• Patrick (unregistered)

    Someone likes Monty Python a bit too much up at Redmond.

    Although it would go some way to explaining Vista...

    (try 5)

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is that they have not forbidden the letter "R" in passwords ...

    Good to make sql injections harder! (no DROP, no FROM, no WHERE) ;-)

  • JB (unregistered)

    Classic Monty Python in the IDE isn't a true WTF. That message is pure win!

    Definitely seems like good motivation for QA: "I wonder if I can find a new allusion?"

  • SXL (unregistered)

    We are the Knights who say "??????????????????????????" !

  • (cs) in reply to JB
    JB:
    Classic Monty Python in the IDE isn't a true WTF. That message is pure win!

    Definitely seems like good motivation for QA: "I wonder if I can find a new allusion?"

    I don't think the error was thrown by the IDE but by the .NET Reflector, as the IDE was starting up. I could be wrong, though.

  • Chris Tavares (unregistered)

    That message box was from Reflector, a 3rd party addin, not from Visual Studio. We do some silly stuff here in Redmond, but we can't take credit for that one.

  • (cs)

    Firefox-Making the impossible possible.

  • Andrew (unregistered)

    Was I the only one who read the error message in his head using Michael Palin's voice?

  • Re:Me (unregistered) in reply to Quicksilver
    Quicksilver:
    TRWTF is that they have not forbidden the letter "R" in passwords ...

    Good to make sql injections harder! (no DROP, no FROM, no WHERE) ;-)

    Yes, Since the “R” can be used for evil, we should ban all use of the “R”. You would make a great legislator.

  • (cs) in reply to Andrew
    Andrew:
    Was I the only one who read the error message in his head using Michael Palin's voice?

    Beats Sarah Palin.

  • forgottenlord (unregistered)

    Church of Microsoft (blessings upon the almighty Bill) seems to be thriving

  • (cs) in reply to dtobias
    dtobias:
    Andrew:
    Was I the only one who read the error message in his head using Michael Palin's voice?

    Beats Sarah Palin.

    Who does that? Todd?

  • Pbutting Gas in Clbutt (unregistered)
    Reinier:
    "I got this message when I inserted my Sandisk USB drive. I'm not quite sure what it wants me to do."
    Well obviously you're supposed to close the door on your USB drive. In fact, you might want to try slamming a door on it a few times. It would probably make you feel better at least.
  • Dakkon (unregistered)

    There are actualyy three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Comments with a n "m" in the 3rd position are not supported -- please choose a different comment.

  • Ken (unregistered)

    The Visual Studio biblical "quote" is a clever variation on an old Monty Python skit.

  • (cs)

    Dude, Alex, comments on a blog aren't that complex, fix this damn thing... thedailywtf.com comment system is TRWTF... For this comment system, you should buy at LEAST a 5,000 SLoC BCO. This comment posting system is an undue inconvenience to billions of electrons.

    (try 743, DETERMINATION FTW!)

    Addendum (2010-03-19 15:10): And somehow after so many attempts to submit a comment, I forgot to include it...:

    At least some people at Red Gate have a great sense of humor...

  • Bobble (unregistered) in reply to Dakkon
    Dakkon:
    There are actualyy three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    Do they speak English in ""?

  • sirlewk (unregistered) in reply to Bobble
    Bobble:
    Dakkon:
    There are actualyy three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    Do they speak English in ""?

    What?

  • (cs)
    Minimal length of secret should be 37458368 characters.
    Better start typing --- at the rate of ten keystrokes per second, it will take just over 43 days of non-stop activity to enter a valid password.
  • Kef Schecter (unregistered) in reply to Dakkon
    Dakkon:
    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    "'' ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in ''?"

  • (cs) in reply to sirlewk
    sirlewk:
    Bobble:
    Dakkon:
    There are actually three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    Do they speak English in ""?

    What?

    No, they speak ""-ish in "".

    The following paragraph is an example of ""-ish:

  • Kef Schecter (unregistered)

    Dang. I shoulda known you guys would beat me to it.

  • (cs)

    Everyone repeat to yourselves: "I can't be Insecure without 'I'."

  • ExCtf (unregistered)

    I've confirmed with a friend that the VS 2010 message is a funny bit from Monty Python the RedGate folks added to their .Net Reflector extension for VS 2010...an Easter Egg of sorts!

  • (cs)
    FIST???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    Comments with the word "fist" in first position are not supported. Please choose a different comment.

  • Ocson (unregistered)

    I bet 1/10/08 made an awesome vacation spot a couple of years ago.

  • (cs) in reply to Ocson
    Ocson:
    I bet 1/10/08 made an awesome vacation spot a couple of years ago.

    Although it was a bit cold, it was better than 10/30/08... that was just miserable and rainy the whole time I was there...

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Ken
    Ken:
    The Visual Studio biblical "quote" is a clever variation on an old Monty Python skit.

    Python? Yes Clever? Not really.

  • J (unregistered)

    The real WTF is that nobody ever writes down the Monty Python quote correctly.

    They always either write "being not in my sight" or "being naughty in my sight".

    The correct phrase is "being naught in my sight".

  • Abott (unregistered) in reply to Dakkon
    Dakkon:
    There are actualyy three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    Who?

    He's our first baseman. Oh where's he from?

    CAPTCHA: vulputate: is that even LEGAL in most states?

  • some random dude (unregistered)

    It's funny how the tone changes dramatically with "Five is right out." Thou shalt use one tone uniformly.

  • (cs) in reply to Ken
    Ken:
    The Visual Studio biblical "quote" is a clever variation on an old Monty Python skit.
    hmmmm... there must be a new definition of the word "clever."
  • Tim (unregistered) in reply to J
    J:
    The real WTF is that nobody ever writes down the Monty Python quote correctly.

    They always either write "being not in my sight" or "being naughty in my sight".

    The correct phrase is "being naught in my sight".

    Are you sure about that? (See the clip.) It sure sounds like "naughty" to me. It's funnier that way too.
  • Evil Code Monkey (unregistered)

    That "no I in the 3rd position" policy should be adapted for comments here. Would reduce the "FRIST!!1!" comments anyhow.

  • (cs) in reply to md5sum
    md5sum:
    sirlewk:
    Bobble:
    Dakkon:
    There are actually three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    Do they speak English in ""?

    What?

    No, they speak ""-ish in "".

    The following paragraph is an example of ""-ish:

    Comments with the word " " in them are not supported. Please choose a different comment.
  • RandomUser423667 (unregistered) in reply to Patrick
    Patrick:
    Someone likes Monty Python a bit too much up at Redmond.
    As others have pointed out, looks like the message is from Reflector, so you mean Cambridge. Which explains, "why Monty Python?" better than, "some random fan."
  • (cs)

    Comments with a character in the first position are not supported. Please choose a different comment while Alex works on a fix.

    That should be the new error message.

  • Silverdog (unregistered)
    The pixelated portion of the check:
    Six thousand three hundred sixty dollars only --- 6360.00

    272542 000229000

    I may have missed a character or two, but the above is close enough to correct to make me wonder why anyone bothered to pixelate the image at all.

  • MRAB (unregistered) in reply to Tim
    Tim:
    J:
    The real WTF is that nobody ever writes down the Monty Python quote correctly.

    They always either write "being not in my sight" or "being naughty in my sight".

    The correct phrase is "being naught in my sight".

    Are you sure about that? (See the clip.) It sure sounds like "naughty" to me. It's funnier that way too.

    No, it's definitely "naught" (or maybe "nought").

  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered) in reply to MRAB
    MRAB:
    Tim:
    J:
    The correct phrase is "being naught in my sight".
    Are you sure about that? (See the clip.) It sure sounds like "naughty" to me. It's funnier that way too.
    No, it's definitely "naught" (or maybe "nought").
    No, it's definitely “naughty”. Listen carefully; you'll hear two distinct but similar sounds between the ‘t’ and the ‘n’.
  • J (unregistered) in reply to Quirkafleeg
    Quirkafleeg:
    MRAB:
    Tim:
    J:
    The correct phrase is "being naught in my sight".
    Are you sure about that? (See the clip.) It sure sounds like "naughty" to me. It's funnier that way too.
    No, it's definitely "naught" (or maybe "nought").
    No, it's definitely “naughty”. Listen carefully; you'll hear two distinct but similar sounds between the ‘t’ and the ‘n’.

    I can see the case for 'naughty'. If you were to write out exactly what he says phonetically, it would sound like "not yin...". There is a bit of a 'y' sound, but it doesn't get its own syllable. Any chance somebody has a link to the official script (or a genuine copy of the book of armnaments)?

  • Bob (unregistered) in reply to dtobias

    Who wouldn't like to beat her? I jest! I jest!

  • (cs) in reply to Re:Me
    Re:Me:
    we should ban all use of the “R”. You would make a great legislator.

    We could call it the "Kiss your 'R's Goodbye" bill.

  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered) in reply to J
    J:
    Quirkafleeg:
    MRAB:
    Tim:
    J:
    The correct phrase is "being naught in my sight".
    Are you sure about that? (See the clip.) It sure sounds like "naughty" to me. It's funnier that way too.
    No, it's definitely "naught" (or maybe "nought").
    No, it's definitely “naughty”. Listen carefully; you'll hear two distinct but similar sounds between the ‘t’ and the ‘n’.
    I can see the case for 'naughty'. If you were to write out exactly what he says phonetically, it would sound like "not yin...".
    Not really.
    There is a bit of a 'y' sound, but it doesn't get its own syllable.
    It sounds very much like it does to me; and there's a lot more of a ‘y’ sound than there is of the following ‘i’ sound. (And, because of the BBC, I've heard plenty of that sort of accent.)
    Any chance somebody has a link to the official script (or a genuine copy of the book of armaments)?
    If it's an online resource, then yes. Until such shows up, though, will this do?
  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered) in reply to Maurits
    Maurits:
    Re:Me:
    we should ban all use of the “R”. You would make a great legislator.
    We could call it the "Kiss your 'R's Goodbye" bill.
    Not a pwoblem. We alweady have a way awound that.

    Anyway… do we have a Bwian here?

    Captcha: Iusto use the lette ‘r’, but they banned it.

  • (cs) in reply to sirlewk
    sirlewk:
    Bobble:
    Dakkon:
    There are actualyy three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    Do they speak English in ""?

    What?

    ENGLISH M**RF**ER! DO YOU SPEAK IT?

  • ideo (unregistered) in reply to Re:Me
    Re:Me:
    Quicksilver:
    TRWTF is that they have not forbidden the letter "R" in passwords ...

    Good to make sql injections harder! (no DROP, no FROM, no WHERE) ;-)

    Yes, Since the “R” can be used for evil, we should ban all use of the “R”. You would make a great legislator.

    *yawn*... Whoooosh!, ...blah blah blah, Sarcasm calibration..., TROLL ALERT!, etc....
  • sino (unregistered) in reply to toth
    toth:
    dtobias:
    Andrew:
    Was I the only one who read the error message in his head using Michael Palin's voice?

    Beats Sarah Palin.

    Who does that? Todd?

    Winful.

  • quisling (unregistered) in reply to md5sum
    md5sum:
    sirlewk:
    Bobble:
    Dakkon:
    There are actually three new countries on the list: "" "1/10/08" "10/30/08"

    I can only imagine the awkward silence when someone asks a "" citizen "What country are you from?".

    Do they speak English in ""?

    What?

    No, they speak ""-ish in "".

    The following paragraph is an example of ""-ish:

    Oh !@^&#$%^#%! That's a virus written in the dreaded whitespace language! NOBODY COMPILE THIS COMMENT!!1!

    RAMIREZ! COMPILE THAT COMMENT!1!!

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