• Litote. (unregistered)

    This comment has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    You knew it was coming.

    NUMERO UNO!

  • Whoevar (unregistered) in reply to Litote.
    Litote.:
    This comment has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    You knew it was coming.

    NUMERO UNO!

    Well, yes. But that was faaar too soon! (and too obvious)

  • Anon (unregistered)

    Warranty void if read

  • Anon (unregistered)

    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

  • Litote. (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    :: checks to see if there are any Paraparaumuns around ::

    Because they're all... you know... :: belms ::

  • faceless_tech (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    think this is the real WTF

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?
    Because the year 13 Biology course book is FILE_NOT_FOUND

    And the missing photo is ON A WOODEN TABLE; a picture of Paula.

  • Planar (unregistered)

    The warranty is only void if you break the seal. Just take a pair of scissors and cut the envelope around the seal and you're OK.

    That's what they mean by "working around" a problem...

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    13 is bad luck.

  • I <3 Irish Girl (unregistered)

    [image]

    OK I found this one for you, now you happy?

  • (cs)

    But the question you have to ask yourself is "What is the warranty for?" Is is the Warranty on the software, the licenses, or... for the envelope, which would oddly make the most sense. Can you imagine where the world would be if people started demanding refunds on their envelopes because it broke when they tore it open? The next thing you know, it's raining frogs, the oceans have turned to blood, and JPEGs wont use the correct PostScript levels!

  • (cs) in reply to I <3 Irish Girl
    I <3 Irish Girl:
    [image]

    OK I found this one for you, now you happy?

    Um. That layout looks freakishly like a family tree, which made me wonder... "How?"

  • Grew (unregistered) in reply to I <3 Irish Girl
    I <3 Irish Girl:
    [image]

    OK I found this one for you, now you happy?

    I find this picture creepy and I'm not sure why.

    Maybe it's because the whole point of having more than just white people in these types of pictures is to prove that you cherish your diversity, that you don't discriminate based on race, gender or sexual orientation... yet.. despite this picture having people that tick all the right right diversity boxes, they all look the same.

  • (cs) in reply to I <3 Irish Girl
    I <3 Irish Girl:
    [image] OK I found this one for you, now you happy?
    How did you find that? Did you somehow type that lady's face into Google?
  • Alan (unregistered) in reply to Grew
    Grew:

    I find this picture creepy and I'm not sure why.

    Maybe it's because the whole point of having more than just white people in these types of pictures is to prove that you cherish your diversity, that you don't discriminate based on race, gender or sexual orientation... yet.. despite this picture having people that tick all the right right diversity boxes, they all look the same.

    Or maybe you are just to stupid to figure out the point of the picture.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Alan
    Alan:
    Grew:

    I find this picture creepy and I'm not sure why.

    Maybe it's because the whole point of having more than just white people in these types of pictures is to prove that you cherish your diversity, that you don't discriminate based on race, gender or sexual orientation... yet.. despite this picture having people that tick all the right right diversity boxes, they all look the same.

    Or maybe you are just to stupid to figure out the point of the picture.

    Or maybe you are just too stupid to figure out the English language.

  • AndyL (unregistered) in reply to Alan
    Alan:
    Grew:
    I find this picture creepy and I'm not sure why.

    Maybe it's because the whole point of having more than just white people in these types of pictures is to prove that you cherish your diversity, that you don't discriminate based on race, gender or sexual orientation... yet.. despite this picture having people that tick all the right right diversity boxes, they all look the same.

    Or maybe you are just to stupid to figure out the point of the picture.
    In fairness, the point of family tree made entirely of females is a bit obscure. I'm not sure I understand it myself.

  • (cs) in reply to AndyL
    AndyL:
    In fairness, the point of family tree made entirely of females is a bit obscure. I'm not sure I understand it myself.
    They reproduce via cellular mitosis followed by cytokinesis. It's obvious, isn't it?

    Also, it looks to me like that "Press Enter" dialog was probably added by someone who always uses keyboard shortcuts - since the input focus is on the OK button, pressing Enter or Space will do the same thing as clicking the button.

  • (cs)

    It is not a family tree - every picture is made up from a combination of the two pictures above it. That is why everyone looks the same.

  • (cs) in reply to Planar
    Planar:
    The warranty is only void if you break the seal. Just take a pair of scissors and cut the envelope around the seal and you're OK.

    That's what they mean by "working around" a problem...

    Actually, I think it's another version of the "open this end" found on milk cartons, but in reverse.

    Open the envelope from the other end. Problem solved. Warranty preserved.

  • Loren Pechtel (unregistered)

    The creationists strike again! Gotta bash anything that smack of evolution!

  • EatenByAGrue (unregistered)

    The warranty is only void if the software is broken, not if the seal is broken. Which means, of course, that the warranty was void before the submitter even got it.

  • Peter (unregistered) in reply to Alan
    Alan:
    Or maybe you are just to stupid to figure out the point of the picture.
    Well, I was too stupid to figure it out too. Thank you to barc0de for explaining it. No thanks to you for substituting abuse for enlightenment.
  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    The textbook cover is just classic but it might not be a WTF at all. If you live in Kansas, science textbooks have to be wrong by law.

  • ChiefCrazyTalk (unregistered) in reply to faceless_tech
    faceless_tech:
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    think this is the real WTF

    That, and arent you supposed to graduate after year 12? Who ever heard of a year 13?

  • (cs) in reply to ChiefCrazyTalk
    ChiefCrazyTalk:
    faceless_tech:
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    think this is the real WTF

    That, and arent you supposed to graduate after year 12? Who ever heard of a year 13?

    Some of the courses I took as a college freshman were labeled as year-13...

  • James (unregistered) in reply to ChiefCrazyTalk
    ChiefCrazyTalk:
    faceless_tech:
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    think this is the real WTF

    That, and arent you supposed to graduate after year 12? Who ever heard of a year 13?

    Classic case of an off-by-one error.

  • ibwolf (unregistered)

    Warranty void if This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000

  • iToad (unregistered) in reply to Claxon
    Claxon:
    I <3 Irish Girl:
    [image]

    OK I found this one for you, now you happy?

    Um. That layout looks freakishly like a family tree, which made me wonder... "How?"

    Cloning.

  • (cs) in reply to Loren Pechtel
    Loren Pechtel:
    The creationists strike again! Gotta bash anything that smack of evolution!
    After thinking about this statement, pausing, going back and reading the article, pausing to think about it again, going back and reading the comments again, and then thinking about this one, I just have one question... where the heck did this come from?
  • (cs) in reply to kastein
    kastein:
    AndyL:
    In fairness, the point of family tree made entirely of females is a bit obscure. I'm not sure I understand it myself.
    They reproduce via cellular mitosis followed by cytokinesis. It's obvious, isn't it?
    Don't be silly. They use perfectly ordinary common-or-garden parthenogenesis, like everybody else.

    You've obviously never read Coalescent.

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    The textbook cover is just classic but it might not be a WTF at all. If you live in Kansas, science textbooks have to be wrong by law.
    no
  • (cs) in reply to Sutherlands
    Sutherlands:
    Loren Pechtel:
    The creationists strike again! Gotta bash anything that smack of evolution!
    After thinking about this statement, pausing, going back and reading the article, pausing to think about it again, going back and reading the comments again, and then thinking about this one, I just have one question... where the heck did this come from?
    Um, it didn't come from anywhere - it was just, you know, created.
  • (cs) in reply to ChiefCrazyTalk
    ChiefCrazyTalk:
    faceless_tech:
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    think this is the real WTF

    That, and arent you supposed to graduate after year 12? Who ever heard of a year 13?

    New Zealanders ?

  • (cs)

    The warranty one is not at all surprising. I've seen ones that say by opening the envelope, you agree to the enclosed license. Guess what the license is enclosed in?

    The ATM one is just scary. Anyone who thinks Windows on an ATM is a good idea shouldn't be allowed near software that handles money.

  • Mavrik (unregistered)

    Er, acually, most ATMs run on either Windows (NT or some such) or OS/2. Are you scared yet?

  • N Morrison (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?
    The asylum has gone but the memory lingers on?

    (I spent many happy days at Karehana Bay & Plimmerton without ever going to Paraparam).

  • Christian (unregistered) in reply to kastein
    kastein:
    Also, it looks to me like that "Press Enter" dialog was probably added by someone who always uses keyboard shortcuts - since the input focus is on the OK button, pressing Enter or Space will do the same thing as clicking the button.

    It seems to me like not coding in that message box would have neatly sidestepped the entire problem.

  • I <3 Irish Girl (unregistered) in reply to Andy Goth
    Andy Goth:
    I <3 Irish Girl:
    OK I found this one for you, now you happy?
    How did you find that? Did you somehow type that lady's face into Google?

    Yeah, I printed it onto the wooden table, than cut with scissors and scanned into http://tineye.com

  • lolz (unregistered) in reply to James

    Actually, it appears that "college" doesn't have the same meaning in New Zealand. From what I can tell, the school houses years 9-13. So year 13 seems to be the final year (not 12).

    Does someone from New Zealand want to educate us?

  • Stephen Baker (unregistered) in reply to barc0de

    Then how did the bottom girl get the hair from the top left girl, when none of the middle tier girls possessed that hair style?

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to Stephen Baker

    Recessive genes.

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    The textbook cover is just classic but it might not be a WTF at all. If you live in Kansas, science textbooks have to be wrong by law.

    Last I heard, the effort of creationists in Kansas to have school textbooks actually discuss evidence for and againt evolution was shot down. So now Kansas schools, like the rest of the country, teach evolution as unquestionable dogma, and tell students that "the scientific method" means "believing what your teachers tell you without looking at the evidence yourself".

  • moz (unregistered) in reply to lolz
    lolz:
    Actually, it appears that "college" doesn't have the same meaning in New Zealand. From what I can tell, the school houses years 9-13. So year 13 seems to be the final year (not 12).

    Does someone from New Zealand want to educate us?

    Especially as this is a New Zealand textbook, rather than an import (Designs of Life being the year 13 textbook).

    Maybe Paraparaumu really is the sort of place where this sort of thing happens. Or maybe they wanted to avoid the discussion of the biological evolution of humans in the more advanced book.

  • iMalc (unregistered)

    You do all realise that "ENTER" is referring to the name of the key one can press to dismiss the dialog, and not the name on the button right?

  • (cs)

    Funniest sound I ever heard (Paraparaumu Paraparaumu) But I can't understand a single word (Paraparaumu Paraparaumu) Well if he's serious or if he's playin' Woo my my it's all he's sayin

    Paraparaumu Paraparaumu Paraparaumu Paraparaumu Paraparaumu Paraparaumu Paraparaumu Paraparaumu

  • Confused (unregistered) in reply to ChiefCrazyTalk
    ChiefCrazyTalk:
    faceless_tech:
    Anon:
    So why does Paraparaumu College use a "Biology course for Year 12" for its year 13 biology course?

    think this is the real WTF

    That, and arent you supposed to graduate after year 12? Who ever heard of a year 13?

    Bakers?

  • pedant. (unregistered) in reply to Confused

    In New Zealand, like most western nations, you start primary school at or around age 5. Hence there are 13 years.

    College is the period from Year 8-13.

    Like the rest of the world, we call the grown up place you spend 3-4 years afterwards College at while drinking heavily, "The Pub". Or sometimes 'University'.

  • Bonzo (unregistered)

    Fixed for you

    [image]
  • CaRL (unregistered)

    Irish Girl is proof that God exists.

    The fact that there aren't enough clones of her to go around is proof that he is a sadistic bastard.

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