• pengi (unregistered)

    404.2 - This Comment Intentionally Left Blank.

  • Podcast Listener (unregistered) in reply to pengi

    Re: Y2K Compliance offcer

    JOB SCURITY UR DOIN IT RIGHT

  • moz (unregistered) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    Shut Down always prevents my computer from restarting, too, but I've never found a way to kill it.
    My computer has a switch on the back for that specific purpose. It would be a little more awkward on a laptop, however, I admit.
  • EatenByAGrue (unregistered)

    "How should BDT get in touch with you?"

    By telegram.

  • (cs) in reply to Fred
    Fred:
    What, a « 404 - Error Intentionnaly Left Blank" ? And me, I was thinking it was the equivalent of the famous FILE_NOT_FOUND.

    HTTP, but not quite. We don't even hav 4xx == failure from the client.

    And why does 404 get all the love, especially for custom error pages? I'm a big fan of 403, myself. Also, 500.

  • Anon (unregistered)

    "...I'm pretty sure that position isn't needed anymore."

    It seems it is... http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A-Y2K-Holdover.aspx

  • Peter (unregistered) in reply to halcyon1234
    halcyon1234:
    Re: The rounding error one.

    At least it's displaying all the significant digits. For the past month or so, at Tim Hortons, it's been dropping trailing zeros on the cash register.

    In the picture, I see a line that reads: 
      2 Bitter PT   2.5   5
    Don't you count that as dropping trailing zeroes?
  • AndyL (unregistered) in reply to fourchan
    fourchan:
    Here's a special image-enhanced version up version of the Vista screenshot:

    http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lghtpsx0.jpg The algorithm is currently working on restoring the part left of the screenshot!

    Zoom in and enhance!

  • (cs) in reply to Jeff
    Jeff:
    TRWTF is that 0MB could be 1 byte with bad rounding...so your swap file could be 1 byte, and have this be true.
    can't do that man, your swap file needs to be at least large enough to fit a page of memory (4k, 2M, or 4M on i386 architectures) into it (and some bookkeeping space for windows, don't know how much). Also, windows really does get fantastically confused about how much swap space it reports, especially if you have (or have had in the past) swap files on multiple drives. It seems to randomly decide whether or not each swap file affects the total swap space available calculation, at least in my experience.
  • (cs) in reply to moz
    moz:
    My computer has a switch on the back for that specific purpose. It would be a little more awkward on a laptop, however, I admit.
    Actually, it's easier. You don't have to reach around back; just hold down the power button for five seconds.
  • Ens (unregistered) in reply to m0ffx

    Your responsibility to make sure everything is closed? I could just as easily say that it's your responsibility to make sure your secured computer can safely shut down before leaving it. I would argue that for the Average User(TM) it's easier to understand the latter, but the case can be made either way.

    Really, this is just one more case of Integrity vs. Availability. The differences between Windows and Linux are quite often just cases where Windows leaned more toward Integrity than Linux. Such as in this case, where it's trying to ensure that all software has a chance to close cleanly and properly and save data, where Linux responds to the demand, and to hell with the consequences.

  • lo (unregistered)

    Anyone have a guess as to the full filename of "ingly Str____ed Penis.jpg"

    Captcha:jumentum hmmm..

  • (cs) in reply to lo
    lo:
    Anyone have a guess as to the full filename of "ingly Str____ed Penis.jpg"

    Captcha:jumentum hmmm..

    Lovingly Stroked Penis. I though it was too obvious to need saying.

  • CoyneT (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    "...I'm pretty sure that position isn't needed anymore."

    It seems it is... http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A-Y2K-Holdover.aspx

    I agree. One of our Q/A people was just testing a panel and put in a bogus (recent) date for birth date of a test employee (making the employee less than 1 year old). Response: "Cannot hire a person more than 100 years old."

    Moreover, this was on a screen that accepts 4-digit dates!

    (...and you think all the 2-digit logic is right? Suurrrreeeee!)

  • (cs) in reply to amischiefr
    amischiefr:
    Nice, why do the fault codes have 410 as Not Found when 404 is the standard for that already?

    Because... it's not HTTP?

  • cr (unregistered) in reply to m0ffx

    Wow, and I thought it was shockingly striped.

  • (cs) in reply to campkev
    campkev:
    TRWTF is 877.50 every 6 months. My premiums on my car and my wife's van is about 330 every 6 months. Either you're driving a Ferrari or you drive like shit.
    Or you've got a teenager on your insurance.
  • (cs) in reply to m0ffx
    m0ffx:
    tl;dr: I like Linux because it does what I say without asking questions.

    I like Windows because it tries to gracefully exit programs. Sure it takes longer, but I don't lose data just because I want to turn my machine off.

    Of course Vista screwed up and blocks you from doing anything, your choice is kill the program or cancel the shutdown.

  • Aut (unregistered) in reply to m0ffx
    m0ffx:
    lo:
    Anyone have a guess as to the full filename of "ingly Str____ed Penis.jpg"

    Captcha:jumentum hmmm..

    Lovingly Stroked Penis. I though it was too obvious to need saying.

    I figured it was "shockingly striped penis" and thought it was too obvious to need saying. I suppose this is where Freud laughs at me from beyond the grave.

    captcha: tristique

  • (cs)

    456 - Lazy commenter

  • Me (unregistered)

    Hate to break it to you, but we're not out of the Y2K woods yet! The so called 'window' solution, implemented by many professionals used an arbitrary year (10, 20, 30, 15, 17,... whatever) to mark the flip in century. That means that there could be potential problems around for the next century or so.

  • jus' dis' guy (unregistered)

    BDT Update: They have now removed the entry. Looks like their webmaster reads WTF :)

    Ironic, really. You'd think that removing that entry would be part of Y2K compliance. Maybe that's why they were hiring.

  • (cs) in reply to jus' dis' guy
    jus' dis' guy:
    BDT Update: They have now removed the entry. Looks like their webmaster reads WTF :)

    Or someone actually monitors their server logs, noticed a spike in "referrer" traffic from this site, and checked it out.

  • (cs) in reply to Aut
    Aut:
    m0ffx:
    lo:
    Anyone have a guess as to the full filename of "ingly Str____ed Penis.jpg"

    Captcha:jumentum hmmm..

    Lovingly Stroked Penis. I though it was too obvious to need saying.

    I figured it was "shockingly striped penis" and thought it was too obvious to need saying. I suppose this is where Freud laughs at me from beyond the grave.

    captcha: tristique

    Looks like "Singly Straddled" to me.

  • (cs) in reply to Mr B
    Mr B:
    dpm:
    > how am I supposed to get my 0.003 pennies back."

    You mean 0.0003 pennies.

    (flexes his fingers) My work here is done. I'm off to other sites which need the vital services of Pedantic Man!

    Full title:

    "Pedantic-and-yet-still-incorrect-Man-who-divided-by-100-instead-of-multiplying-by-100!"

    It's not at catchy, granted and the chest-logo will need some thought - but at least it's accurate.

    :)

    Full accurate version: "You're-both-dumb-OP-was-right-it's-0.00003-pounds-which-is-0.003-penny". Oh, and dpm actually divided by ten, not 100.

    Filed under: Verizon

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    "...I'm pretty sure that position isn't needed anymore."

    It seems it is... http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A-Y2K-Holdover.aspx

    Agreed - and the whole attitude that Y2K compliance isn't an issue at all is going to be a huge problem come Y2.1K, at the current rate of things. I'm astounded at the number of new apps I've seen whose development started since Dec 31, 1999 and yet they still use two digit years. I've seen a few that use single digit years, and only about half of those have been here on TDWTF.

  • (cs)

    The cash register is obviously running on an early Pentium (a.k.a. 585.9999542432) processor.

  • (cs)
    Eric:
    Talk to Verizon. Then you'd get .3 pennies back instead.

    FTW!

  • Ric (unregistered)

    I'll make sure there's 0.007p in my pocket when I go to Cambridge next year.

  • IMSoP (unregistered) in reply to chrismcb
    chrismcb:
    Of course Vista screwed up and blocks you from doing anything, your choice is kill the program or cancel the shutdown.

    Actually, that makes some sense; one of the more annoying things on Windows XP is leaving the office in a hurry, and coming back in the morning to find the PC hung mid-shutdown. In order to get on with your work, you have to clear the blockage, wait for the machine to shut down, and then wait for it to boot back up again!

    There's a simple solution regarding the security problem too: if you cancel the shutdown, you should get dumped to the "PC locked" / "Welcome" screen (depending on your multi-user setup), so you have to re-authenticate before you get to mess with anything (including the blocked program).

  • IMSoP (unregistered) in reply to Ens
    ens:
    Really, this is just one more case of Integrity vs. Availability. The differences between Windows and Linux are quite often just cases where Windows leaned more toward Integrity than Linux. Such as in this case, where it's trying to ensure that all software has a chance to close cleanly and properly and save data, where Linux responds to the demand, and to hell with the consequences.

    As already pointed out, *nix does give the software a chance to close cleanly, by sending increasingly "urgent" signals - it just doesn't wait around forever, instead assuming that if a process has ignored all the warnings, it's never going to close, so the system might as well get on with shutting down.

    Also, *nix generally has far more of a multi-user bias than Windows, and a rich ecology of background processes, so the idea of "asking the user how to deal with the problem" wouldn't really make sense.

  • Campaign against "this comment" people (unregistered) in reply to WhiskeyJack

    Congratulations! You're a fucking idiot!

  • Riyaz (unregistered)

    This comment is preventing somebody from re-commenting

  • dcm (unregistered) in reply to dpm
    dpm:
    (flexes his fingers) My work here is done. I'm off to other sites which need the vital services of Pedantic Man!

    What does the d stand for?

  • Buffled (unregistered) in reply to Spectre

    SOAP is in fact built atop HTTP...

  • (cs) in reply to DemonWasp
    DemonWasp:
    That last one was pretty dumb, actually. If you look closely, you can see "Moving 154 Items" in a background window, in which case it's entirely reasonable that Explorer would block a shutdown until the transfer is finished.
    Yes, EXPLORER should be blocking it, not "Shut Down". You could even say "Moving Files" is blocking but not the action you wanted in the first place.
    DemonWasp:
    I'm also kind of curious what images he's looking at that they would have labels like "...phalic Monster", "...Skull 1", and "...Body".

    Remember folks, be careful with your screenshots!

    Why spoil the fun? It would seem Matt wants to show off his collection

  • Raj Malabar not good for dogs (unregistered)

    The real WTF is that the are selling Salty Lassi, awww...poor dog after all shes done for humanity.

  • Aliastral (unregistered)

    Third picture;

    1023KB and less < 1MB

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to Fustanella

    What I find funny is that "410" is "Not found", but "404" is "this error intentionally left blank." Have they never heard of HTTP?

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