• Kaine (unregistered)

    Your credit rating takes a hit if you don't pay your bill every month. Those $0 balances are no excuse for not paying $0 towards your outstanding balance.

    This post was early!

  • Wagner (unregistered)

    Personally, I love Lacock.

  • progree (unregistered)

    sqrt(frist)

  • Anon (unregistered)

    Nick Lacock should think himself lucky that he lives in Newark and not Scunthorpe.

    [The only time anybody is going to be lucky to live in Newark]

  • EvilSpudBoy (unregistered)

    I think the reason for listing all the possible statuses with explanations is so that you can not only know what your current status means, but where you are in the workflow. If they just told you what your current status is, you wouldn't know how many stages there are and how how far you are from getting paid.

  • Tuxie (unregistered) in reply to Kaine

    Yes AUF, it was.

  • (cs) in reply to Tuxie
    Tuxie:
    Yes AUF, it was.
    Short for "Yes, AUF CAURSE they have been phoned"
  • (cs) in reply to Zecc
    Zecc:
    Tuxie:
    Yes AUF, it was.
    Short for "Yes, AUF CAURSE they have been phAUned"
    FTFY. Btw, YMMD.
  • This is not my real name (unregistered)

    Twitter asks for my real name, then doesn't accept it because it is too long. What do these websites think, that I'm going to change names to fit into their database?

  • F (unregistered)

    "Norm" needn't worry - the 31st of April isn't going to happen.

  • F (unregistered) in reply to This is not my real name
    This is not my real name:
    Twitter asks for my real name, then doesn't accept it because it is too long. What do these websites think, that I'm going to change names to fit into their database?
    They expect you to let them interfere with every other aspect of your life, so why not your name too?
  • The Poop... of DOOM! (unregistered) in reply to This is not my real name
    This is not my real name:
    Twitter asks for my real name, then doesn't accept it because it is too long. What do these websites think, that I'm going to change names to fit into their database?
    Always, always, always use a Flinstones character name for such cases. It's not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
  • Seth (unregistered)

    Noooo! You didn't sign up for }'A$!!!b]y|¥]#~

    It sais right there, you signed up for }`A$!!!b]y|¥]#~ !

    }'A$!!!b]y|¥]#~ would have been 40% more expensive

  • Warren (unregistered)

    Darn, a whole village near us (Wiltshire, UK) is obviously inappropriate and should be renamed of "Lapenis".

  • Roger (unregistered)

    Abraham, did you try paying a negative number toward your American Express bill? They probably would have sent you as much money as you requested.

    (I know. I used to do QA for a company with a remarkably similar name. Their first online banking site ended up being called "online bonking" by the QA team because of the massive money-evaporating WTFs.)

  • (cs)

    I don't know, getting a bill for $0.00 used to be fun because you could send a paper check for $0.00, and it would get cashed and processed in the usual way, but it would somehow cycle through the system and your "bill" would be considered paid.

    Those of a certain age will remember getting the phone company's attention by folding, spindling and mutilating our bills ;)

  • wut (unregistered)

    Our OCR picture submission scanner detects that your image submission contains inappropriate language. Please crop @$$word from the picture and try again.

  • David (unregistered)

    "Yes AUF"

    Agent Under Fire?

  • CDave (unregistered) in reply to David
    David:
    "Yes AUF"

    Agent Under Fire?

    Arguably Un finished

  • Carl (unregistered)

    The real WTF is thinking of Culver City as part of Westside LA...

  • Sam (unregistered) in reply to Anon

    Apparently he's required to rename himself Nick Larooster.

  • Anonymous Guy (unregistered) in reply to EvilSpudBoy

    the only wtf for the e"n"ail status is the typos...

    i don't see any issue with showing all statuses but they should probably highlight the current one. Perhaps its to cut down on emails but then again its likely they just got lazy

  • (cs) in reply to Warren
    Warren:
    Darn, a whole village near us (Wiltshire, UK) is obviously inappropriate and should be renamed of "Lapenis".

    Good job you don't live in Wyre Piddle or some such variant.

    I think I get the idea why famous group theorist Jacques Tits isn't emigrating to the States any time soon. "Application for visa denied - applicant consistently entered an obscenity into the application form." Or whatever.

  • DOS ex Machina (unregistered) in reply to The Poop... of DOOM!
    The Poop... of DOOM!:
    Always, always, always use a Flinstones character name for such cases. It's not just a good idea, it's the LAW!

    Hanna-Barbera characters? Blasphemy! One must use Looney Tunes characters for such things.

  • (cs) in reply to progree
    progree:
    sqrt(frist)

    sqrt(-frist), to make it imaginary.

  • airdrik (unregistered) in reply to dtobias
    dtobias:
    progree:
    sqrt(frist)

    sqrt(-frist), to make it imaginary.

    Except that frist already is imaginary, which means that both sqrt(frist) and sqrt(-frist) are both frivolous attempts to say nothing at all.

  • Backdoor Sally (unregistered) in reply to DOS ex Machina
    DOS ex Machina:
    The Poop... of DOOM!:
    Always, always, always use a Flinstones character name for such cases. It's not just a good idea, it's the LAW!

    Hanna-Barbera characters? Blasphemy! One must use fake pornstar names for such things.

  • Gary (unregistered) in reply to Carl
    Carl:
    The real WTF is thinking of Culver City as part of Westside LA...

    Yeah closer to LAX. I've seen that little hotel a bunch of times after eating at Dinah's across the street. I hope Vance ate there.

  • Gary (unregistered) in reply to EvilSpudBoy
    EvilSpudBoy:
    I think the reason for listing all the possible statuses with explanations is so that you can not only know what your current status means, but where you are in the workflow. If they just told you what your current status is, you wouldn't know how many stages there are and how how far you are from getting paid.

    The easier explanation is that no one could figure out how to conditionally include text.

  • trtrwtf (unregistered)

    e-nail will never be as much fun as the real thing.

  • Erik (unregistered)

    Norm,

    Z_Trash is what they remove from "Zee Plane! Zee Plane!"

  • no u (unregistered) in reply to This is not my real name
    This is not my real name:
    Twitter asks for my real name, then doesn't accept it because it is too long. What do these websites think, that I'm going to change names to fit into their database?

    What do you people with long names think, that twitter needs you to join their website?

  • Dan (unregistered) in reply to Sam
    Sam:
    Apparently he's required to rename himself Nick Larooster.

    Nah, Laporksword will do.

  • David (unregistered)

    My son couldn't open up an account on lego.com because our last name is Plass. I couldn't open an account with OptimumOnline because of my name either...

    Clbuttic.

  • (cs) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    Sam:
    Apparently he's required to rename himself Nick Larooster.
    Nah, Laporksword will do.
    This reminds me of an argument I had with some so-called Constitutional Conservatives on Townhall. They insisted that the Constitution doesn't give the federal government the power to own land in a state. I attempted to post the following rejoinder from Article I:
    To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;
    And of course Townhall blocked it because of the word "Erection". So I replaced it with "Boner" and it went right on through.
  • (cs)

    And then Nick picked a new username, and got called out for his assword.

  • (cs) in reply to This is not my real name
    This is not my real name:
    Twitter asks for my real name, then doesn't accept it because it is too long. What do these websites think, that I'm going to change names to fit into their database?

    Your name must be less than 140 characters, Mr. Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff.

  • Wonk (unregistered) in reply to BentFranklin
    BentFranklin:
    This is not my real name:
    Twitter asks for my real name, then doesn't accept it because it is too long. What do these websites think, that I'm going to change names to fit into their database?

    Your name must be less than 140 characters, Mr. Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff.

    Why is it that the world never remembered the name of Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm?

  • monkeyPushButton (unregistered) in reply to David
    David:
    My son couldn't open up an account on lego.com because our last name is Plass. I couldn't open an account with OptimumOnline because of my name either...

    Clbuttic.

    At first I read that as OpiumOnline. I was surprised they would have such filters.

  • AerieC (unregistered) in reply to Roger
    Roger:
    Abraham, did you try paying a negative number toward your American Express bill? They probably would have sent you as much money as you requested.

    (I know. I used to do QA for a company with a remarkably similar name. Their first online banking site ended up being called "online bonking" by the QA team because of the massive money-evaporating WTFs.)

    I dunno. I would be worried that they'd actually tack that amount on to my bill.

    i.e.

    $0.00 bill - (-$100 payment) = $100.00 bill

    The question is, would the bank credit me $100 for cashing a -$100 check?

    mind boggle

  • (cs)

    I wonder what the thought process is of people who specify these obscenity filters on form fields. Are they worried that the database will be offended?

    If you're worried about some CSR being exposed to abusive language like "Mr John Q SuckMyCock" then how about you just wait for that (extremely unlikely) event to occur and then sanction the user who did it?

  • np (unregistered) in reply to smxlong
    smxlong:
    I wonder what the thought process is of people who specify these obscenity filters on form fields. Are they worried that the database will be offended?

    If you're worried about some CSR being exposed to abusive language like "Mr John Q SuckMyCock" then how about you just wait for that (extremely unlikely) event to occur and then sanction the user who did it?

    Or just filter it at that layer. The person uses the CSR just sees "Mr John Q SuckMy****" and can breath a sigh of relief that they don't have to read what is under the asterisks.

  • (cs)

    Am I the only one concerned by translucent buttons on the iPhone?

  • (cs) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    This reminds me of an argument I had with some so-called Constitutional Conservatives on Townhall. They insisted that the Constitution doesn't give the federal government the power to own land in a state. I attempted to post the following rejoinder from Article I:
    To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;
    And of course Townhall blocked it because of the word "Erection". So I replaced it with "Boner" and it went right on through.
    And they didn't filter it on “Arsenal”? Ho hum. I guess they must not be taking into account different spelling variations of common words within the English language…
  • TopPost3r (unregistered) in reply to dkf

    That's not English! That's that bastardized useless crap they speak in, er, um, England.

    dkf:
    they didn't filter it on "Arsenal"? Ho hum. I guess they must not be taking into account different spelling variations of common words within the English language...

  • Anisocrates (unregistered) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    This reminds me of an argument I had with some so-called Constitutional Conservatives on Townhall. They insisted that the Constitution doesn't give the federal government the power to own land in a state. I attempted to post the following rejoinder from Article I:
    To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;
    <massive_hijack>

    If the "particular States" cede land, then it's no longer part of those "particular States," right? And indeed Washington, D.C., is not part of the state of Maryland.

    So this doesn't really bear on the case under discussion, where the national parks and whatnot are still part of the states they're in, but are owned by the federal government.

    </massive_hijack>

  • dep (unregistered)

    Yes (A, U F?)

  • (cs)

    I'm guessing the junk on the electricity bill is supposed to be a barcode, but the printing company didn't have the barcode font installed and so their printer chose the nearest font it could find. I've experienced the same issue before, although thankfully we did all our printing in-house and caught the error before it went to customers.

    Also I wish the idiots who program front-end validation on these sites would learn about regexes and \b instead of using string.Contains() for eveything.

  • (cs) in reply to The_Assimilator
    The_Assimilator:
    Also I wish the idiots who program front-end validation on these sites would learn about regexes and \b instead of using string.Contains() for eveything.
    Yeah, its amazing that they're still doing it, even after its become a huge joke & a mark of incompetent programming/website design. How stupid do you have to be to not realise that many longer words contain "offensive" words & how can you be that dumb & be a programmer?
  • (cs)

    AUF - It's a German site, and they decided to abbreviate, "Yes, but the bastard hung up on me."

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