• Miriam (unregistered)

    I read the article before it was visible! #frist

    Cats and computers seem to be a perfect match :3

  • azerazerazerazerzer (unregistered)

    The "Maybe they"re looking for a cryptography specialist" mail is clearly just a base64 encoded text...

    Just decoding the first line shows: "The Integratem Systems Group has an immediate"..

    (It also contains a P tag a the start but I'm not able to post it.. always a lame error shows)

  • azerazerazerazerzer (unregistered) in reply to azerazerazerazerzer
    azerazerazerazerzer:
    The "Maybe they"re looking for a cryptography specialist" mail is clearly just a base64 encoded text...

    Just decoding the first line shows: "The Integratem Systems Group has an immediate"..

    (It also contains a P tag a the start but I'm not able to post it.. always a lame error shows)

    Make that: 'The Integrated Systems Group has an immediate'.. made a typo when typing in the base64 text..

  • (disco)
    PaulaBean:
    This topic is now invisible. It will no longer be displayed in any topic lists. The only way to access this topic is via direct link.

    Or by seeing it in your notifications list!

  • (disco) in reply to aliceif
    aliceif:
    Or by seeing it in your notifications list!

    Screenshot?

  • (disco) in reply to PJH
    PJH:
    Screenshot?
    You now have a like, a reply and a @PJH mention... does it trigger?
  • (disco) in reply to PJH
    [image] I'm pretty sure that it appeared because I set the Article category to be automatically set to "Watching".
  • (disco) in reply to faoileag
    faoileag:
    You now have a like, a reply and a @PJH mention... does it trigger?

    @mention not listed, but...

    [image]
  • (disco)

    I keep getting the blue bar showing me something updated, but when I click it nothing new shows up... guess what it probably is?

    So, separate from the @aliceif's original notification, I'm getting notifications for updates in an invisible thread. That shouldn't happen methinks.

  • (disco) in reply to aliceif
    aliceif:
    I'm pretty sure that it appeared because I set the Article category to be automatically set to "Watching".

    I'm going to go ahead and say this is probably as intended then - simply Alex is abusing it for what he wants it for....

    Onyx:
    I'm getting notifications for updates in an invisible thread. That shouldn't happen methinks.
    This, on the other hand - if that *is* what's happening - probably needs looking into...
  • (disco) in reply to PJH

    The best thing is that your reply triggered the blue bar. Without showing up in the topic list - as by design,

  • (disco) in reply to PJH
    PJH:
    This, on the other hand - if that is what's happening - probably needs looking into...

    Update: Even with the topic now "tracked" because I replied, I still get the same thing: blue bar showing an update, clicking it just clears it without updating the topic list.

    Yes, it did coincide with your post, since I got the quote notification at the same time.

  • Mike Dimmick (unregistered)

    Windows Live Writer generates the 'Temporary Post Used For Theme Detection' blog entry when you first associate it with your blog, or when you click the 'Update Theme' button in the ribbon or in the Blog Options dialog. It then scrapes the HTML from your blog site in order to present the post editor with a view of how your blog will actually look when you post. Once it's done that scrape, it deletes the post.

    Quite a WTF feature, really.

    My guess is that the email was generated immediately that the dummy post was created. It probably would have gone by the time anyone clicked the link.

  • (disco)

    Time for a reply to today's article. Graeme said:

    "I've been having a painful back and forth with Wicked Campers about the price of a quote. They finally agreed to the original price, but I don't think they were too happy with me about it. I wonder if they realise what they left in the subject line."

    Where we see: RE: fucking annoying prick (emphasis by me).

    Assuming normal email conversations, it looks like Selina replied to an email from Graeme in which he used the slightly impolite subject line.

    Filed under: of course, it can also be Selina replying to an email from a colleague and just adding Graeme as second "to:"

  • (disco) in reply to faoileag
    faoileag:
    slightly impolite subject line.
    You should **never** call your customers annoying.
  • (disco) in reply to Zecc
    Zecc:
    You should never call your customers annoying
    Indeed, bitch, cunt, dickhead and BELGIAN are however allowed.
  • (disco) in reply to Zecc
    Zecc:
    You should **never** call your customers annoying.
    That's why I suggested the conversation *might* have been the other way round: 
    to: selina
subject: fucking annoying prick
I don't want no stinkin rebate I want to pay the price of the original quote!

    to: John
subject: RE: fucking annoying prick
We will give you the price at $79 a day...

    But if course I don't think so. "I have emailed you through quote" sounds like someone forwarded an email received from a colleague by replying to it and just adding John's email adress as another "to:" without looking too closely on the subject line.

  • (disco) in reply to faoileag

    Sound about right for Wicked Campers. They are known for this caper: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-16/wicked-campers-apologises-for-controversial-van-slogan/5601622

  • (disco) in reply to Luhmann
    Luhmann:
    Indeed, bitch, cunt, dickhead and BELGIAN are however allowed.
    Or *FRENCH* if the customer *is* Belgian.

    Filed under: No-no-no-no, I am not some French gent. I am some Belgian gent.

  • (disco) in reply to Luhmann
    Luhmann:
    Indeed, bitch, cunt, dickhead and B*****N are however allowed.

    You can't just use the "B" word like that! Think of the children!

  • (disco) in reply to Zemm
    Zemm:
    Sound about right for Wicked Campers. They are known for this caper: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-16/wicked-campers-apologises-for-controversial-van-slogan/5601622
    More can be found here: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/15/wicked-camper-vans-repulsive-slogans-are-nothing-more-than-real-life-click-bait.
  • (disco) in reply to faoileag
    faoileag:
    Or FRENCH if the customer is Belgian
    *If* the customer is actually Belgian it's even easier. Just use a regional steriotype like lazy walloon or racist flem preferably in the opposite language knowing full well that other damn well understands that you're cursing him.
  • (disco)

    What's the problem with a cat in the server room? It keeps out the mice.

    Server rooms should by default be equipped with a 19" kitty litter and some strategically placed spaces between servers. With a soft cushion, obviously.

  • (disco) in reply to faoileag

    They certainly don't pull any linguistic punches (Wicked Campers). I visited www.wickedcampers.com and the home page reads:

    "Konichiwa motherfuckers! We’re open for business in Tokyo baby!!! We’re turning Japanesey – so if you wanna hire a campervan in Japan, you know where to come doods! Campervan rental has never been so awesome – get your ass into a Wicked van in Japan today !!"

    From the Specials on the USA site:

    "Feel like drivin’ down The Strip with the stereo blazing, snorting coke off the dashboard and stalking b-grade celebrities from the safety of a camper?!!"

    I suspect that "fucking annoying prick" -- they were just market testing a new slogan for the back of their vans.

  • (disco)

    The "cryptography specialist" one... did they try using base64 to decode it in the off chance it was their email client screwing up?

    Granted, I'm too lazy to decode it myself.

  • (disco)

    So, you can't say f*ck in the title or URL, but in an article is okay?

    Shouldn't it just say: RE: failing annoying prick

  • (disco) in reply to powerlord

    Someone already did that for you: http://thedailywtf.com/comments/Schrodingers-Attendee-and-more-Best-of-Emails.aspx#437474

  • (disco) in reply to aliceif

    Ugh, they didn't disable the old commenting system for the post, and just hid it by obscurity?

    @apapadimoulis and @codinghorror are a great fit for each other!

  • (disco) in reply to dkf

    That's just special.

  • (disco) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    Ugh, they didn't disable the old commenting system for the post, and just hid it by obscurity?
    That's old news, it has been like that right from the start of Discourse.
    dkf:
    @apapadimoulis and @codinghorror are a great fit for each other!
    Definitely.
  • (disco) in reply to faoileag

    Yes but we assumed that at some point it would change since it was supposed to be a temporary measure and there would still be some new articles using the old system anyway...

  • (disco) in reply to Arantor
    Arantor:
    Yes but we assumed that at some point it would change since it was supposed to be a temporary measure and there would still be some new articles using the old system anyway...
    About half the articles *are* still using the old system. As for the temporary measure... let's wait for the first week of articles that *all* used Discourse for comments and then have a look.
  • (disco) in reply to RFoxmich
    RFoxmich:
    I suspect that "fucking annoying prick" -- they were just market testing a new slogan for the back of their vans.

    I don't know. It's not up to their usual standards of classy:

    Some examples of the slogans and pictures cited in complaints to the ASB about Wicked Campers include:

    • "Random Breast Testing Unit", with cartoonish representations of breasts (ASB Case 234/08);
    • "Men would notice women's brains more if they jiggled when they walked" (ASB Case 238/08);
    • "Lick my c*nt" (In Japanese script) (ASB Case 350/08);
    • "Women are like banks - once you withdraw you loose [sic] interest" (ASB Case 220/08).
  • (disco)

    Here are the first two lines of the "encrypted" email (which is obviously just Base64-encoded):

    <P>The Integrated Systems Group has an immediate opening for a Software Engineer in Alexandria,

  • (disco) in reply to christop

    In which case, mailfail.

  • (disco) in reply to Severity_One
    Severity_One:
    What's the problem with a cat in the server room? It keeps out the mice.

    Ah, I see. You're one of those command line zealots! Get with the program, man: it's the 21st century, there's this hot new thing called a "GUI".

  • Fun Police (unregistered)

    Re the frist one: "missed you" doesn't necessarily mean they think you didn't attend, just that they didn't speak with you (ok, perhaps on email it is a little more the former, but not a major WTF)

    Re the Sceond one: Given wicked campers is wicked campers (who recently made the press with a slogan akin to "Inside every princess is a slut who wants to try it just once" (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/a-wave-of-disgust-is-growing-over-wicked-camper-vans-demeaning-slogans-writes-wendy-tuohy/story-fni0fhk1-1226992504284?nk=3303eb78d9a9b0b1384d97d692f3f5e0), I wouldn't be even slightly surprised if the subject is deliberately like that (sends the message they want, that's for sure)

    Re the Thrid one: Base64 is not really cryptography....if they're looking for a cryptographer they'd do well to encrypt it....

    Re the Frouth one: Yeah, ok, maybe a WTF.

    Re the Ffith one: We got text, then we got a screen shot with much the same. And a mildly amusing WTF (although as the article hints, it sounds like normal Service Desk misunderstand and relay message (although I'd imagine a cat in a Server room could cause a little bit of damage, I suppose).

    I think these are getting a bit bland. Or maybe I've seen everything now.

  • (disco) in reply to powerlord
    powerlord:
    The "cryptography specialist" one... did they try using base64 to decode it in the off chance it was their email client screwing up?

    Granted, I'm too lazy to decode it myself.

    That's what I was thinking...

  • Norman Diamond (unregistered)

    The cat is both in the server room and not in the server room until you try to ssh in and observe whether the cable was bit or not.

  • (disco) in reply to Severity_One
    Severity_One:
    What's the problem with a cat in the server room?

    You've never cleaned cat hair out of a computer, have you?

  • (disco)

    Among the other crimes of this infernal Discourse product is that it takes over the browser "Find" function. If you use ctrl-F, it intercepts it and opens its own broken search that doesn't find anything. If you go to the browser menu and select Find from there, you get the little search window, but after a second or two, Discourse closes the browser Find window to prevent you from searching any further.

    I was going to leave a post, but I'm annoyed, so you get a complaint instead.

  • (disco) in reply to CoyneTheDup

    You can use F3 in some browsers and it works perfectly fine from what I have seen.

  • (disco) in reply to aliceif
    Severity_One:
    cat

    Try it in Chrome. Closes the find window within 1 second most times.

  • (disco) in reply to toon
    toon:
    Ah, I see. You're one of those command line zealots! Get with the program, man: it's the 21st century, there's this hot new thing called a "GUI".

    Unless you've upgraded to Windows Server 2012, then you get a castrated GUI and a notice from Microsoft that You're Doing It Wrong™!

  • (disco) in reply to redwizard

    No, I'm one of those persons who likes things to actually work, rather than be a WTF. I want to look at how others discussed the cat before I enter my proposed post and I can't even do that.

    More...

    Internet Explorer 8 (work system, mandatory browser):

    Unfortunately, your browser is too old to work on this Discourse forum. Please upgrade your browser.

    (follow link)

    What are the minimum browser requirements? Discourse is a JavaScript application designed for the next 10 years of the Internet, so the minimum web browser requirements are high:

    •Internet Explorer 10+ •Google Chrome 24+ •Firefox 14+ •Safari 5.1+ We do officially support Internet Explorer 9, but some functionality will be unavoidably broken.

    Firefox 31.0: Takes over the official browser find functionality to deliver its own broken functionality. I searched for cat: Firefox says there are 39 occurrences. It's my guess that the 39 is from the number of posts. Paging through them proceeds as follows; the window begins positioned at:

    39 of 39: "Bonecrusher Loves His Cat Food" (click 5 times with no movement; it's basically insisting I click "Bonecrusher Loves His Cat Food") 11 of 39: "Yes, it did coincide with your post, since I got the quote notifiCATion at the same time." (click again) 21 of 39: "What's the problem with a CAT in the server room? It keeps out the mice." (click again) 34 of 39: "What's the problem with a CAT in the server room? It keeps out the mice." (click again) 36 of 39: "What's the problem with a CAT in the server room? It keeps out the mice." (click again) 36 of 39 (broken counter): "You've never cleaned cat hair out of a computer, have you?" (click again) 39 of 39: "cat" (one-word line) (click again) 39 of 39: "CATegory" (heading above "Bonecrusher" (click again) ...back to Bonecrusher.

    Internet Explorer 11: THe browser window search is clearly subverted because it still shows the same "n / 39" counter. IE says in the header there are 11 matches, and paging through produces 11 stops. But in several cases, the stop locations cannot be seen., so that you have to click several times to "go to the next entry. The list of stops (which I did not take down) is not the same as for Firefox; among other things, it skips Bonecrusher entirely.

    In other words, not only broken itself, but breaks the browser functionality. Deliberately.

  • (disco) in reply to CoyneTheDup

    Looks like you've discovered that being stuck with ie8 sucks and that ctrl-F doesn't work with Discourse. Not to be a dickweed but I think everyone already knows those things around here...

  • (disco) in reply to CoyneTheDup

    Hit Ctrl-F twice in Firefox and you get the browser search. However, before you can use that reliably make sure all posts of the thread have been loaded into the DOM.

    CoyneTheDup:
    In other words, not only broken itself, but breaks the browser functionality. Deliberately.
    Discourse breaks a lot of SOPs deliberately. Try selecting an url in a post because you want to copy & paste it...
  • (disco) in reply to toon
    toon:
    Ah, I see. You're one of those command line zealots! Get with the program, man: it's the 21st century, there's this hot new thing called a "GUI".

    Nonsense. GUIs are for people that don't understand computers (Apple users) or do some hippy design kind of work (Apple users) or sit around at Starbucks all day (Apple users). Real men use a keyboard, a screen and /bin/sh.

  • (disco) in reply to redwizard
    redwizard:
    You've never cleaned cat hair out of a computer, have you?

    No, we have a maid for that, or I just buy a new computer. Which reminds me, GTA 5 is coming out this autumn. Time to upgrade!

  • (disco) in reply to Severity_One
    Severity_One:
    Real men use a keyboard, a screen and /bin/sh.

    But... but... history! Autocomplete!

    I'm willing to be called a sissy, but I'm not letting you take my bash away!

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