• The Nerve (unregistered)

    I have been humiliated by this comment or one on this article. What do you have to say for yourself?

  • (cs)

    Can I call WTF tech support to report the broken DELETE button on comments?

  • satancom (unregistered)

    Thats great, I will remember this for the next support call

  • (cs)

    Summary fail.

  • (cs) in reply to Markp
    Markp:
    Summary fail.
    Paragraph usage fail. And there's confusion between “Bob” and “I”. In short, total editor fail.
  • Alex (unregistered)
    Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital

    Good place. I went there to get my lupus treated.

  • (cs)
    Bob:
    I have no idea how she got my number and this isn't a computer technical support company...

    ...We develop and market a platform named BobX!

  • by (unregistered) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    Markp:
    Summary fail.
    Paragraph usage fail. And there's confusion between “Bob” and “I”. In short, total editor fail.

    Yeah, but this seems like a work of fine literature compared to that last disaster by Remy Martin.

  • Matt (unregistered)

    TRWTF is the article HTML source code O_o

  • C (unregistered) in reply to Quango
    Quango:
    Can I call WTF tech support to report the broken DELETE button on comments?
    Actually, it works great, it's just not available for users whose name don't start with "Mod" or "Adm". ;-)
  • Harry Callahan (unregistered)
    the article:
    Bob was informed by a woman's voice, "Hi this is Sally Brumbaker, my user id is smb1985. My computer's frozen."
    the article:
    "Sir," Bob said, "I took that call, Sally didn't identify herself."
  • the beholder (unregistered) in reply to by
    by:
    dkf:
    Markp:
    Summary fail.
    Paragraph usage fail. And there's confusion between “Bob” and “I”. In short, total editor fail.

    Yeah, but this seems like a work of fine literature compared to that last disaster by Remy Martin.

    It's ironic to read this when you remember that Bowitz even got be a verb for some time here. "The article has been Bowitz'ed" meant that it was stripped of all fun and chopped to uncomprehensionness.

    And don't forget that the first couple of articles by Remy have been praised for being well-written.

  • by (unregistered) in reply to the beholder
    the beholder:
    by:
    dkf:
    Markp:
    Summary fail.
    Paragraph usage fail. And there's confusion between “Bob” and “I”. In short, total editor fail.

    Yeah, but this seems like a work of fine literature compared to that last disaster by Remy Martin.

    It's ironic to read this when you remember that Bowitz even got be a verb for some time here. "The article has been Bowitz'ed" meant that it was stripped of all fun and chopped to uncomprehensionness.

    And don't forget that the first couple of articles by Remy have been praised for being well-written.

    Nice try, Remy. Why don't you log in before commenting?

  • Dr. House (unregistered)

    It's not lupus.

  • Pixel Slinger (unregistered) in reply to The Nerve

    I felt your comment, it doesn't appear to be frozen.

  • the beholder (unregistered) in reply to Harry Callahan
    Harry Callahan:
    the article:
    Bob was informed by a woman's voice, "Hi this is Sally Brumbaker, my user id is smb1985. My computer's frozen."
    the article:
    "Sir," Bob said, "I took that call, Sally didn't identify herself."
    If you take everything literally, I imagine the only thing one would have to do to bypass your mom's advice not to talk to strangers was to introduce oneself. And then he could gladly offer some candy that is in his van...
  • Bryan The K (unregistered) in reply to Dr. House
    Dr. House:
    It's not lupus.

    It's never Lupus. Well except for that one time, but every other time it wasn't.

  • (cs) in reply to Alex

    Even the patients were diagnosing diseases. I saw this one patient hobbling around, harassing the doctors, aparently he solved some conundrum about which disease it was

  • anon (unregistered)

    Why do they remove the name of the software company, but leave the name of the hospital, when it was the hospital that was guilty of the WTF?

  • Larry The Dwarf (unregistered)

    smb1985

    Super Mario Brothers (Sept 13, 1985)?

    Nice. 1up.

  • (cs)
    Princeton-Plainsborro Teaching Hospital

    And here I thought it was going to be Sacred Heart Teaching Hospital

  • Bob (unregistered)
    1. Write software that hangs.
    2. Sell company.
    3. Tell users to touch the side of the computer to detect if it is frozen.
    4. ???
    5. Profit!
  • JonsJava (unregistered) in reply to Harry Callahan
    Harry Callahan:
    the article:
    Bob was informed by a woman's voice, "Hi this is Sally Brumbaker, my user id is smb1985. My computer's frozen."
    the article:
    "Sir," Bob said, "I took that call, Sally didn't identify herself."

    She gave her name, but not her title, nor her company. If someone calls you that you don't know and says "Hi, this is Joe Blow, I need help", would you be able to determine who that person was relative to your job? A name, out of context, isn't identification.

  • by (unregistered)

    Sally doesn't have a broken computer, Sally has a broken sarcasm detector.

  • CAPTCHA: verto (unregistered)

    TRWTF is that throughout the entire interim, Sally never encountered a computer that was truly "frozen."

  • (cs) in reply to anon
    anon:
    Why do they remove the name of the software company, but leave the name of the hospital, when it was the hospital that was guilty of the WTF?

    Princeton-Plainsboro is the hospital in the TV show where Greg House practices

  • On Hoth (unregistered)

    Sir, your computer will freeze before reach the first marker!

    Then I'll see you in hell!

  • (cs)

    I have a similar retort when users say they're computer is f**ked. I ask if they can you feel a cock in it...

  • (cs) in reply to frits
    The Article:
    Bob was suddenly reminded of was that he’d forgotten to stop the phone service.
    Who with the what now?
  • Gary (unregistered)

    OK, let's actually take this seriously. A frozen (e.g., blue-screened/deadlocked) computer would in fact cool down, while a computer that slowed down because of some cpu-intensive process would stay warm, right?

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Oh Mark, you've Bowytz'd another article. That's what you get for editing HTML in Word. We're supposed to be IT professionals, we don't edit HTML in Word!

    As for today's WTF... meh, it was a cute story.

  • The Nerve (unregistered) in reply to Gary
    Gary:
    OK, let's actually take this seriously. A frozen (e.g., blue-screened/deadlocked) computer would in fact cool down, while a computer that slowed down because of some cpu-intensive process would stay warm, right?

    I suggest upgrading your CPU fan.

  • Borken (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    Oh Mark, you've Bowytz'd another article. That's what you get for editing HTML in Word. We're supposed to be IT professionals, we don't edit HTML in Word!

    As for today's WTF... meh, it was a cute story.

    Right, I edit all of my HTML pages in ed.

  • (cs) in reply to the beholder
    the beholder:
    by:
    dkf:
    Markp:
    Summary fail.
    Paragraph usage fail. And there's confusion between “Bob” and “I”. In short, total editor fail.

    Yeah, but this seems like a work of fine literature compared to that last disaster by Remy Martin.

    It's ironic to read this when you remember that Bowitz even got be a verb for some time here. "The article has been Bowitz'ed" meant that it was stripped of all fun and chopped to uncomprehensionness.

    And don't forget that the first couple of articles by Remy have been praised for being well-written.

    Actually, TDWTF writing style is trying to emulate the late, great Kilgore Trout.

    Based on the agression building in these comments, I'd say it's working.

  • (cs) in reply to anon
    anon:
    Why do they remove the name of the software company, but leave the name of the hospital, when it was the hospital that was guilty of the WTF?
    Uh it's because Princeton-Plainsboro the name of the hospital in the TV show "House". It doesn't exist....
  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to Gary
    Gary:
    OK, let's actually take this seriously. A frozen (e.g., blue-screened/deadlocked) computer would in fact cool down, while a computer that slowed down because of some cpu-intensive process would stay warm, right?
    A blue-screen would trigger a reboot by default on everything since Windows 2000. An application crash (deadlock or otherwise) would very likely result in 100% CPU utilisation, although this is not a given. So, in most scenarios where the computer has hung I would expect it to heat up due to CPU utilisation but this is certainly not guaranteed. There are a lot of ways a computer can crash, it's hard to make generalisations.
  • Skawt (unregistered)

    How much cream did he put in his coffee?

  • Sally (unregistered)

    I cant believe the nerve of this SOB! My PC wasn't cold! Another tech I called said it was an ID10T error! And he said he ran a PC software company...

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    Oh Mark, you've Bowytz'd another article. That's what you get for editing HTML in Word. We're supposed to be IT professionals, we don't edit HTML in Word!

    As for today's WTF... meh, it was a cute story.

    +1 for spelling my name right! Behind the scenes dropping in an article is more like copy-paste from Word (typos come from niggling on a story at 2am, FWIW).

    Personally, I blame the 2007's ribbon.

    Addendum - yanked the div's...all

    's ...much better.

  • by (unregistered) in reply to Mark Bowytz
    Mark Bowytz:
    Anonymous:
    Oh Mark, you've Bowytz'd another article. That's what you get for editing HTML in Word. We're supposed to be IT professionals, we don't edit HTML in Word!

    As for today's WTF... meh, it was a cute story.

    +1 for spelling my name right! Behind the scenes dropping in an article is more like copy-paste from Word (typos come from niggling on a story at 2am, FWIW).

    Personally, I blame the 2007's ribbon.

    You're doing it wrong:

    1. Edit story in Word.
    2. Print out the document and place it on a clean, preferably wooden table.
    3. Take a digital picture of the story.
    4. Load the photo into your computer.
    5. Add story as an image link.
  • (cs)

    "I was frozen today!" -- Christopher Lloyd's character in Suburban Commando

    I can't help but think that the Mac vs. PC commercials should have used that line...

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to Mark Bowytz
    Mark Bowytz:
    Anonymous:
    Oh Mark, you've Bowytz'd another article. That's what you get for editing HTML in Word. We're supposed to be IT professionals, we don't edit HTML in Word!

    As for today's WTF... meh, it was a cute story.

    +1 for spelling my name right! Behind the scenes dropping in an article is more like copy-paste from Word (typos come from niggling on a story at 2am, FWIW).

    Personally, I blame 2007's ribbon.

    I can't argue with that, I've been blaming that stupid ribbon interface for lost productivity for the last 3 years! Funnily enough, Microsoft haven't listened to me yet.

  • Bill's kid (unregistered) in reply to rad131304
    rad131304:
    anon:
    Why do they remove the name of the software company, but leave the name of the hospital, when it was the hospital that was guilty of the WTF?
    Uh it's because Princeton-Plainsboro the name of the hospital in the TV show "House". It doesn't exist....

    Of course, it was Plainston-Princeboro in the article, not the one where House hobbles about.

  • P (unregistered)

    Will my PC stop freezing if I install a heater?

  • Larry (unregistered) in reply to Mark Bowytz
    Mark Bowytz:
    Anonymous:
    Oh Mark, you've Bowytz'd another article. That's what you get for editing HTML in Word. We're supposed to be IT professionals, we don't edit HTML in Word!

    As for today's WTF... meh, it was a cute story.

    +1 for spelling my name right! Behind the scenes dropping in an article is more like copy-paste from Word (typos come from niggling on a story at 2am, FWIW).

    Personally, I blame the 2007's ribbon.

    Ribbon? TRWTF is writing this story on a typewriter.

  • by (unregistered) in reply to P
    P:
    Will my PC stop freezing if I install a heater?
    No, but it will stop heating if you install a freezer.
  • anon (unregistered) in reply to Gary
    Gary:
    OK, let's actually take this seriously. A frozen (e.g., blue-screened/deadlocked) computer would in fact cool down, while a computer that slowed down because of some cpu-intensive process would stay warm, right?
    On the other hand, a crash might put the CPU in a idle loop (100% use), whereas a real process would perform I/O, slowing it down.
  • (cs) in reply to CAPTCHA: verto
    CAPTCHA: verto:
    TRWTF is that throughout the entire interim, Sally never encountered a computer that was truly "frozen."

    Unless someone took off the the panels to the building HVAC, pointed at the coils, and said, "Sally? Is my computer frozen?"

  • Larry (unregistered) in reply to by
    by:
    P:
    Will my PC stop freezing if I install a heater?
    No, but it will stop heating if you install a freezer.

    TRWTF is computers without AC compressors built-in.

  • Michael J Swart (unregistered)

    Without ... introduction, Bob was informed ... "Hi this is Sally Brumbaker,..."

    Sounds like an introduction to me.

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