• (cs) in reply to Joe
    Joe:
    Bob:
    Please show a little sensitivity. I had a son whose favourite colour was orange, and let me tell you it was no laughing matter.

    Translation for the other side of the pond: "I had a son whose favorite color was orange, and let me tell you it was no laghing matter."

    On which side of the pond do they write laughing as "laghing"?

  • (cs) in reply to Proposal
    Proposal:
    I propose that WTF submissions be made into one liners if their content does not warrant the extra words/paragraphs.
    That has been done before! Comparing that with the current quality of the articles, I miss those times!

    The announcement, while being succinct by todays standards, was still a bit TLDR.

  • foo (unregistered) in reply to no laughing matter
    no laughing matter:
    Joe:
    Bob:
    Please show a little sensitivity. I had a son whose favourite colour was orange, and let me tell you it was no laughing matter.

    Translation for the other side of the pond: "I had a son whose favorite color was orange, and let me tell you it was no laghing matter."

    On which side of the pond do they write laughing as "laghing"?
    On bouth sides, doun't they?

    PS: Whoooush!

  • jay (unregistered) in reply to foo
    foo:
    keiranhalcyon31:
    It's like how Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet, but don't suggest that a dwarf planet might be considered a type of planet, because apparently the IAU has no grasp of linguistics.
    Just like a mainframe is a kind of frame? And a Vice President is a President?

    Of course. The Vice President is the person in charge of bad habits.

  • jay (unregistered) in reply to eViLegion
    eViLegion:
    Jay. ...but I was correcting someones comprehension error (not a grammar error), when they themselves were erroneously correcting someone else's comprehension error. So you've kinda got it all the wrong way round.

    And on that note, I bid you have a good evening.

    So I thought that you were correcting someone for correcting someone, but you're correcting me by saying that you were correcting someone for correcting someone for correcting someone?

    I'd check to see if that's correct but it's just gotten too confusing, I've lost count.

  • jay (unregistered) in reply to foo
    foo:
    keiranhalcyon31:
    It's like how Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet, but don't suggest that a dwarf planet might be considered a type of planet, because apparently the IAU has no grasp of linguistics.
    Just like a mainframe is a kind of frame? And a Vice President is a President?

    On the serious side, what is the history of the term "mainframe"? I've always vaguely supposed that it was a term borrowed from some other field that referred to the "main", i.e. primary or biggest or most important, of the "frames", supporting structures of some kind. Did IT people just invent this word? If so, I can see "main", but what does "frame" refer to?

  • jay (unregistered)

    BTW reminds me of the time I stumbled across a reference from the people who ran my town's water supply system to "water secondaries". And suddenly I understood what "water main" meant.

  • (cs) in reply to jay
    jay:
    eViLegion:
    Jay. ...but I was correcting someones comprehension error (not a grammar error), when they themselves were erroneously correcting someone else's comprehension error. So you've kinda got it all the wrong way round.

    And on that note, I bid you have a good evening.

    So I thought that you were correcting someone for correcting someone, but you're correcting me by saying that you were correcting someone for correcting someone for correcting someone?

    I'd check to see if that's correct but it's just gotten too confusing, I've lost count.

    I'm worried this might be turtles all the way down.

  • Sigh (unregistered) in reply to Billy T

    It can, and the case to watch out for is when it floats up to 1/2 input mains voltage, very easy to do with a broken earth pin rather than unplugging.

  • DevOpslol (unregistered) in reply to pjt33
    pjt33:
    The developers are responsible for the UPS?

    If the developer was the one who plugged it in, yes, it absolutely is their responsibility. DevOps ain't easy.

  • (cs) in reply to jay
    jay:
    On the serious side, what is the history of the term "mainframe"? I've always vaguely supposed that it was a term borrowed from some other field that referred to the "main", i.e. primary or biggest or most important, of the "frames", supporting structures of some kind. Did IT people just invent this word? If so, I can see "main", but what does "frame" refer to?
    Right or wrong this is what wikipedia cites as source for it's explanation of the term.
    IBM:
    Early mainframe systems were housed in enormous, room-sized metal boxes or frames, which is probably how the term mainframe originated.
  • Your Name (unregistered)
    ...dare the two-week-old butter chicken...

    What did he dare the chicken to do? Cross the road?

  • Nestor D. (unregistered) in reply to Chris Q

    "4. I contend that the WTF here was not mine, but rather the idiot who plugged production servers into a piece of kit that was, to him, unknown and undocumented. It was documented in our procedures, and the other team was aware that we looked after our own kit."

    I'm pretty sure that's the point of the post. You did everything right, the other team made a boneheaded mistake.

  • the beholder (unregistered) in reply to jay
    jay:
    eViLegion:
    Jay. ...but I was correcting someones comprehension error (not a grammar error), when they themselves were erroneously correcting someone else's comprehension error. So you've kinda got it all the wrong way round.

    And on that note, I bid you have a good evening.

    So I thought that you were correcting someone for correcting someone, but you're correcting me by saying that you were correcting someone for correcting someone for correcting someone?

    I'd check to see if that's correct but it's just gotten too confusing, I've lost count.

    Pedanception!

  • Paul Neumann (unregistered) in reply to Jimmy
    Jimmy:
    eViLegion:
    chubertdev:
    Look up "Muphry's Law"
    Oh jesus.

    Look guys. Someone corrects a typo, being all amusing, and using an obvious typo themselves as their name.

    The counter move is to point out that obvious mistake to them (as though they're stupid for not noticing), because it's fucking annoying if people don't seem to get jokes/references that you've made (and worse still, seem to think you're an idiot for making those mistakes).

    Its no bloody fun if some other cunt comes along and explains what needs to be looked up. The whole thing collapses into sensible-ness.

    Hint: Muphry's Law is not a typo

    Also, I think you are highly strung.

    Someone needs a hug!

  • Paul Neumann (unregistered) in reply to no laughing matter
    no laughing matter:
    Right or wrong this is what wikipedia cites as source for it's explanation of the term.
    How dare you insinuate in your use of a common phrase that anything from wikipedia could ever be considered wrong! I am feeling all feminazi just considering it.
  • (cs)

    Isn't TRWTF that the MAINFRAME was (should have been) plugged into a socket without a UPS?

    If they had plugged the mainframe UPS into the server UPS, then no real harm would have been done (except for shorter standby time for the server PC), but they apparently had no power supply protection on their mainframe at all...

  • Derp (unregistered)

    Chris,

    I don't even think anyone could have possibly confused you for the guilty party in this story. You don't just go plugging production servers into wherever there just happens to be outlet space at the time.

    Also what do you mean dramatized? TDWTF always post pure, unadulterated, 100% factual stories. Barely a day goes by in the real world without a screaming, pitchfork wielding mob maiming an engineer for accidentally unplugging something.

  • Brett Thwaites (unregistered)

    Does anyone know that CityEats actually exists

    I just tweeted this story to them and am waiting for a reply.

    PS DAMN YOU AKISMET!!!! I just wanted to share a (non-spammy) link!

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