legitimate tax paying businesses, and removing their ability to make money will make both them and in turn the government upset.

    In the case of the posted screenshot, I'm assuming the Australian DNC register based on the name and colour scheme. If it is, it does work fine. I had no legal calls on my line (or mobile) since listing it.

    The random calls I did get after that were illegal anyway. They were all "microsoft" or similar wanting to fix a virus for me. Since they're trying to steal my money or identity, I suspect it doesn't really worry them if they are in breach of a do not call law.

  • (cs) in reply to xvx
    xvx:
    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.
    So Apple is incapable of having bugs in its software? iTunes and particularly QuickTime are the reasons why I'll never ever buy an Apple product like an iPod, iPhone or iPad. They just annoy the hell out of me.
  • Bacon (unregistered)

    I've been lurking on TDWTF for about 2 years now, I've submitted stuff and read nearly every article in existence. I just wanted a first... first post.

    Matt Westwood:
    Now come on, if we're going to do deliberate misinterpretation of perfectly straightforward instructions, we can't forget "Dogs must be carried on this escalator." I never did travel on that escalator because I have never had a dog to carry.

    You are assuming that a person would need to be carrying the dog, what the instruction is saying quite clearly is that the escalator requires dogs to operate.

    Oh and this isn't spam either... honest.

  • (cs) in reply to jspenguin
    jspenguin:
    Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun,

    Can't redefine this!

    Heard Supafreak on the radio yesterday and kept thinking: "Can't touch this!" even when the song just started and they didn't start singing. Even the "Woo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooow" part is the same!

    So I see your: "Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Can't redefine this!" and I raise you:

    "Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, she's a phone/fax!"

  • Bronie (unregistered) in reply to Eternal Density
    Eternal Density:
    Mandatory Nightly Pony:
    [snip]
    Akismet, THAT is spam!
    [image]
  • (cs)

    The Do Not Call list reminds me of some spam I kept getting not too long ago.

    Some finacial magazine / newspaper thing here kept sending me mails about their weekend edition. I never gave them my email address or other data, let alone that I gave them permission to spam me, so it pissed me off to no end.

    Their unsubscribe link at the bottom merely sent me to a site explaining that, if I didn't want to receive any more mails from a "shared database" (god knows which asshole put me on that mystery database), I had to leave my name, surname, phone number, address, email address and some other info so they'd put me in a "Do not contact" list.

    As they DEFINITELY didn't need all that info to ban spammers from sending their junkmail to my email address, I just looked up our local spam brigade, then sent a firm, mad mail to that magazine, telling them to either stop spamming me or I'd report them to that spam brigade. Fixed the problem, that.

  • Spammer (unregistered) in reply to The poop of DOOM
    The poop of DOOM:
    I never gave them my email address or other data, let alone that I gave them permission to spam me

    TRWTF is that you think I need your permission to send you a letter. Also, you gave me your address - remember when you installed my freeware and didn't unchecked that checkbox?

  • (cs) in reply to Spammer
    Spammer:
    The poop of DOOM:
    I never gave them my email address or other data, let alone that I gave them permission to spam me

    TRWTF is that you think I need your permission to send you a letter. Also, you gave me your address - remember when you installed my freeware and didn't unchecked that checkbox?

    I check those things extensively to avoid exactly that!

  • Michaelangelo (unregistered) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    Now come on, if we're going to do deliberate misinterpretation of perfectly straightforward instructions, we can't forget "Dogs must be carried on this escalator." I never did travel on that escalator because I have never had a dog to carry.

    Well, I did see a sign in a car park saying

    "Railway customers only in marked bays. Offenders will be fined"

    Did that mean: "Only railway customers can park in marked bays" or "Railway customers can only park in marked bays"?

    It was totally ambiguous, and there was no way to know what the correct interpretation was. Fortunately, there was a safe interpretation, but it was definitely sub-optimal.

  • Michaelangelo (unregistered) in reply to NFST
    NFST:
    A bridge is the intersection of two highways? News to me. I'm sure if you figured out how to get this "trivial" task accomplished algorithmically you could at least get a few papers published.

    A simple bridge is a joining thing between two roads (on either side of the bridge). If you can work out where the roads are. This should be relatively easy for Google to fix, if they can separate out the roads.

    The harder to solve problem is when the 'bridges' change height, or overlap (so un-interpolatable data may be missing from the satellite photos)

  • CodeRage (unregistered) in reply to Michaelangelo
    Michaelangelo:
    NFST:
    A bridge is the intersection of two highways? News to me. I'm sure if you figured out how to get this "trivial" task accomplished algorithmically you could at least get a few papers published.

    A simple bridge is a joining thing between two roads (on either side of the bridge). If you can work out where the roads are. This should be relatively easy for Google to fix, if they can separate out the roads.

    The harder to solve problem is when the 'bridges' change height, or overlap (so un-interpolatable data may be missing from the satellite photos)

    Sure, but elevation data is the elevation of the ground, not of the structures above it, even bridges.

  • (cs) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    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.

    Have you ever known an Indian that cared about his personal hygiene?

  • Mikey (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh

    Bullshit, there's no guessing there, it's a simple yes or no question "Is this a fax or a phone/fax?" that's yes or no. There is a single checkbox that you check for yes (obviously). No ambiguity what-so-ever. Fucking coders over-complicating shit.

  • SuperTulle (unregistered)

    Actually, that tram IS displaying a number!

    In base 16.

  • My Name (unregistered) in reply to amischiefr
    amischiefr:
    Matt Westwood:
    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.

    Have you ever known a programmer that cared about his personal hygiene?
    FTFY

  • Ben (unregistered)

    I've always imagined file cursors as a little yellow tram driving around the file.

  • yername (unregistered) in reply to congnor
    congnor:
    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?

    Maybe he is Redo from Start? You know, the guy who always fucked up your Basic programs.

  • DeLos (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh

    All they want to know is if the number is connected to a fax machine. I don't get the confusion.

  • the beholder (unregistered)

    More Google Earth screw-ups: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/google-earth-sightings-you-won-t-believe-are-real

    Akismet should be put to rest... painfully.

  • JJ (unregistered) in reply to tin
    tin:
    In the case of the posted screenshot, I'm assuming the Australian DNC register based on the name and colour scheme.
    Odd. I assumed it based on the article saying, "David K spotted this on the Australian Do Not Call Register."
  • bngbvj (unregistered) in reply to Sock Puppet 5
    Sock Puppet 5:
    [image]

    I'm attempting to install Windows 3.11 for Workgroups from scratch on a toaster, and I wish this popup had shown up before I started.

    FTFM

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