• (cs)

    the one up there who decides what comments should be featured, are you still with us? I have typed loads of comments here and you haven't featured any of them.

    and don't you dare feature another some jerk comment. He can't even be bothered registering and you feature his all the time.

  • (cs)

    No, F5 is run in visual studio, it is F7 that starts a build.

  • (cs) in reply to Cbuttius
    Cbuttius:
    the one up there who decides what comments should be featured, are you still with us? I have typed loads of comments here and you haven't featured any of them.

    and don't you dare feature another some jerk comment. He can't even be bothered registering and you feature his all the time.

    You're right. So rude of me. I can be such a jerk sometimes.
  • (cs) in reply to Stev

    "I just want to point out that "virii" is not a real word and never has been."

    Neither is "mouses" a proper pluralization of "mouse", nor "boxen" of "box", and yet in the context of information technology both are common and accepted (if slightly whimsical) terms.

  • (cs)

    yeah of course F5 is run. I know I have been know to press it to refresh and found I was in the wrong window and of course my program kicked off...

  • (cs) in reply to Cbuttius
    Cbuttius:
    the one up there who decides what comments should be featured, are you still with us? I have typed loads of comments here and you haven't featured any of them.

    and don't you dare feature another some jerk comment. He can't even be bothered registering and you feature his all the time.

    While we are on that subject... did you ever notice how he seems to favor comments that are ACTUALLY ABOUT THE ARTICAL when he features them? I am happy that he likes some of my thoughts... so I understand other people wanting to experience that. What I don't understand is how you are going to post a dozen comments about oranges on a thread about apples and complain that you aren't getting featured.
  • Some Jerk (unregistered)

    Isn't my name the prettiest in all the land? bats eyelashes

  • (cs) in reply to Some Jerk
    Some Jerk:
    Isn't my name the prettiest in all the land? *bats eyelashes*
    Nah. Yer just another jerk!
  • (cs) in reply to $$ERR:get_name_fail
    $$ERR:get_name_fail:
    and they swooped over the situation like B1 bombers over Eastern Europe.
    Don't want to nitpick*, but I think you mean a B2 bomber. There is no such thing as a B1 bomber.

    That's what they WANT you to think.

  • Cynic (unregistered) in reply to cellocgw
    cellocgw:
    $$ERR:get_name_fail:
    and they swooped over the situation like B1 bombers over Eastern Europe.
    Don't want to nitpick*, but I think you mean a B2 bomber. There is no such thing as a B1 bomber.

    That's what they WANT you to think.

    Yeah? And how do we know _you're_ not working for them?
  • Aris (unregistered) in reply to Some Jerk
    Some Jerk:
    118ms - 200ms response time is considered reasonably good. a 5 year old computer would likely be in the 350-450 range at best. That is roughly 5-10 requests/second for a newer system, 2-3 request/second for their own. Also... if the company is small enough that this is abnormal and is not hosting an external service (which I suspect it is not)... then I imagine traffic of this nature does appear to be at least an attempt at a DOS attack.
    Congratulation, you've just mistaken latency with throughput. It's very well possible to have pages that take a whole second to refresh and still be able to serve hundreds of pages at the same time.
  • (cs) in reply to Ben Jammin
    Ben Jammin:
    $$ERR:get_name_fail:
    and they swooped over the situation like B1 bombers over Eastern Europe.
    Don't want to nitpick*, but I think you mean a B2 bomber. There is no such thing as a B1 bomber.

    *who am I kidding? Sure I want to! Nitpicking is the reason I am reading this website!

    Out of curiosity, why would anyone start counting bomber ids at 2?

    Maybe the first model was not entirely successful?

    I once saw an article discussing common street names, that stated that the most common street name in the U. S. was "Second Street". Second place went to "Main Street"; while "First Street" earned a miserable seventh place.

    There's lots of reasons, really, to skip "one" or "first" in the real world; at least 97% of which come from some marketing department.

  • Beef Projectile (unregistered) in reply to PlasticineGuy
    PlasticineGuy:
    TRWTF: "ready to recount the tail of the dreaded F5 virus,"

    It's as if nobody knows to view source on these things anymore...

  • Mitur Binesderti (unregistered) in reply to Stev

    I'm not sure if you're deliberately ignoring how words come into being, but I just want to point out that when someone uses a string of letters in a semantic or pragmatic way there is no such thing as "not a real word;" it is by definition a word. More so if many people use that same sequence of letters for the same meaning.

    Anyone that asserts that a word is "made up" is, frankly, an idiot trying to sound smarter than they really are. Anyone that then points to a dictionary further demonstrates they haven't the foggiest idea how language works nor how words come to have meaning and they look even more foolish. Dictionaries do not originate words nor do they decide what they mean; they document the use of them.

    Once again, if you were being doubly ironic, that is fine, but if not - by all means go look up the definition of a word.

  • Mitur Binesderti (unregistered) in reply to Stev
    Stev:
    Sebastian Buchannon:
    So what? it has a long tail. What are you some kind of virii noob?

    I don't know if you're deliberately using that word, given the context, but I just want to point out that "virii" is not a real word and never has been. Anyone that uses "Virii" to mean the plural of "Virus" is, frankly, an idiot trying to sound smarter than they really are. The plural of "Virus" is simply "Viruses". Once again, if you were using the word in an ironic sense, that is fine, but if not - by all means go look it up in a dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/virii?s=t

    I'm not sure if you're deliberately ignoring how words come into being, but I just want to point out that when someone uses a string of letters in a semantic or pragmatic way there is no such thing as "not a real word;" it is by definition a word. More so if many people use that same sequence of letters for the same meaning.

    Anyone that asserts that a word is "made up" is, frankly, an idiot trying to sound smarter than they really are. Anyone that then points to a dictionary further demonstrates they haven't the foggiest idea how language works nor how words come to have meaning and they look even more foolish. Dictionaries do not originate words nor do they decide what they mean; they document the use of them.

    Once again, if you were being doubly ironic, that is fine, but if not - by all means go look up the definition of a word.

  • (cs) in reply to Aris
    Aris:
    Some Jerk:
    118ms - 200ms response time is considered reasonably good. a 5 year old computer would likely be in the 350-450 range at best. That is roughly 5-10 requests/second for a newer system, 2-3 request/second for their own. Also... if the company is small enough that this is abnormal and is not hosting an external service (which I suspect it is not)... then I imagine traffic of this nature does appear to be at least an attempt at a DOS attack.
    Congratulation, you've just mistaken latency with throughput. It's very well possible to have pages that take a whole second to refresh and still be able to serve hundreds of pages at the same time.

    Not mistaking latency... just making a few assumptions which are pretty safe ones to make. Unless the hardware and software are chosen/configured for hosting... the extra threads only insure that a page call that requires less execution time will not be delayed by one that is slower (or a large download). It does not improve the overall potency of the processor. Yes... in theory my Core I7 6Core processor can deliver 12 requests in exactly the same amount of time (excepting limitations network throughput) that it it requires to deliver one. But that kind of processor did not exist 5 years ago... so unless they were using a server board with 4-8 dual core xeon processors (which I SERIOUSLY doubt given the artical)... then the limitation still applies regardless of the threading model.

  • foo (unregistered) in reply to Mitur Binesderti
    Mitur Binesderti:
    I'm not sure if you're deliberately ignoring how words come into being, but I just want to point out that when someone uses a string of letters in a semantic or pragmatic way there is no such thing as "not a real word;" it is by definition a word.
    Cromuctly perfelent!
  • foo (unregistered) in reply to Some Jerk
    Some Jerk:
    you can wikipedia that if you don't believe me.
    If wikipedia is a verb now, what's its past tense, wikipediaed or wikipediad?
  • (cs) in reply to foo
    foo:
    Mitur Binesderti:
    I'm not sure if you're deliberately ignoring how words come into being, but I just want to point out that when someone uses a string of letters in a semantic or pragmatic way there is no such thing as "not a real word;" it is by definition a word.
    Cromuctly perfelent!
    Unflatulantly... you are correct. Some jerks invent words to suit their preference all the time, and it stinks!
  • foo (unregistered) in reply to Some Jerk
    Some Jerk:
    Cbuttius:
    the one up there who decides what comments should be featured, are you still with us? I have typed loads of comments here and you haven't featured any of them.

    and don't you dare feature another some jerk comment. He can't even be bothered registering and you feature his all the time.

    You're right. So rude of me. I can be such a jerk sometimes.
    Feature please!
  • Unblairable (unregistered)
    Blair went down to the workspace where the computer lived.... The computer was already awake, so Blair grabbed the keyboard, closed the one open browser window, and then he ran the full battery of tests.
    Once again the submitter is TRWTF. Which school is it that teaches the diagnostic technique of "make random changes to the state of the machine before beginning your investigation"? I really want to know because they spit out an awful lot of graduates, none with an IQ of higher than 75, and none of whom should remain employed in IT.
  • (cs) in reply to foo
    If wikipedia is a verb now, what's its past tense, wikipediaed or wikipediad?

    wikipeeed

  • Randy (unregistered) in reply to Ben Jammin
    Ben Jammin:
    Out of curiosity, why would anyone start counting bomber ids at 2?
    The first one bombed.
  • (cs) in reply to Randy
    Randy:
    Ben Jammin:
    Out of curiosity, why would anyone start counting bomber ids at 2?
    The first one bombed.
    LOL!
  • (cs) in reply to Rootbeer
    Rootbeer:
    "I just want to point out that "virii" is not a real word and never has been."

    Neither is "mouses" a proper pluralization of "mouse", nor "boxen" of "box", and yet in the context of information technology both are common and accepted (if slightly whimsical) terms.

    But the plural of Prius is "Priora". Just in case it comes up.
  • Agention (unregistered) in reply to Dessimus
    Dessimus:
    I was unaware of the need for home-grow project-management software, I guess hydroponics has become serious business.

    The last stuff I tried to home-grow tended to have the opposite effect of project management.

  • Spelling pedant (unregistered) in reply to Stev

    As any fule knows, virii is Latin for two viruses, viriii is Latin for three viruses, viriv is four, and so on.

  • Some Troll (unregistered) in reply to Some Jerk
    Some Jerk:
    Cbuttius:
    In visual studio F5 starts a build. It doesn't "refresh" the content.

    yes... and F13 downloads Victoria's Secret models into your bedroom.

    LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ursus (unregistered) in reply to Stev

    Whether "virii" is a real word depends on how you feel about prescriptivism and descriptivism. In the original Latin, "virus" is uncountable, so it doesn't take a plural. In general English, it's countable and regular, so the plural is "viruses." However, in some parts of the seedy underworld of the Internet, it's irregular, and pluralized "virii." It's a common usage within a small subset of the English-speaking population, so it might be considered jargon.

  • (cs) in reply to Meep
    Meep:
    These are the same people who think the plural of box is boxen.
    And they'd be correct.
  • farmer (unregistered)

    Then what if I've got more than one ox ?

  • C-Derb (unregistered) in reply to Ursus
    Ursus:
    Whether "virii" is a real word depends on how you feel about prescriptivism and descriptivism. In the original Latin, "virus" is uncountable, so it doesn't take a plural. In general English, it's countable and regular, so the plural is "viruses." However, in some parts of the seedy underworld of the Internet, it's irregular, and pluralized "virii." It's a common usage within a small subset of the English-speaking population, so it might be considered jargon.
    Can we all take a break from English class, please?
  • (cs) in reply to Coyne
    Coyne:
    Ben Jammin:
    Out of curiosity, why would anyone start counting bomber ids at 2?

    Maybe the first model was not entirely successful?

    You can go insane from things that are simpler than trying to figure out the US military's numbering systems.

  • uns (unregistered)

    Yse, but was it a woooden table?

  • (cs) in reply to Agention
    Agention:
    Dessimus:
    I was unaware of the need for home-grow project-management software, I guess hydroponics has become serious business.

    The last stuff I tried to home-grow tended to have the opposite effect of project management.

    Every time I try to build project management software, it becomes an unmanageable project. Must be the blind leading the blind.

  • (cs) in reply to C-Derb
    C-Derb:
    Can we all take a break from English class, please?
    Sprekenze GIZZADAMN!?
  • Fyrilin (unregistered) in reply to DanDan
    DanDan:
    It seems everyone and his wonky donkey knows an awful lot about bombers.

    The B-1 is actually beautiful to watch. It looks like a huge goose (to me). I have a great story of a friend guiding planes at an air show and ducking into a ditch when one of these started to land.

  • Obvious Man (unregistered) in reply to Fyrilin
    Fyrilin:
    DanDan:
    It seems everyone and his wonky donkey knows an awful lot about bombers.

    The B-1 is actually beautiful to watch. It looks like a huge goose (to me). I have a great story of a friend guiding planes at an air show and ducking into a ditch when one of these started to land.

    Wow, that IS a great story!

  • Bitmuncher (unregistered) in reply to Ben Jammin

    Mine actually goes all the way to F19.

    Thank you Apple.

  • Steve (unregistered)

    Wow, over 90 comments and no one noticed the error in Remy's comments. Remy referred to 8 1/4" floppy disks. Floppy disks came in 8" (not 8 1/4"), 5 1/4", or 3 1/2" sizes. In the days of "War Games" (an excellent movie starring Matthew Broderick that came out in 1983), floppy disks were typically 5 1/4". Get your facts straight, Remy!

  • (cs) in reply to Steve
    Steve:
    Wow, over 90 comments and no one noticed the error in Remy's comments. Remy referred to 8 1/4" floppy disks. Floppy disks came in 8" (not 8 1/4"), 5 1/4", or 3 1/2" sizes. In the days of "War Games" (an excellent movie starring Matthew Broderick that came out in 1983), floppy disks were typically 5 1/4". Get your facts straight, Remy!
    There's an observation to preserve for posterity!
  • (cs)

    Tone out the line? Bah. Disconnect the cable and wait to see who bitches about no connectivity.

  • Greg (unregistered) in reply to Stev

    It's very common to use virii when speaking of computer viruses. You must be new to the interwebs, or maybe your tubes are full and you haven't read that page yet.

  • the beholder (unregistered) in reply to C-Derb
    C-Derb:
    Ursus:
    Whether "virii" is a real word depends on how you feel about prescriptivism and descriptivism. In the original Latin, "virus" is uncountable, so it doesn't take a plural. In general English, it's countable and regular, so the plural is "viruses." However, in some parts of the seedy underworld of the Internet, it's irregular, and pluralized "virii." It's a common usage within a small subset of the English-speaking population, so it might be considered jargon.
    Can we all take a break from English class, please?
    Agreed. Let's just just settle that virii is an ugly, weird sounding stupid word that has no real reason to exist and we could just say that Blair's boss suspected some godamn fucking viruses were the reason of all trouble. It's not as if english didn't have enough exceptions to its own rules.
  • Another Jerk (unregistered) in reply to Some Jerk
    Some Jerk:
    Some Jerk:
    Isn't my name the prettiest in all the land? *bats eyelashes*
    Nah. Yer just another jerk!

    No, I am. I'm his brother.

  • BR (unregistered) in reply to Rootbeer
    Rootbeer:
    Neither is "mouses" a proper pluralization of "mouse", nor "boxen" of "box", and yet in the context of information technology both are common and accepted (if slightly whimsical) terms.

    If the word "virii" is accepted it is only because it identifies the speaker as a ponce who can safely be ignored.

  • Meep (unregistered) in reply to Gurth
    Gurth:
    Meep:
    These are the same people who think the plural of box is boxen.
    And they'd be correct.

    Or the same people who look up plurals for English words in dictionaries for other languages.

  • Meep (unregistered) in reply to BR
    BR:
    Rootbeer:
    Neither is "mouses" a proper pluralization of "mouse", nor "boxen" of "box", and yet in the context of information technology both are common and accepted (if slightly whimsical) terms.

    If the word "virii" is accepted it is only because it identifies the speaker as a ponce who can safely be ignored.

    As opposed to, say, "cloud" which identifies the speaker as a goddamned client.

  • PRMan (unregistered) in reply to Cbuttius
    Cbuttius:
    In visual studio F5 starts a build. It doesn't "refresh" the content.

    It is a big WTF though when F3 doesn't implement "Find next" and you have to do some horrible mouse activity every time instead.

    It's also a WTF if you cannot type Alt-0189 to get the "half" character because something has decided that the Alt followed by the 0 should perform some menu action. Similarly Alt-0178 should give you the "squared" character.

    Alt+number codes? Dude, you're a programmer, right. Make your own keyboard driver. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665) I did. I press Right-alt+2: ½ and Right-Alt-Shift+2: ²

  • Unlogged (unregistered) in reply to Stev

    No, any word that ends with -us has a plural form of -ii; for example, the plural of Jesus is Jesii.

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