• Tyler (unregistered)

    Okay, that Windows one is WEAK. I sent in a way better one where Windows was blocking Windows Explorer from running because it was "potentially unsafe"! WTF Alex?

  • Tim (unregistered) in reply to AndyL
    AndyL:
    the aggravating side-effect of making people think it's funny to add a comment that just says "Comment Goes Here".

    Research indicates that this attempt at humor was not funny at any point in known history. It is unknown why so many commenters continue to make the attempt.

    Unfortunately the many comic geniuses here do that for every article. Every single time. Do they realise it isn't and wasn't ever funny?

  • IV (unregistered)

    Do I really have to be the one to point out that the comment isn't limited to a whole number? For instance "I spent an extra 20 minutes trying to work my way through your superfluous screen" would be perfectly valid. There is a whole numbered entered - it just happens to be wrapped in a useful comment.

    I will postulate that this was done to help quantify things they saw in comments.

  • (cs)

    Screw the headline, I gots to win a copy of "Araminta Spook Ghostsitters".

  • P (unregistered)

    I see, the WTF in the Windows one is that it says there is no solution to the problem. It's obvious that it could be solved with MAC OS X, Linux etc.

  • (cs) in reply to Thief^
    Thief^:
    me:
    snoofle:
    m0ffx:
    ...
    "maths"?
    I think that's how they say it in England.
    Yes, and is therefore correct English.
    No, "mathematics" is correct English, you pedantic buffoon.
  • (cs)

    Regarding the comment for quicken...

    01001001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01101111 01100110 01100110 01101001 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 00101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110011 01110101 01100011 01101011

    Does that officially qualify as a whole number?

  • Edward (unregistered)

    For me its WTF when in vista i see this error, i click on the link and the website tells me to go to my control panel and click windows update...

  • The Masked Commenter What Comments at Midnight (unregistered) in reply to dpm
    dpm:
    It clearly states "provide N hours of use". If you choose to interpret this other than "between charges", I have nothing to discuss with you.
    I read it that way at first too, but it says that it provides N hours of use "with a full charge." That very strongly implies that the number given is between charges. (It could be saying, "Assuming you have fully charged it at some point, the battery's total lifetime will be N hours." But that's a pretty strained interpretation.)
  • ZeroG (unregistered) in reply to AndyL
    AndyL:
    I would like to propose a moratorium on "placeholder text" WTFs.

    They're perfectly funny, of course, but they have the aggravating side-effect of making people think it's funny to add a comment that just says "Comment Goes Here".

    Research indicates that this attempt at humor was not funny at any point in known history. It is unknown why so many commenters continue to make the attempt.

    In conclusion, I submit that the moderate amount of comedy gained through "Placeholder Text" WTFs is completely offset by the collateral damage they do to the comment section.

    (insert rebuttal here)

  • quintopia (unregistered) in reply to Thief^
    Thief^:
    I just wish Americans would stop trying to "correct" the spelling of other variants of English. They seem to keep living up to the stereotype of the American who thinks that America is the best country and every other should be like it, and anything different is wrong.

    But thinking anything different is wrong.

    (I think you're just jealous because America is the best country and yours isn't like it.)

  • (cs) in reply to King of Kings
    King of Kings:
    Actually, American English is the one that should be used. British English has merely evolved from the "original English" and sounds very gay, too. I read about this somewhere (not the gay part, though).

    Please note that English isn't my first language.

    Oh... English isn't my first language either, but I don't use that as an excuse to go gay-bashing.

  • (cs) in reply to Tim
    Tim:
    Unfortunately the many comic geniuses here do that for every article. Every single time. Do they realise it isn't and wasn't ever funny?
    If your ugly girlfriend is beautiful to you, then she's beautiful, period. If your lame joke is funny to you, then it's funny, period.
  • (cs) in reply to kraftymiles
    kraftymiles:
    And you are a tard's
    FTFY
  • aBrase (unregistered)

    I like the Irish girl with the sunglasses.

  • Stephen Conroy (unregistered) in reply to Malcolm Turnbull (no, wait)

    I've been advising KRudd to make the most of the internet before it gets filtered.

  • (cs) in reply to Josh
    Josh:
    5
    42
  • (cs) in reply to m0ffx

    LOL! I wholeheartedly disagree.

  • Jimmy (unregistered) in reply to Xanthus179
    Xanthus179:
    Satanicpuppy:
    The real WTF is that you jokers think that headlines and photo slugs are in some way generated by computer. All those show is that some copy editor wasn't paying any damn attention.

    One could also say that all of the WTFs on this site are created by people that weren't paying attention. One could also say that it is the point of the website.

    No go away, and hang your head in shame.

    ... or I shall taunt you a second time.
  • quibus (unregistered) in reply to gomma bolstrod
    gomma bolstrod:
    snoofle:
    So how does one write a parser to differentiate betwteen a whole number, such as 12345, and a partial number such as 1234?
    easy function isWholeNumber(field) { if number==12345 return true; else if number==1234 return false; else return FILE_NOT_FOUND; }
    FTFY
  • (cs) in reply to Thief^
    Thief^:
    King of Kings:
    Actually, American English is the one that should be used. British English has merely evolved from the "original English". I read about this somewhere.

    Please note that English isn't my first language.

    All forms of English evolved from the original. American was deliberately reformed at some point, as was British English, but in different ways. "English" should either refer to every variation, or to just the version(s) of English spoken in England. Using it to refer solely to American English is wrong however you look at it.

    I just wish Americans would stop trying to "correct" the spelling of other variants of English. They seem to keep living up to the stereotype of the American who thinks that America is the best country and every other should be like it, and anything different is wrong.

    Wrong.

    American English was developed by a bloke called Webster, who wrote a dictionary. He deleted all the forms of British English which were in the majority. Forms such as "colour" and "publicise", and documented only the less popular forms, which (and this is the punchline) were also the less popular forms in the former colonies. He also pulled some quaint words from his ass (and not arse), (I believe, but could be wrong, that "turnpike" is one of these arsewords), and attributed undue importance to them.

    Back in Britain, the reaction was to teach that those "American" forms in the new Webster dictionary were the "incorrect" forms.

    Assholes on one side of the Atlantic; arseholes on the other.

    Interestingly, the OED, as a record of International English, prefers the more etymologically sound forms when presented with a choice; so you'll see the -ize forms listed before the -ise forms.

    The funny thing is, people have been doing Webster-style crap to English for ages (and I mean actual ages). Look at "debt". Where does that "b" come from? It's never been pronounced, so why is it there? Because some nitwit decided that, because the word had been derived from Latin "debitam", the "b" should be put in there. It's like that attitude "the documentation is the code".

    So, whereas American English was a defacto revision by one person, British English has become "That Which American English Is Not" -- a shadow of its former richness -- but not as a concerted "reformation" effort, merely a bigoted kneejerk reaction to one man's bigotry.

    Some international organizations use the International English of the OED. I forget which ones, but that's the example to follow. Colour and -ize; practice and practise. Everyone will understand you; and everyone will complain you did something "wrong".

  • fdizzle (unregistered) in reply to Tyler
    Tyler:
    Okay, that Windows one is WEAK. I sent in a way better one where Windows was blocking Windows Explorer from running because it was "potentially unsafe"! WTF Alex?

    That's not a WTF.. if your explorer is unsafe, the process has probably been hooked by malware to help itself run at startup, a vast quantity of malware uses that method.. Perhaps you should format your PC, or better yet, send a picture of your virus scan with your surprised face mouthing "WTF?". Lollilops.

  • Malcolm Turbull (unregistered) in reply to Stephen Conroy
    Stephen Conroy:
    I've been advising KRudd to make the most of the internet before it gets filtered.

    Classic - Too bad this is going straight over most peoples heads.

    Whoever submitted as K Rudd as well = WIN

  • Stephen (unregistered) in reply to me
    me:
    snoofle:
    m0ffx:
    snoofle:
    So how does one write a parser to differentiate betwteen a whole number, such as 12345, and a partial number such as 1234?
    You either forgot all your infant school maths or are trying to make a joke. If the latter, it's not a very funny one.
    "maths"?

    I think that's how they say it in England.

    As far as I know (being an Australian), the word 'maths' is used in every other English speaking country apart from the US (and maybe Canada?).

  • jim steichen (unregistered) in reply to rfsmit

    There speakage of Engrish lists befuddlement in hastiness. Still, koolage you get from feelers!

  • Wayne Swan (unregistered) in reply to Malcolm Turbull
    Malcolm Turbull:
    Stephen Conroy:
    I've been advising KRudd to make the most of the internet before it gets filtered.

    Classic - Too bad this is going straight over most peoples heads.

    Whoever submitted as K Rudd as well = WIN

    Sorry guys. There isn't enough money to fuel the backhaul from USA to Australia anymore, so we're going to have to get you to refrain from posting comments on websites. In fact, all websites outside the national borders will be blocked.

    By the way, we can't afford the NBN either. Back to tin cans for us!

  • Dekker3D (unregistered) in reply to Merrick
    Merrick:
    Regarding the comment for quicken...

    01001001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01101111 01100110 01100110 01101001 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 00101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110011 01110101 01100011 01101011

    Does that officially qualify as a whole number?

    well, i was going to suggest adding up the hex values for every character you wanted to type, multiplying char (n) by 256^n. of course, this will not be funny to anyone, but it'll give whoever's supposed to read it a good head-scratching moment. they WTF, we WTF them back just as hard!

  • chunky munky (unregistered) in reply to AndyL
    AndyL:
    I would like to propose a moratorium on "placeholder text" WTFs.

    They're perfectly funny, of course, but they have the aggravating side-effect of making people think it's funny to add a comment that just says "Comment Goes Here".

    Research indicates that this attempt at humor was not funny at any point in known history. It is unknown why so many commenters continue to make the attempt.

    In conclusion, I submit that the moderate amount of comedy gained through "Placeholder Text" WTFs is completely offset by the collateral damage they do to the comment section.

    Agreement goes here

  • Cowardly refusing to add name (unregistered) in reply to Malcolm Turbull
    Malcolm Turbull:
    Stephen Conroy:
    I've been advising KRudd to make the most of the internet before it gets filtered.

    Classic - Too bad this is going straight over most peoples heads.

    Whoever submitted as K Rudd as well = WIN

    I thought he might read "The Chronicle" (not the Canberra Times - my bad), Given he lives here when he's not galivanting around the world....

    Some media outlet recently interviewed a whole heap of septics*, asking "Who is Kevin Rudd?" One out of about 10 almost got the right answer....

    (for those unfamiliar with strine - "Septic Tank" = Yank)

  • Addison (unregistered) in reply to rfsmit
    rfsmit:
    So, whereas American English was a defacto revision by one person, British English has become "That Which American English Is Not" -- a shadow of its former richness -- but not as a concerted "reformation" effort, merely a bigoted kneejerk reaction to one man's bigotry.
    Thief^:
    They seem to keep living up to the stereotype of the American who thinks that America is the best country and every other should be like it, and anything different is wrong.

    You basically just said that the way people speak in the majority of the English-speaking western world is only done to to get back at America, or more specifically, Webster.

    Here's a quick storyboard- English exists, and then some dude fucks around with it. Everyone else keeps using the old way except for some shitty colony called "America". A few hundred years later they have evolved on separate continents to include further changes (as is normal). Now, Americans are mostly ignorant to the other forms, and even go so far as to claim that they are "kneejerk reaction to one man's bigotry". Holy ignorant Batman!

  • (cs) in reply to Addison
    British English has become ... merely a bigoted kneejerk reaction to one man's bigotry.
    The word you're looking for is jingoistic. As so we should be. Bloody colonials.

    However... a primary reason that 'ise' words are spelled 'ize' is because the spelling was interchangeable at the time those Puritans decided they didn't like Norfolk (or England) any more. So when Dr Johnson revealed his dictionary (standardising variant spellings, although colour / neighbour has never been spelled without a 'u', nor axe without an 'e' in England) it was natural that a colonial English-hater would 'standardize' the alternatives.

    TRWTF: Madeleine McCann's picture still being printed in the media. If she is still alive she doesn't look like that picture anymore, so she won't be found using that as a reference.

  • (cs) in reply to Cowardly refusing to add name
    Cowardly refusing to add name:
    (for those unfamiliar with strine - "Septic Tank" = Yank)
    Yes, and I'm told "Tossie" = Aussie.
  • Jon (unregistered) in reply to Thief^
    Thief^:
    Code Dependent:
    Thief^:
    me:
    snoofle:
    m0ffx:
    ...
    "maths"?
    I think that's how they say it in England.
    Yes, and is therefore correct English. "Math" is American.
    This morning I had marmalades on my breads for breakfasts.
    This is actually a grammatically sound sentence, if you had multiple breakfasts, multiple breads (which I think would mean different kinds of bread rather than multiple loaves) and multiple types of marmalade. Actually, I think it should be "my breakfasts".

    In England we say maths, we actually find it very odd and amusing that Americans say math. Also how they cannot spell colour, encyclopaedia, onomatopoeia, dialogue, mediaeval, synchronise, accidentally etc.

    As for the accent sounding 'Gay', at least our speech is clear and we do not glottallise ts in words like 'Enterprise' and don't speak through our noses

  • illtiz (unregistered) in reply to kennytm
    kennytm:
    42

    I was going to suggest that this request for comments might after all be the question about life, the universe and everything. Who knows?

    Douglas Adams would probably be proud. I think the probability ranges somewhere around 2 raised to the power of 32768 against.

  • (cs) in reply to Jon
    Jon:
    As for the accent sounding 'Gay', at least our speech is clear and we do not glottallise ts in words like 'Enterprise' and don't speak through our noses
    No, you speak through your teeth, which... eewww... really, can't you guys get some dentists and orthodontists over there?
  • jon (unregistered) in reply to Code Dependent

    It is better to speak through ones mounth.

    Oh my gosh, 'you guys' how American. The language is English and I am English. It is our language, you really ought to learn how to speak. Do you actually know how to pronounce the letter t?

    The way 'you guys' say 'and' is quite funny too.

  • Mr Howard's random Soliloquy (unregistered) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    Cowardly refusing to add name:
    (for those unfamiliar with strine - "Septic Tank" = Yank)
    Yes, and I'm told "Tossie" = Aussie.

    I very much doubt it - aside from all else, Americans pronounce Aussie different to Australians - In Australia, it sounds more like 'Ozzy', so it wouldn't rhyme with 'Tossie' (not to mention 'Cockney Rhyming Slang' or 'Australian Rhyming Slang' {which I suspect the OP meant when they said strine} replaces words with phrases {eg 'Trouble & strife' = Wife, 'Plates of Meat'=feet etc etc, and this can then be shortened so 'trouble' = wife, 'plates' = feet, and, as we have seen here several times lately, 'septic'=yank [although I notice even that seems to become 'seppo'] - and more tactful versions use 'Sherman Tank', rather than septic})

    Cut a long story short, no. in fact, as my Captcha suggests: You sir, are a 'paratus'

  • Skeptical (unregistered) in reply to Thief^
    Thief^:
    King of Kings:
    Actually, American English is the one that should be used. British English has merely evolved from the "original English". I read about this somewhere.

    Please note that English isn't my first language.

    All forms of English evolved from the original. American was deliberately reformed at some point, as was British English, but in different ways. "English" should either refer to every variation, or to just the version(s) of English spoken in England. Using it to refer solely to American English is wrong however you look at it.

    I just wish Americans would stop trying to "correct" the spelling of other variants of English. They seem to keep living up to the stereotype of the American who thinks that America is the best country and every other should be like it, and anything different is wrong.

    The Americans on this list have forgotten that several centuries ago their country decided to change an internationally established language just so they could look different to everyone else. For them to turn around and complain that the rest of the world is now doin it rong is hilarious.

    Lern2History as well as spelling.

  • illtiz (unregistered) in reply to Skeptical
    Skeptical:
    Thief^:

    All forms of English evolved from the original. American was deliberately reformed at some point, as was British English, but in different ways. "English" should either refer to every variation, or to just the version(s) of English spoken in England. Using it to refer solely to American English is wrong however you look at it.

    I just wish Americans would stop trying to "correct" the spelling of other variants of English. They seem to keep living up to the stereotype of the American who thinks that America is the best country and every other should be like it, and anything different is wrong.

    The Americans on this list have forgotten that several centuries ago their country decided to change an internationally established language just so they could look different to everyone else. For them to turn around and complain that the rest of the world is now doin it rong is hilarious.

    Lern2History as well as spelling.

    Oh cut it out, will you? I'm gaining knowledge that may actually be useful at some point. Which is NOT what I read the comments for!

  • (cs)
  • mabinogi (unregistered) in reply to rfsmit
    rfsmit:
    So, whereas American English was a defacto revision by one person, British English has become "That Which American English Is Not" -- a shadow of its former richness -- but not as a concerted "reformation" effort, merely a bigoted kneejerk reaction to one man's bigotry.
    I think you significantly overestimate the ability of the rest of the world to care what America did with anything, let along language - particularly pre-20th century.

    English just evolved in England like languages do everywhere. Some of the differences between British and American English are due to gradual evolution in different directions, some are due to reform efforts like Webster's. But I don't think any of them were really specifically for purpose of being different.

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to dpm
    dpm:
    SCB:
    dpm:
    Hell, even the "weak" battery they want you to replace is supposedly good for just under fifty days. I think I could get by with that.

    No WTF there. Four and a half years is about how long your notebook battery will last before needing to be replaced.

    It clearly states "provide N hours of use". If you choose to interpret this other than "between charges", I have nothing to discuss with you.

    Obviously the advertising folks have taken over. "This battery is good for 39000 hours. Well sure, you have to recharge it a few hundred times ..."

    I saw an ad for an alternative fuel car that boasted that it got 200 miles per gallon of gas. The fine print mentioned that it also consumed propane -- the gasoline engine just kicked in when extra power was needed.

    Reminds me, I read somewhere on the Internet, supposedly true but maybe just a joke ... guy said a store clerk told him to please make his final purchases because they were closing. "But," the customer protests, "The sign right there says 'Open 24 hours'." The clerk replies, "Well, yeah, but not in a row."

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to mabinogi

    [quote user="mabinogi]I think you significantly overestimate the ability of the rest of the world to care what America did with anything, let along language - particularly pre-20th century. [/quote]

    Hey, I thought now that Obama won the election, the whole world was supposed to start loving us!

    Darn Democrats lied to me again ...

  • Ken Hagan (unregistered)

    "Some media outlet recently interviewed a whole heap of septics*, asking "Who is Kevin Rudd?" One out of about 10 almost got the right answer...."

    Last time Gordon Brown went to Washington he had no better name recognition than that. To be honest, it works both ways. Apart from the President, I doubt if there are any other members of the US administration widely known to non-Americans. Maybe Hillary, but only coz of Bill and the cigars.

  • MF (unregistered) in reply to Malcolm Turnbull (no, wait)
    Malcolm Turnbull (no:
    I am glad to learn that Kevin Rudd (Australia's prime minister) is a reader of thedailywtf and even submits content.

    lol. i thought the same thing

  • (cs) in reply to Malcolm Turnbull (no, wait)
    I am glad to learn that Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd (Australia's former prime minister) is a reader of thedailywtf and even submits content

    FTFY

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