• LetMeFinclOut (unregistered)

    NullCommentException: Comment has not been set to an instance of an object.

    __ Fixed! I replaced "null" body with actual content; I've been stuck with mobile, dial-up speeds and ran out of time to queue up articles for the week

  • Arne (unregistered)

    TRWTF is having two different colors for 0 and -0.

  • SeySayux (unregistered)

    The desk sale is easy to explain. The more expensive it looks, the more likely an executive will buy it.

  • Peter (unregistered)

    Does Canada use Celsius rather than Fahrenheit? If so, perhaps the temperature in the Detroit area is an unconverted Canadian reading. 28 degrees C is 82.4 degrees F.

  • SeySayux (unregistered) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    Does Canada use Celsius rather than Fahrenheit? If so, perhaps the temperature in the Detroit area is an unconverted Canadian reading. 28 degrees C is 82.4 degrees F.
    Yes, only one country in the world uses Fahrenheit, and that's the US. <Cue massive amounts of comments why the Metric system is better>
  • (cs) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    Does Canada use Celsius rather than Fahrenheit? If so, perhaps the temperature in the Detroit area is an unconverted Canadian reading. 28 degrees C is 82.4 degrees F.
    That was obvious, but the thing that was new to me was that Detroit now belongs to Canada... That must have cost at *least* $10-20 Billion USD (eq. to $7.23 in Canadian Tire money).

    Oh, and WII is WAAAYYY better than XBOX360...

  • fmobus (unregistered)

    am I the only one who instinctively clicked the close button on that in-text ad screenshot?

  • SeySayux (unregistered) in reply to fmobus
    fmobus:
    am I the only one who instinctively clicked the close button on that in-text ad screenshot?

    Yes, because most of us have a browser that supports ad-blocking. Internet Explorer is TRWTF.

  • Anon (unregistered)

    On what planet should the Northeast ever be considered the "Midwest". Stupid oxymoronic geographic adjectives.

  • Rookierookie (unregistered) in reply to C-Octothorpe

    I'm not sure Detroit is worth more than a toothpick or two, sir.

  • Anonymouse (unregistered)

    TRWTF is pizza and burritos for breakfast. But I guess that's normal in the US.

    Le captcha était très 'facilisi'

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymouse
    Anonymouse:
    TR win is pizza and burritos for breakfast. But I guess that's normal in the US.
    FTFY
  • (cs)

    The Staples WTF is that they spelled "expresso" wrong, right?

  • Klimax (unregistered) in reply to SeySayux
    SeySayux:
    fmobus:
    am I the only one who instinctively clicked the close button on that in-text ad screenshot?

    Yes, because most of us have a browser that supports ad-blocking. Internet Explorer is TRWTF.

    What in-text ad? IE-user. (One of last non-forcefully-updated-for-ridiculous-version-number-race browser)

    wisi- wise IE...

  • Anon (unregistered)

    It's so cold in the D... (

  • Andy (unregistered)

    I had to look Detroit up on Google maps to even know where to look.

    vulputate: a feminine hygiene issue.

  • doctor_of_common_sense (unregistered)

    the chef's choice soup on Friday is not at all to be avoided, unless you are an ASP fellow of course. That one is a special for linux users, which by conjecture, must be a majority in the area for the place to cater for them specially.

  • XXXXX (unregistered)

    Even in Rankine, 846 is still fairly miserable.

  • Crazydog (unregistered) in reply to SeySayux

    You forgot about Liberia and Burma! Our only real friends in the world.

  • SeanC (unregistered)

    Why no discount on the Wiener?

  • Take that, Hofstadter (unregistered)

    Have you "hade" your cherries today?

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    On what planet should the Northeast ever be considered the "Midwest". Stupid oxymoronic geographic adjectives.
    It used to be called the Northwest in the days of the 13 colonies.

    Addendum (2011-08-05 14:34): This is why we refer to the modern Northwest as the "Pacific Northwest". Even though an Atlantic Northwest makes absolutely no sense.

  • Nagesh (unregistered)

    I long for day to be using more than $100 of electricity to a month! Hard to do, it is being, since to stay on entire day imposible is being.

  • publiclurker (unregistered) in reply to Anonymouse

    You've never heard of a breakfast burrito? They are usually egg, cheese and some sort of breakfast meat like ham or bacon. not only are they delicious, but they are portable.

  • Patrick (unregistered) in reply to frits
    frits:
    The Staples WTF is that they spelled "expresso" wrong, right?
    No, it was right. "espresso" is Italian (where that kind of coffee comes from) for "express". "expresso" is not a word.

    I really hope you were being sarcastic, and that you actually noticed the Was price $30 lower than the Sale price.

  • Texan (unregistered)
    Jeff Hollandsworth:
    It got warm in the midwest recently
    Are you effing kidding me? [image]
  • (cs) in reply to publiclurker
    publiclurker:
    You've never heard of a breakfast burrito? They are usually egg, cheese and some sort of breakfast meat like ham or bacon. not only are they delicious, but they are portable.
    Also usually potato. They are indeed quite delicious.

    And I think the real wtf is people who voluntarily live in places where it gets over a hundred degrees on a regular basis ;). (Though yes, the American measurement system might also qualify for that.)

  • DFWian (unregistered) in reply to Texan
    Texan:
    Jeff Hollandsworth:
    It got warm in the midwest recently
    Are you effing kidding me? [image]
    I know what you mean: I saw that electric bill and it was fairly similar to mine last month.
  • Patrick (unregistered) in reply to SeySayux
    SeySayux:
    Peter:
    Does Canada use Celsius rather than Fahrenheit? If so, perhaps the temperature in the Detroit area is an unconverted Canadian reading. 28 degrees C is 82.4 degrees F.
    Yes, only one country in the world uses Fahrenheit, and that's the US.

    <Cue massive amounts of comments why the Metric system is better>

    <insert massive comment why the Metric system is better, and blasting Imperial back to the stone age where it belongs>

  • steveo (unregistered) in reply to frits

    Since no one else replied ... Espresso is correct. I'm not even sure Expresso is a real word.

    I bet whoever put in the clearance price fat-fingered the keypad and hit the 7 instead of the 1.

    captcha: usitas - usitas down on the espresso machine

  • frits (unregistered)

    Who hasn't done something like this? [image]

  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered)

    Isn't DX just DirectX? ISTM the error message is pretty understandable then.

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward:
    Isn't DX just DirectX? ISTM the error message is pretty understandable then.
    Indeed, all that leaves to be figured out is whether it's DirectPlay, Direct2D, Direct3D, DirectInput, DirectSound, DirectCompute, DirectMusic, DirectDraw.... and which resource within these API's failed to release.

    They could have been more terse and said "program fall down go boom," however, without loss of information.

  • (cs) in reply to steveo
    steveo:
    Since no one else replied ... Espresso is correct. I'm not even sure Expresso is a real word.

    I bet whoever put in the clearance price fat-fingered the keypad and hit the 7 instead of the 1.

    captcha: usitas - usitas down on the espresso machine

    YHBT. HAND.

  • (cs)

    The must be the Staples across the street from Oracle headquarters. Special pricing just for Larry.

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymouse
    Anonymouse:
    TRWTF is pizza and burritos for breakfast. But I guess that's normal in the US.

    Le captcha était très 'facilisi'

    We eat that before we eat breakfast to make us more hungry.

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward:
    Isn't DX just DirectX? ISTM the error message is pretty understandable then.

    DX is also a fairly standard abbreviation for distance, so maybe it was a ffree after a fmalloc that failed? If something is distant, it certainly is far also.

  • (cs)

    We used to feed our dog on Melts - Pig's Melts. They're a big block of frozen organ meat that you boil up & chop. They smelt hideous, but to the dog they were like crack made of meat, he loved those chopped pig organs so much. Mind you - tuna melt with "american" cheese - yeugghh!

  • (cs) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    Does Canada use Celsius rather than Fahrenheit? If so, perhaps the temperature in the Detroit area is an unconverted Canadian reading. 28 degrees C is 82.4 degrees F.

    The place shown is not Detroit but London, Ontario. London is just south of Detroit. Really: if you start at Detroit and proceed directly south, you will find yourself in Canada.

    The map is correct in a way but confusing, because it mixes Fahrenheit and Celsius, and because it includes only one Canadian city which is not obvious.

  • anonymouser (unregistered) in reply to Andy
    Andy:
    I had to look Detroit up on Google maps to even know where to look.

    You must be from South Carolina. Or The Iraq, such as.

  • DFWian (unregistered) in reply to neminem
    neminem:
    I think the real wtf is people who voluntarily live in places where it gets over a hundred degrees on a regular basis.
    Last night, at midnight, it was 100 degrees.

    That said, Texas is the place to be because of our guns, trucks, and Mexican slaves.

  • (cs) in reply to DFWian
    DFWian:
    neminem:
    I think the real wtf is people who voluntarily live in places where it gets over a hundred degrees on a regular basis.
    Last night, at midnight, it was 100 degrees.

    That said, Texas is the place to be because of our guns, trucks, and Mexican slaves.

    I noticed how "women" were absent from your list of must-haves...

    I guess Sgt. Hartman was right: only steers and queers come from Texas.

  • Hortical (unregistered) in reply to C-Octothorpe
    C-Octothorpe:
    DFWian:
    neminem:
    I think the real wtf is people who voluntarily live in places where it gets over a hundred degrees on a regular basis.
    Last night, at midnight, it was 100 degrees.

    That said, Texas is the place to be because of our guns, trucks, and Mexican slaves.

    I noticed how "women" were absent from your list of must-haves...
    I interpreted "Mexican slaves" a little more broadly. I'm there!

  • (cs) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    steveo:
    Since no one else replied ... Espresso is correct. I'm not even sure Expresso is a real word.

    I bet whoever put in the clearance price fat-fingered the keypad and hit the 7 instead of the 1.

    captcha: usitas - usitas down on the espresso machine

    YHBT. HAND.
    Actually, a corollary of the Law of the Internet is that if a poster isn't trolling, they have been trolled, so I officially declare the "YHBT HAND" meme redundant.

  • (cs) in reply to anonymouser
    anonymouser:
    Andy:
    I had to look Detroit up on Google maps to even know where to look.

    You must be from South Carolina. Or The Iraq, such as.

    Congratulations are in order, sir or madam. You've earned the right to be king or queen of the interbutte for a day.

  • DFWian (unregistered) in reply to C-Octothorpe
    C-Octothorpe:
    DFWian:
    neminem:
    I think the real wtf is people who voluntarily live in places where it gets over a hundred degrees on a regular basis.
    Last night, at midnight, it was 100 degrees.

    That said, Texas is the place to be because of our guns, trucks, and Mexican slaves.

    I noticed how "women" were absent from your list of must-haves...

    I guess Sgt. Hartman was right: only steers and queers come from Texas.

    Who says I'm a male?

  • Moran (unregistered) in reply to DFWian
    DFWian:
    C-Octothorpe:
    DFWian:
    neminem:
    I think the real wtf is people who voluntarily live in places where it gets over a hundred degrees on a regular basis.
    Last night, at midnight, it was 100 degrees.

    That said, Texas is the place to be because of our guns, trucks, and Mexican slaves.

    I noticed how "women" were absent from your list of must-haves...

    I guess Sgt. Hartman was right: only steers and queers come from Texas.

    Who says I'm a male?

    The fact that you're on TDWTF is evidence enough.

  • Joe (unregistered)

    I could totally go for a discount on Huma Abedin . Hmmm.

  • asdf (unregistered) in reply to DFWian
    DFWian:
    neminem:
    I think the real wtf is people who voluntarily live in places where it gets over a hundred degrees on a regular basis.
    Last night, at midnight, it was 100 degrees.

    That said, Texas is the place to be because of our guns, trucks, and Mexican slaves.

    Not to mention that there are no state income taxes and is home to both the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks and the World Series Champion Texas Rangers.

  • (cs) in reply to PedanticCurmudgeon
    PedanticCurmudgeon:
    hoodaticus:
    steveo:
    Since no one else replied ... Espresso is correct. I'm not even sure Expresso is a real word.

    I bet whoever put in the clearance price fat-fingered the keypad and hit the 7 instead of the 1.

    captcha: usitas - usitas down on the espresso machine

    YHBT. HAND.
    Actually, a corollary of the Law of the Internet is that if a poster isn't trolling, they have been trolled, so I officially declare the "YHBT HAND" meme redundant.
    This.

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