• (cs)

    All I know is that I would absolutely not use that phone.

  • (cs) in reply to JT
    JT:
    I'm not sure what the DB2 figure is supposed to represent, but I did notice that it has the universal symbol of the incompetent engineer. Three gears arranged in a configuration that won't turn.
    WIN
  • (cs)

    Am I the only one that thinks the phone "pain" thing was a scrolling marquee? It may have been advertising rates for nearby countries: "FRANCE 1¢/MIN ... SPAIN 1¢/MIN"

    whoever submitted the wtf just had a quick finger with the cellphone camera.

  • (cs) in reply to Ant. Build
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?

    I'm guessing wiener.

  • anon (unregistered) in reply to Ant. Build
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?
    Shitake mushrooms?

    (Seeing as the captcha is damnum, I guess this database is more profanity resistant)

  • fw (unregistered) in reply to anon
    anon:
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?
    Shitake mushrooms?

    (Seeing as the captcha is damnum, I guess this database is more profanity resistant)

    he's american and can't spell, it's burger...

  • Dr.Evil (unregistered) in reply to Ant. Build
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?

    As has been alluded to already, I'm guessing something of a feline nature.

  • Joe (unregistered) in reply to Gler
    Gler:
    Umm, http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=1+megabyte+into+bytes Or am I missing something?

    1 megabyte = 1 048 576 bytes

    not a billion

  • Brazen (unregistered) in reply to T $
    T $:
    Ye find yeself in yon edited image. Ye see two buttons. Will thoust close it?

    Obvious exits are: OK and Cancel

    [ OK ]

    You have been eaten by a grue.

  • jay (unregistered) in reply to Brendan
    Brendan:
    Berislav Lopac:
    You know what is the difference between a novice programmer and an expert programmer? The novice thinks that 1 megabyte has 1000 bytes; the expert thinks that 1 kilometer has 1024 meters.

    I'd hope an expert programmer understands the difference between MB, Mb, MiB and Mib, and knows that none of them have anything to do with movies about aliens and special agents in dark suits...

    Expert programmers should know all about the Milton Bradley game company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley_Company) and an insurance industry trade group (http://www.mib.com). Why is that important?

  • jay (unregistered)

    1 MB is now worth a billion bytes? Wow, inflation is hitting hard.

  • jay (unregistered)

    I think the picture is trying to say that Java is slow and full of bugs.

  • David (unregistered)

    The image is easy to explain - history means stuff that happened a long time ago, and the clock represents time. It was also built a long time ago.

    The name DB2 was inspired by two bees.

    Coffee also featured heavily during the meetings where DB2 was developed.

  • (cs) in reply to JT
    JT:
    I'm not sure what the DB2 figure is supposed to represent, but I did notice that it has the universal symbol of the incompetent engineer. Three gears arranged in a configuration that won't turn.

    Reminds me of the logo of the Brotherhood of Steel from Fallout.

  • SR (unregistered) in reply to jonnyq
    jonnyq:
    Am I the only one that thinks the phone "pain" thing was a scrolling marquee? It may have been advertising rates for nearby countries: "FRANCE 1¢/MIN ... SPAIN 1¢/MIN"

    whoever submitted the wtf just had a quick finger with the cellphone camera.

    Or a lot of time on his hands to wait for the cycle to repeat

    (1st attempt!)

  • Blabla (unregistered) in reply to jonnyq
    jonnyq:
    Am I the only one that thinks the phone "pain" thing was a scrolling marquee? It may have been advertising rates for nearby countries: "FRANCE 1¢/MIN ... SPAIN 1¢/MIN"

    whoever submitted the wtf just had a quick finger with the cellphone camera.

    Windhoek -> capital of Namibia. Not exactly nearby to either Spain or France.

  • Henning Makholm (unregistered) in reply to pac man
    pac man:
    UGH element K books - i'm not surprised by this screw-up. I've had to use element K training materials in several training courses i've taken, and those books are always full of typos and errors.
    Not to mention that books made of potassium tend to react violently if you spill liquid on them (or even breathe in their general direction). They should be handled with extreme care, or preferably not at all.

    But, I wonder, what has that got to do with anything?

  • Henning Makholm (unregistered)

    By the way, when did Mafia bosses start blushing at a mere 3.6 per cent in weekly interest?

  • (cs) in reply to Patrick
    Patrick:
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?
    maybe it was molbuttes?

    I was thinking cbutterole.

  • Matt (unregistered) in reply to Gler
    Gler:
    pants:
    The value of one billion

    I knew that, I was just testing.

    goes to make coffee

    Take your time! Watch out for bees!

  • (cs) in reply to Ant. Build
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?

    "Fucking French Fries"

  • (cs) in reply to Ant. Build
    Ant. Build:
    Duh! Obviously they're measuring it in imperial megabytes!

    itym Verizon MBs.

  • Steve H. (unregistered) in reply to Berislav Lopac
    Berislav Lopac:
    You know what is the difference between a novice programmer and an expert programmer? The novice thinks that 1 megabyte has 1000 bytes; the expert thinks that 1 kilometer has 1024 meters.
    Wow, we must be talking about extremely novice programmers.
  • J (unregistered) in reply to David
    David:
    The image is easy to explain - history means stuff that happened a long time ago, and the clock represents time. It was also built a long time ago.

    The name DB2 was inspired by two bees.

    Coffee also featured heavily during the meetings where DB2 was developed.

    Perhaps it has to do with pricing policies? It's time to bee mugged?

  • (cs)

    Aren't we past the point of posting price WTFs that differ by a small amount? I mean, this one actually WAS less, so the only WTF is that a piece of software wasn't programmed to perceive the irony in a 1 cent discount. Omigod you didn't include <irony.h>!

  • Slicerwizard (unregistered) in reply to SlyEcho
    SlyEcho:
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?

    I'm guessing wiener.

    Don't be such a pussy...

  • Ed (unregistered)

    Holy shit. Michael Moore posts to TDWTF?

  • (cs) in reply to jimbobmcgee
    jimbobmcgee:
    Who has 3.1MB JPEG files lying around on a pen drive?
    Depends if your MB has about a million or only something around thousand bytes.
  • Paul N (unregistered) in reply to pants
    pants:
    Gler:
    Or am I missing something?

    The value of one billion

    Is that a billion in US or Scientific notation, or is it a billion as defined by other countries? http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm

  • Some Chef (unregistered) in reply to Ant. Build
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?
    Shitake mushrooms (Nick used an incorrect spelling of Shiitake)
  • (cs) in reply to Paul N
    Paul N:
    pants:
    Gler:
    Or am I missing something?

    The value of one billion

    Is that a billion in US or Scientific notation, or is it a billion as defined by other countries? http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm

    Either way it's wrong. 1 MB does not equal a billion bytes by any standard.

  • (cs) in reply to belgariontheking

    The point is Mac OS 9 supported USB well-enough to use USB mass storage without additional drivers. Therefore, this fly-by-night company can add it as a "feature" without actually having to do anything.

  • (cs) in reply to jonnyq
    jonnyq:
    Am I the only one that thinks the phone "pain" thing was a scrolling marquee? It may have been advertising rates for nearby countries: "FRANCE 1¢/MIN ... SPAIN 1¢/MIN"

    whoever submitted the wtf just had a quick finger with the cellphone camera.

    I was thinking the same (there's also the possibility the marquee stopped?). But, only four letters displaying at once is still probably not enough, though.

  • iMalc (unregistered)

    Okay so we all know what the yellow button on the pump is right?!

  • Dank (unregistered)

    "What's in the phone box?" "Pain" He felt increased tingling in his hand, pressed his lips against the receiver. How could this be a test? he wondered. The tingling became an itch... The itch became the faintest burning... It mounted slowly: heat upon heat upon heat... . The burning! The burning! He thought he could feel skin curling black on that agonized hand, the flesh crisping and dropping away until only charred bones remained.

    From "God Emperor of Namibia Telecom" by Frank Herbert.

  • seymore15074 (unregistered) in reply to Banana Hammock
    Banana Hammock:
    Also, I don't get the one about the image being edited. It's somewhat-poorly-translated, but understandable. It's confirming you want to close the app because you've made some changes, fairly standard prompt.

    A more useful prompt would ask if you wanted to save it...

  • titter.com (unregistered)

    Oh come on, people, this one is pretty obvious: DB2 D B 2 Dee Bee Two Bee

    As for the rest, I have no fucking idea.

    Humanity test: haero - isn't that the newest Windows UI?

  • Pupu Platter (unregistered)

    The bank/credit card APR is not really a WTF at all. Maybe it is a "WTF is it with all these bank fees" but it is neither incorrect nor unusual.

    Credit card statements often include (may be required by law) a statement of the effective annual APR based on all fees/finance charges during the period of the statement. This is not just interest, as it explicitly states, "Includes Minimum Fee Finance Charges and Transaction Fee Finance Charges that results in an APR which exceeds the Corresponding APR above."

    In other words, if he had a low balance and hit one fee or another, say an ATM withdrawal fee or something, that could result in a fee for that period, which, over the course of a year would represent an exorbitant interest rate. It is no secret that fees, not just interest, are a major profit center for banks.

  • science_gone_bad (unregistered) in reply to Patrick
    Patrick:
    Ant. Build:
    WTF is Nick's favourite food, then?
    maybe it was molbuttes?

    I was thinking Massa

    Sorry for the extra 's' ... I couldn't resist!

  • Greg (unregistered)
    I was taking an introductory course to DB2 when I spotted this page," Abel Morelos writes, "somebody, please explain this figure to me!"
    Really? This is so obvious!

    Queries in DB2 used to take forever. Customers had to sit around, twiddling their thumbs and looking at the clock. The DB2 developers pulled a bunch of all-nighters, drank lots of coffee, and eventually implemented B-Tree indexes.

  • (cs)

    All our busy bee workers drink a lot of coffee now and work around the clock thanks to DB2!

  • JPablo (unregistered)

    The DB2 image is saying "You need to work like a bee, drink lots of coffee, and halve lots of time to get this to work".

  • (cs) in reply to Dank
    Dank:
    "What's in the phone box?" "Pain" He felt increased tingling in his hand, pressed his lips against the receiver. How could this be a test? he wondered. The tingling became an itch... The itch became the faintest burning... It mounted slowly: heat upon heat upon heat... . The burning! The burning! He thought he could feel skin curling black on that agonized hand, the flesh crisping and dropping away until only charred bones remained.

    From "God Emperor of Namibia Telecom" by Frank Herbert.

    THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
  • (cs)

    Obviously, Streamed Movie is a parody of well-known Internet streaming videos. One can only hope that it was produced by Keenan Ivory Wayans, rather than Seltzer and Friedberg.

  • Loren Pechtel (unregistered) in reply to Pupu Platter
    Pupu Platter:
    The bank/credit card APR is not really a WTF at all. Maybe it is a "WTF is it with all these bank fees" but it is neither incorrect nor unusual.

    Credit card statements often include (may be required by law) a statement of the effective annual APR based on all fees/finance charges during the period of the statement. This is not just interest, as it explicitly states, "Includes Minimum Fee Finance Charges and Transaction Fee Finance Charges that results in an APR which exceeds the Corresponding APR above."

    In other words, if he had a low balance and hit one fee or another, say an ATM withdrawal fee or something, that could result in a fee for that period, which, over the course of a year would represent an exorbitant interest rate. It is no secret that fees, not just interest, are a major profit center for banks.

    Agreed. I screwed up setting up an automatic payment and it didn't go through. The fee for the missed payment wasn't bad but the only charge was pretty small--it made for a totally insane APR, worse than this one. It didn't occur to me to call it a WTF.

  • (cs)

    One wonders exactly what Nick likes to eat...

  • (cs) in reply to erich
    erich:
    One wonders exactly what Nick likes to eat...
    Actually, those in the know... know. And their women appreciate it.
  • noway! (unregistered) in reply to Berislav Lopac
    Berislav Lopac:
    You know what is the difference between a novice programmer and an expert programmer? The novice thinks that 1 megabyte has 1000 bytes; the expert thinks that 1 kilometer has 1024 meters.
    Well, then obviously the novice is correct. (Tip: mibibyte)
  • (cs) in reply to Berislav Lopac
    Berislav Lopac:
    the expert thinks that 1 kilometer has 1024 meters
    What do you mean, “thinks”???
  • Krunch (unregistered) in reply to VRAndy

    The clock is from London Waterloo Railway Station: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waterloo_Station_clock.jpg

    Not that it explains anything.

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