• i' just wondering (unregistered)

    does this make me...

  • (cs)

    Oh boy, that utility had better be installed or Linksys will come to your house and have something to say about it!

  • SR (unregistered)

    Accy is a common shortening of Accrington, Lancashire (UK).

    I've no idea what that has to do with a Toyota Tacoma. Or OCAT is.

  • @Deprecated (unregistered)

    For $2666.64, that strawberry shortcake better REALLY be king size.

  • Dazed (unregistered)

    I would guess accy is accessory. I'll leave OCAT to the rest of you ...

  • nonny nonny (unregistered)

    If you don't have a local rendering programmer, it says you can call your doctor too. As long as he/she's a GP.

  • (cs)

    I do not want WWAN support on my notebook. Can I pay with 4 ice creams and have 697.56 back?

  • aBase (unregistered)

    "Freaking ice cream", huh? More like "fucking congealed adulterated whey".

    http://www.zeer.com/Food-Products/Nestle-Strawberry-Shortcake--King-Size-Frozen-Dairy-Dessert/000020139#

  • (cs)

    Quick! Does anyone know the Heimlich maneuver? I need cash now!

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    It's a little bit shocking to see dialogs that read something like "An error occured, call Brian!". I've seen this several times now and you have to wonder, has nobody told these coders that the software is intended for use outside of their own office?

    [Post attempt #4]

  • ih8u (unregistered)

    THIS WILL BE A COMMENT FOR THE COMMENTS SECTION7777777

  • (cs)

    Inkscape obviously went for Jeopardy-type dialogs, but messed up.

  • Carl (unregistered)

    Um, Lenovo bought the PC business from IBM more than four years ago. You'd think people would have noticed by now...

    Captcha: Consequat -- a Schrodinger's Cat, after you open the box

  • (cs)

    I really wonder what the "Help me decide" link does in the Bluetooth section...

  • (cs)

    OCAT - Options, Color, Accessories, Trim

  • (cs)

    "The file C"

    Code probably looks something like printf("The file %s...", szFile, ....);

    where szFile is an LPCWSTR.

  • mrs_helm (unregistered)

    Ilya needs to check her store'sring-up policy. We have a few grocery stores who, if the price doesn't ring up the same as marked in the aisle, will pay you the difference. That could be a very lucrative visit to the service desk!

  • (cs) in reply to mrs_helm
    mrs_helm:
    Ilya needs to check her store'sring-up policy. We have a few grocery stores who, if the price doesn't ring up the same as marked in the aisle, will pay you the difference. That could be a very lucrative visit to the service desk!

    In Michigan, they owe you the difference multiplied by 10 (with a minimum of $1.00, maximum of $5.00). That's only if they overcharge you. Not the same for undercharge.

  • Clouseau (unregistered)

    Googling OCAT reveals that OCAT stands for Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco. So obviously the accy, or accessory, that you selected is the ash tray. Also obvious is that you are in Ontario, and your smoking ways will not be tolerated. Also, because you're using Safari, I can tell that you had a pet cat named 'Fred' who died when you were 8 years old.

  • Milk Drinker (unregistered) in reply to SR

    Accrington Stanley? Who are they?

  • (cs) in reply to Milk Drinker
    Milk Drinker:
    Accrington Stanley? Who are they?
    You could always ask Humphrey!
  • Anon (unregistered)

    I'm actually fluent in Unknown.

    Also, Inkscape is a buggy POS on Windows.

  • k3vlar (unregistered) in reply to Clouseau
    Clouseau:
    Also, because you're using Safari, I can tell that you had a pet cat named 'Fred' who died when you were 8 years old.
    Actually, that's the default skin for Firefox on Mac OS X.

    If it was Safari, there would be no status bar on the bottom. Also Safari's address bar is square, not rounded.

  • (cs) in reply to Milk Drinker
    Milk Drinker:
    Accrington Stanley? Who are they?

    <scouse>Exactly</scouse>

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to Milk Drinker
    Milk Drinker:
    Accrington Stanley? Who are they?
    EXACTLY!
  • (cs)

    It's bad enough when there is something ridiculous on an electronic display, but I'm always amazed at how someone could physically put a label like that on the ice cream without thinking, "Something doesn't seem right..."

  • (cs)

    Inkscape wants to uninstall your C drive? OMG! It's a VIRUS!

  • Niels (unregistered)

    Somehow I think that ATM can't be saved. It's saying the error is terminal :(

  • jay (unregistered)

    Thought #1: Man, they're giving you over $1500 off on the ice cream, and you're STILL complaining?!

    Thought #2: I think this is the price of ice cream after the new trans-fat tax is in effect. We're only protecting you from yourself.

  • (cs) in reply to jay
    jay:
    Thought #1: Man, they're giving you over $1500 off on the ice cream, and you're STILL complaining?!

    Thought #2: I think this is the price of ice cream after the new trans-fat tax is in effect. We're only protecting you from yourself.

    The price in orange is the price per pound. If each unit weighs 6 oz (0.375 lb), then 999.99 / 0.375 = 2666.64.

  • random person (unregistered) in reply to erich
    erich:
    It's bad enough when there is something ridiculous on an electronic display, but I'm always amazed at how someone could physically put a label like that on the ice cream without thinking, "Something doesn't seem right..."
    "$999? That can't be right. Hey boss--" "shut up and stick the labels on like I told you!" "Eh, if you insist..."

    captcha: conventio. A convention that got cut a little short.

    [post attempt 3]

  • (cs)

    It only would cost a little more than 6K to get your daily serving of Vitamin C via that ice cream.

  • Franz Kafka (unregistered) in reply to jay
    jay:
    Thought #1: Man, they're giving you over $1500 off on the ice cream, and you're STILL complaining?!

    Thought #2: I think this is the price of ice cream after the new trans-fat tax is in effect. We're only protecting you from yourself.

    Thought #3: people stick in all nines to represent 'no data' sometimes. Boring, I know.

  • Matt.C (unregistered)

    Accy! Captain Accy O'CAT! Mutants and Aliens and Toads beware! You're looking for Adventure? Well, this is it, With Jenny, Deadeye, Blinky, and Willy DuWitt.

  • (cs)

    I get it... The Inkscape dialog is missing "File not found" and "always answer File not found".

  • yeah whateva (unregistered)

    There are often anatomical names for the various parts of a mechanical machine. This actually helps quite a bit with "less than technically minded" people calling for service. It often helps to have somebody with some sense of grammar writing these messages, though.

    The anatomical comparisons unfortunately tend to be euphemistic, so one doesn't know if the throat is involved in dispensing or regurgitating product, however.

  • (cs)

    The "Throat" one isn't that weird. The "Throat" is <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.atmpartsource.com/p-145-29-009766-xxxxthroat-assembly-upperlower.aspx"" target="_blank" title="http://www.atmpartsource.com/p-145-29-009766-xxxxthroat-assembly-upperlower.aspx"">where you stick your card in.

    Also the "no wireless" option at the bottom is odd, but not impossible. If wireless is standard, how much would it cost to have a custom machine that doesn't have it?

  • Joon (unregistered)

    I used a sick ATM once. My money came out sideways, and when I looked closely there was a little corner sticking out once the money jaw had closed.

    I grabbed ahold and gently pulled on it, and was rewarded by a nice shiny R100 note (about $20 at the time for our US readers) that I had not requested.

    Just saying - maybe it's better that the machine complain than just spit out free money at whoever walks past

  • (cs) in reply to Niels
    Niels:
    Somehow I think that ATM can't be saved. It's saying the error is terminal :(
    Clapping vigorously and wondering why this one isn't featured.
  • (cs) in reply to yeah whateva
    yeah whateva:
    There are often anatomical names for the various parts of a mechanical machine. This actually helps quite a bit with "less than technically minded" people calling for service. It often helps to have somebody with some sense of grammar writing these messages, though.

    The anatomical comparisons unfortunately tend to be euphemistic, so one doesn't know if the throat is involved in dispensing or regurgitating product, however.

    Thank goodness that that somebody did not think it would be better compare that mechanical device to some other body part, or we could end up with "constipated ATMs".

    But, as Joon above me pointed out, wiping its ass could be a much more rewarding procedure than it sounds.

  • A. Peon (unregistered) in reply to Satanicpuppy
    Satanicpuppy:
    The "Throat" one isn't that weird. The "Throat" is where you stick your card in.

    Also the "no wireless" option at the bottom is odd, but not impossible. If wireless is standard, how much would it cost to have a custom machine that doesn't have it?

    I noticed this reading Lenovo's Thinkpad blog re: the much-questioned small-biz "SL" series vs. the more conventional models. There are certain features that certain big enterpriseys really don't want on their hardware, and will pay a premium to avoid having to deal with. Why one of these is HDMI output, I don't know, but hey...

    The cheap version probably comes with an unpopulated slot, the ludicrous version probably comes with no connector and some sort of indestructible potting compound to keep anyone from ever installing a connector. Which is ludicrous, but probably satisfies the requirements for some gov/mil use or other.

  • (cs) in reply to Satanicpuppy
    Satanicpuppy:
    The "Throat" one isn't that weird. The "Throat" is where you stick your card in.

    Also the "no wireless" option at the bottom is odd, but not impossible. If wireless is standard, how much would it cost to have a custom machine that doesn't have it?

    Just have some firmware that permanently disables it. Surely the wireless card itself isn't worth that much, just the tooling for manufacturing. So you have the hardware, just no way to operate it.

  • j (unregistered)

    re: ibm. The user probably gets the line card and they don't ship the wifi w/ the unit. Line card is subsidized by cell provider so IBM doesn't charge the customer. The wifi card is $40 because the user has to pay for it to be installed on the laptop if they don't want the line card + contract option. Why is this even here?

  • A. Peon (unregistered) in reply to j
    j:
    re: ibm. The user probably gets the line card and they don't ship the wifi w/ the unit. Line card is subsidized by cell provider so IBM doesn't charge the customer. The wifi card is $40 because the user has to pay for it to be installed on the laptop if they don't want the line card + contract option. Why is this even here?

    You can't read. There are two separate items (with separate connectors to support them), "Wireless Card" and "Mobile Broadband."

    For "Wireless Card" you have a choice of the regular 802.11 "free" or the 802.11+WiMAX for $40. The site isn't offering a choice without wifi. Yes, WiMAX is a WWAN standard, but unobtainium outside select metro areas.

    For "Mobile Broadband" - aka "WWAN", aka EDGE with AT&T's GSM or EVDO with Verizon's CDMA (aka "things that require something other than a WiFi card), you have your choice of:

    Leaving the laptop "upgradeable" (read: empty slot) is a $30 discount - "Subtract $30";

    Getting an AT&T card for an additional $30 with a contract;

    Getting a Verizon card for $120;

    Absolutely? "no WWAN support" for $9,969.00.

    ...

    It's a WTF, but I still think it's a WTF because some special buyer specced for 'we want it to be absolutely impossible for users to install a WWAN card,' and is institutionally willing to pay the markup for a model "secured" as such - apparently not caring that WiFi is still included and any schmuck can still use a USB/ExpressCard modem or "MyFi" bridge anyway.

  • James (unregistered)

    The popup for that camera software reminds me of that post Jeff Atwood had a few weeks ago about "bad software" -- how he wouldn't let his wife install the software that came with their camera because inevitably the software will suck. I wonder if the submitter could have gotten away with not using the program in the first place?

  • bpb da bp (unregistered) in reply to erich
    erich:
    It's bad enough when there is something ridiculous on an electronic display, but I'm always amazed at how someone could physically put a label like that on the ice cream without thinking, "Something doesn't seem right..."
    Gee, the minimum wage teenager stocking your shelves didn't pay attention to something? How shocking!
  • Xythar (unregistered)

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  • Franz Kafka (unregistered) in reply to yeah whateva
    yeah whateva:
    There are often anatomical names for the various parts of a mechanical machine. This actually helps quite a bit with "less than technically minded" people calling for service. It often helps to have somebody with some sense of grammar writing these messages, though.

    The anatomical comparisons unfortunately tend to be euphemistic, so one doesn't know if the throat is involved in dispensing or regurgitating product, however.

    Well, throat sounds better than 'colon'.

  • buttbuttin of the mbuttes (unregistered) in reply to Franz Kafka
    Franz Kafka:
    yeah whateva:
    There are often anatomical names for the various parts of a mechanical machine. This actually helps quite a bit with "less than technically minded" people calling for service. It often helps to have somebody with some sense of grammar writing these messages, though.

    The anatomical comparisons unfortunately tend to be euphemistic, so one doesn't know if the throat is involved in dispensing or regurgitating product, however.

    Well, throat sounds better than 'colon'.

    Or 'sphincter'.

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    I'm actually fluent in Unknown.
    While I don't speak Unknown, Gmail wants me to "Chat with friends in undefined!"

    Though I'm not sure whether "undefined" is a country or a language. Or the name of a pub. If only it had been defined, I might have some chance of finding out.

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