• Shill (unregistered) in reply to bd
    bd:
    Rehevkor:
    The room doesn't actually cost $999,999 for a four night stay. They're just factoring in the cost of driving to the hotel from Jupiter.
    I know gas got more expensive on the other side of the pond, but why would you pay so much for a trip starting in a town in Florida?

    What are you talking about? Towns in Massachusetts do not have other towns inside of them.

  • Adam (unregistered) in reply to Bappi
    Bappi:
    Rehevkor:
    The room doesn't actually cost $999,999 for a four night stay. They're just factoring in the cost of driving to the hotel from Jupiter.

    The problem with the Internet is that somebody will always take you up on your shit.

    Jupiter is a minimum of 365 million miles from the earth. If you were to drive a Prius @ 50 miles per gallon, it would still take you 7.3 million gallons, or a cool $29.2 million (@ $4/Gal.), give or take.

    Let's assume that a Prius, properly cared for, lasts 200,000 miles. It would take you 1,825 Priuses to make the trip. Assuming a modest volume discount, we can put the price per Prius at $20,500, or a total of just under $37.5 million.

    We'll ignore tax, license, insurance, and maintenance, and arrive at a total of $66.7 million (17.45 euros at the current rate).

    So that room's a steal, if it includes the cost of driving.

    You've got it all wrong, he's taking the train.

  • ContraCorners (unregistered) in reply to ContraCorners
    ContraCorners:
    Admittedly, I haven't read all of the comments (I do have to do some work today after all).

    But am I the only one who's bothered by the fact that $999,999 isn't the cost for the fourth night? (Hint: It's the cost for Nov 27, on a 4-night stay that begins on Nov. 27. Anyone want to do the math for me?)

    If I could retract this comment...

    Sorry, complely missed the middle column.

  • ContraCorners (unregistered) in reply to ContraCorners
    ContraCorners:
    ContraCorners:
    Admittedly, I haven't read all of the comments (I do have to do some work today after all).

    But am I the only one who's bothered by the fact that $999,999 isn't the cost for the fourth night? (Hint: It's the cost for Nov 27, on a 4-night stay that begins on Nov. 27. Anyone want to do the math for me?)

    If I could retract this comment...

    Sorry, complely missed the middle column.

    ON THE OTHER HAND, the difference between the 999,999 stay and the $349 stay is that the expensive one includes Nov 27. So if you want to see what 999,650 gets you... get there the 27th!

  • (cs)
    "Best watch your back, kid. Sh-t just got real."
    What's the purpose in saying "Sh-t" immediately above an image that contains "shit" in it twice? Is that the webmaster equivalent of "Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player"?

    "Don't blame me, Mrs. Holierthanthou. I only post what the people send me. See, I don't use that nasty language, personally. ...What does the website name mean? Oh... uh... Worse Than Failure. Why do you ask?"

  • (cs) in reply to skztr
    skztr:
    the $9999 error comes from trying to find the minimum price for something in a loop, assuming you'll get at least one result and that nothing will ever be higher than the random number (in this case 9999) that you've come up with for "infinity".

    People do this because of the idea that it's "faster" than checking in every iteration of the loop to see if the minimum value has ever been defined.

    I think I'll risk losing that extra performance in favor of code that makes sense

    I think I'll risk not reading your post in favor of comments that make sense.

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  • (cs) in reply to KenW
    KenW:
    SuperousOxide:
    To get from Jupiter orbit to Earth orbit, you'll need to accelerate from 29k mph to 67k mph, I don't think the prius is going to be able to handle that.

    You just add a spoiler to the rear and everything's fine.

    You'll need a coffee can on the tailpipe, too.

  • Rehevkor (unregistered)

    Dear God, what have I started?

    Let me know when you have it figured out guys. I'll take a test drive to Jupiter as soon as you have all the relevant bullshi-I mean science worked out.

  • (cs) in reply to Rehevkor
    Rehevkor:
    Dear God, what have I started?
    In all modesty, I do claim some credit.
  • Dude (unregistered) in reply to Bob
    Bob:
    This reminds me of the following XKCD comic:

    http://xkcd.com/189/

    If someone else quotes another one of these stupid comics, I'm gonna go crazy! Quit acting like a bunch of immature idiots!

  • (cs) in reply to Dude
    Dude:
    Bob:
    This reminds me of the following XKCD comic:

    http://xkcd.com/189/

    If someone else quotes another one of these stupid comics, I'm gonna go crazy! Quit acting like a bunch of immature idiots!

    Promise?

  • dzurn (unregistered)

    Please, leave my shit unhandled.

    I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

  • Ovidiu (unregistered)

    "Sorry, but I can't print what happens on the fourth night at the Sheraton here, but trust me — it's amazing."

    Shouldn't it be the FIRST night? It's the only night covered ONLY by the expensive offer ... kind of curious what happens that night. :)

  • No one you know (unregistered) in reply to Vollhorst
    Vollhorst:
    ...

    And die first one is a common fake, created to piss off idiotic gamers.

    Mod parent up! The first one is an obvious fake, there are typos all over it. the .gt. and infinity symbol are a different font, 168 hour instead of hours, wacraft instead of warcraft, those are the most obvious.

  • Dude (unregistered) in reply to Bappi
    Bappi:
    Dude:
    Bob:
    This reminds me of the following XKCD comic:

    http://xkcd.com/189/

    If someone else quotes another one of these stupid comics, I'm gonna go crazy! Quit acting like a bunch of immature idiots!

    Promise?

    STFU

  • (cs) in reply to skztr
    skztr:
    People do this because of the idea that it's "faster" than checking in every iteration of the loop to see if the minimum value has ever been defined.

    And I like people who understand the concept of a Null value.

  • (cs) in reply to Dude
    Dude:
    STFU
    Southern Tenant Farmers' Union? Star Trek Federation University? Samurai Training Finished Unsuccessfully? Show Them Fury Unleashed? Short Term Follow Up? Special Task Force Unit? Stop Talking Find Username? Slippery Teflon from Utah? Stinky Telnet Fell Under? Special Transitory Food Units? Stealing Turkeys from Uncle? Superior Tactical Fragging Unit? Silence That Followed Us?
  • (cs) in reply to Dude
    Dude:
    Bob:
    This reminds me of the following XKCD comic:

    http://xkcd.com/189/

    If someone else quotes another one of these stupid comics, I'm gonna go crazy! Quit acting like a bunch of immature idiots!

    Are you talking to the mirror again? ;) I wonder why that comic's "stupid", given that those jokes aren't usually understood unless you got some college education on advanced math / computer literacy. Maybe you're humor-impaired?

    Anyway .. that "Shit happens" reminded me of the good ole "Idiot user Exception" or the "Something bad happened" filler messages put on unexpected errors.

    My favorite was "This error should not happen! THE MACHINES HAVE RISEN AGAINST HUMANITY! RUN TO THE HILLS!"

  • (cs) in reply to tezoatlipoca
    tezoatlipoca:
    Bappi:
    Rehevkor:
    The room doesn't actually cost $999,999 for a four night stay. They're just factoring in the cost of driving to the hotel from Jupiter.

    The problem with the Internet is that somebody will always take you up on your shit.

    Jupiter is a minimum of 365 million miles from the earth. If you were to drive a Prius @ 50 miles per gallon, it would still take you 7.3 million gallons, or a cool $29.2 million (@ $4/Gal.), give or take.

    Let's assume that a Prius, properly cared for, lasts 200,000 miles. It would take you 1,825 Priuses to make the trip. Assuming a modest volume discount, we can put the price per Prius at $20,500, or a total of just under $37.5 million.

    We'll ignore tax, license, insurance, and maintenance, and arrive at a total of $66.7 million (17.45 euros at the current rate).

    So that room's a steal, if it includes the cost of driving.

    Neglecting previous observations on how a Prius would function poorly in space, and assuming an unlimited number of Prius.. uh.. Priusses... Prii? (and drivers for that matter - we could assume a male & female couple start off and effects of inbreeding are ignored) and the current driver obeyed speed limits of 55 Mph, it would take ~757 years to drive the distance.

    Given inflation, I'd wager that the room may be prohibitively expensive by the time they got there. (but frankly Im too lazy to do any more math today.) The guest should invest their room deposit in something with a high yield. :)

    55? The speed limit in space is ~670,616,629 mph.

  • (cs) in reply to Bappi
    Bappi:
    Rehevkor:
    The room doesn't actually cost $999,999 for a four night stay. They're just factoring in the cost of driving to the hotel from Jupiter.

    The problem with the Internet is that somebody will always take you up on your shit.

    Jupiter is a minimum of 365 million miles from the earth. If you were to drive a Prius @ 50 miles per gallon, it would still take you 7.3 million gallons, or a cool $29.2 million (@ $4/Gal.), give or take.

    Let's assume that a Prius, properly cared for, lasts 200,000 miles. It would take you 1,825 Priuses to make the trip. Assuming a modest volume discount, we can put the price per Prius at $20,500, or a total of just under $37.5 million.

    We'll ignore tax, license, insurance, and maintenance, and arrive at a total of $66.7 million (17.45 euros at the current rate).

    So that room's a steal, if it includes the cost of driving.

    Well, whether it's a steal or not really depends on whether you have to pay before-hand or when you get there. You see, driving a Prius at an average of 80 mph would take approximately 521 years.

    By then, $999,999 AD2008-dollars will likely have inflated, and will be worth somewhere in the neighbourhood of a few trillion AD2529-dollars. So if you set a fixed price and are able to pay at arrival, you'll be saving yourself a lot of money!

  • (cs) in reply to FredSaw
    FredSaw:
    What's the purpose in saying "Sh-t" immediately above an image that contains "shit" in it twice?
    If a school or company is running a keyword filter, it won't detect the one in the image.

    It seems silly, but there's at least a somewhat reasonable explanation for it.

  • mr meh (unregistered)

    Run the .Net Reflector on one of the JetBrains products and I'll gaurantee you'll find plenty of wtf's.

  • (cs) in reply to Dude
    Dude:
    Bob:
    This reminds me of the following XKCD comic:

    http://xkcd.com/189/

    If someone else quotes another one of these stupid comics, I'm gonna go crazy! Quit acting like a bunch of immature idiots!

    I think this one is appropriate too: http://xkcd.com/406/

  • Lyle (unregistered)

    You never have that kind of problem with the MANUAL Jira process!

  • (cs) in reply to skztr
    skztr:
    the $9999 error comes from trying to find the minimum price for something in a loop, assuming you'll get at least one result and that nothing will ever be higher than the random number (in this case 9999) that you've come up with for "infinity".

    People do this because of the idea that it's "faster" than checking in every iteration of the loop to see if the minimum value has ever been defined.

    I think I'll risk losing that extra performance in favor of code that makes sense

    WTF? Are you saying they couldn't find any hotel rooms cheaper than $999,999? Or are you suggesting no hotel rooms at all were found? If none were found, I'm not sure how your "sensible code" will improve matters, if you don't also check that you found something.

    Yes there was a bug in this code, but it wasn't from initing the minimum to $999,999.

  • Azd (unregistered) in reply to Bappi
    Bappi:

    The problem with the Internet is that somebody will always take you up on your shit.

    Jupiter is a minimum of 365 million miles from the earth. If you were to drive a Prius @ 50 miles per gallon, it would still take you 7.3 million gallons, or a cool $29.2 million (@ $4/Gal.), give or take.

    Let's assume that a Prius, properly cared for, lasts 200,000 miles. It would take you 1,825 Priuses to make the trip. Assuming a modest volume discount, we can put the price per Prius at $20,500, or a total of just under $37.5 million.

    We'll ignore tax, license, insurance, and maintenance, and arrive at a total of $66.7 million (17.45 euros at the current rate).

    So that room's a steal, if it includes the cost of driving.

    You might need 1,825 Priuses to make the trip, but you'd never get Toyota to deliver them.

  • (cs) in reply to Shill
    Shill:
    And I suppose that your shit that proposes one use an automobile to travel from Jupiter to Earth is unassailable?

    ???

  • Xaroth (unregistered)

    I hate to be a killjoy, but the Xfire miniprofile link is a Photoshop job, and a poor one at that.

    My day job happens to be with Xfire as a web-dev, and I've seen the code that generates that image. For one, there's no way to get the status in the miniprofile to read "Always Online" - the language string is "Online". Secondly, there's no code in there to render an infinity symbol. Third, the user's real username would be in ()'s after 'ASH'. Finally, while it will read "<1 hour" when appropriate, there's no condition for ">" anything.

    This is a pretty obvious case of a user having a bit of fun with the general visual format to make a joke about WoW addictiveness.

    I mean, you always fear/dread/hope (if you're a masochist) to see something from your job show up on this site, but it'd be nice if it were at least not made up. ;)

    I'll go back to quietly being that boring know-it-all chained to the desk in the basement now.

  • Pyro789x (unregistered)

    That xfire thing is probably a shop and not a bug, "always online" is not a valid status, it either says offline, online, or playing 'game'.

  • MET (unregistered) in reply to skztr
    skztr:
    the $9999 error comes from trying to find the minimum price for something in a loop, assuming you'll get at least one result...because of the idea that it's "faster" than checking in every iteration ... to see if the minimum value has ever been defined.
    Us extreme programmers go for setting the minimum to the first item, then looping from the second.
  • (cs) in reply to EvanED
    EvanED:
    FredSaw:
    What's the purpose in saying "Sh-t" immediately above an image that contains "shit" in it twice?
    If a school or company is running a keyword filter, it won't detect the one in the image.

    It seems silly, but there's at least a somewhat reasonable explanation for it.

    That's exactly it. If we actually had a problem with the language we'd censor the picture, too.

  • kuk (unregistered) in reply to Lardious

    jhjujhyk

  • oh, nobody in particular... (unregistered) in reply to tezoatlipoca
    tezoatlipoca:
    Prius.. uh.. Priusses... Prii?

    How about Prius -> Priodes [by analogy with Octopus -> Octopodes]

  • MarkA (unregistered)

    Is it just me or is it strange that the Jetbrains bug reporting module in Resharper submits their bug reports to Jira instead of their own YouTrack bug tracking system?

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