• (cs)

    and 1 kb = exactly 125 bytes. Yeah, I could live with that.

  • Someone (unregistered) in reply to Mr Keith
    Mr Keith:
    "Please help us improve this page by answering one question"

    As I have said before, TRWTF is Alex Papa.

  • Wha? (unregistered) in reply to Mr Keith
    Mr Keith:
    "Please help us improve this page by answering one question"

    There's no WTF, unless upon clicking "yes", you get a second question. If you choose either yes or no, you may have helped (off the top of my head, by increasing hit count of the tracking widget, thus boosting advertising or other metrics; maybe there is some other thing that answering this question helps with), and it's internally consistent.

    captcha nulla = Holla at my %SQL_TEXT family!

    Where's the first question?

    They've offered a Yes/No choice for a statement...They didn't say "Would you like to help this page by answering a question?"

  • Jimmy McDermott (unregistered) in reply to obsa
    obsa:
    To be fair, the IKEA download is only 127.29 TB. Paltry, really.
    I wonder how big it will end up once I put it together with my allen key? <insert discussion on whether hex keys should be called allen keys or not>
  • Someoen (unregistered) in reply to Luiz Felipe
    Luiz Felipe:
    Jeff:
    The clock sync issue on Android happens sometimes. The clock in the notification bar is part of the android system, but the clock on the desktop is a widget. If RAM is running low, applications get kicked out of RAM, and that can include widgets. Usually, in that case, they just won't update, and time will "freeze" for the widget.

    What's weird in that case is that the widget seems to be AHEAD of the system clock. Or it's almost a full day behind - which might actually be the more likely occurance.

    The real WTF is that people need a giant clock widget on their desktop when the time is already prominantly displayed on the top bar ALL THE TIME.

    My captcha is "Letatio". I'm not sure what that is, but I think I will enjoy it.

    Except when you are driving and need to know the time. Then the giant clock is much better and faster.

    Yes, if only someone would put a clock somewhere in the car....

  • Matt Westwood (unregistered) in reply to da Doctah
    da Doctah:
    Matt Westwood:
    In most civilised nations it's illegal to use a mobile phone while driving for the same blindingly obvious reasons that it's illegal to drive while under the influence of alcohol, or to exceed the speed limit. Certain other supposedly civilised nations, of course, contain significant more-or-less influential sections of the population who consider such traffic regulations to be an interference in their personal freedom to be complete arseholes. As a consequence the percentage of people who die in traffic accidents is higher in such nations (excellent, say I, less of those fucking arseholes in the world) than those whose populations are (in general) saner and more mature.

    The flaw in this logic is that it's not always the arseholes who die in those accidents.

    Yeah good call. Fortunately, as I say, I don't live in such a shithole and I don't give a fuck about what happens to the inhabitants, they're all better off dead, poor buggers.

  • blos (unregistered)

    Has anyone mentioned that there is no question in the "one question" thing???

    Also, I think these days a lot of cars have a clock on the dash (as well as on the radio), and there are definiately older cars that were the same. Who would use mobilski to check time in the car, unless you were driving a hire car (maybe) CAPTHCA: vulputate - this is even better than letatio

  • Matt Westwood (unregistered) in reply to tin
    tin:
    Matt Westwood:
    So who hasn't got a clock on the dashboard of their car?

    People with older cars. People who have replaced the OEM stereo that had a clock with a new one that doesn't. People driving other random cars where the clock's accuracy is unknown (although technically they would have a clock then).

    Matt Westwood:
    In most civilised nations it's illegal to use a mobile phone while driving for the same blindingly obvious reasons that it's illegal to drive while under the influence of alcohol, or to exceed the speed limit.

    So you are OK with looking at the clock embedded in the car, but then go on to rant about how dangerous operating a mobile phone while driving is purely because someone wants a large clock to be visible. Fail.

    Yes, I'm okay with a quick glance at a (relatively) huge clock on the dashboard, which takes as long to do and requires the same level of concentration as checking the speedometer. Operating a mobile phone, or anything (radio etc. included) which requires you to concentrate on which buttons you're pressing, or even requiring you to pick something up and orient it into a direction from which you can see what's on its screen, is a dumbfuck arsewipe stupid thing to do.

    And why would you need to know what the time is anyway, if you're driving with maximum efficiency towards your goal? Oh dear, I'm two minutes later than I ought to be, think I'm going to have to drive at 90. FAIL, you stupid fucking cunt.

  • Matt Westwood (unregistered) in reply to tin
    tin:
    Matt Westwood:
    So who hasn't got a clock on the dashboard of their car?

    People with older cars. People who have replaced the OEM stereo that had a clock with a new one that doesn't. People driving other random cars where the clock's accuracy is unknown (although technically they would have a clock then).

    So before you jump aboard and rev off up to 70 mph in 5 seconds with a gleeful "Wahoo!" you take time to check the time on the clock's correct, don't you, jit-for-brains? Unless the random car you're driving is the one you've just broken into, oh yeah, that's normal for you, isn't it, you're a trailer-trash fuckwit.
  • hoger (unregistered)

    Wow, the Brits really are angry cunts, aren't they? No wonder their soccer games always end up with hooligans belting the crap out of each other.....

  • anonymoose (unregistered)

    The clocks are not badly synced. 10:08 and 10:45 are the two "nice looking" positions for analog clocks in advertisments.

    The practice has carried over into digital clocks (for whatever reason), and someone thought it would be cute to have both.

  • Jesper (unregistered)

    Aha, so Lorem Ipsum is Finnish!

  • corroded (unregistered) in reply to hoger
    hoger:
    Wow, the Brits really are angry cunts, aren't they? No wonder their soccer games always end up with hooligans belting the crap out of each other.....

    Yeah, thirty years ago...

  • Ru (unregistered) in reply to hoger
    hoger:
    Wow, the Brits really are angry cunts, aren't they? No wonder their soccer games always end up with hooligans belting the crap out of each other.....

    Dunno mate. What's this 'soccer' you're talking about?

  • Cbuttius (unregistered)

    The license server one is not a real WTF. You either accept and click yes which exits, or you fix the issue then click no to retry.

  • Frank (unregistered) in reply to Pim

    You mean 1kb = 128 bytes!

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    tin:
    Matt Westwood:
    So who hasn't got a clock on the dashboard of their car?

    People with older cars. People who have replaced the OEM stereo that had a clock with a new one that doesn't. People driving other random cars where the clock's accuracy is unknown (although technically they would have a clock then).

    So before you jump aboard and rev off up to 70 mph in 5 seconds with a gleeful "Wahoo!" you take time to check the time on the clock's correct, don't you, jit-for-brains? Unless the random car you're driving is the one you've just broken into, oh yeah, that's normal for you, isn't it, you're a trailer-trash fuckwit.

    Okay, take a deep breath. Count slowly to ten. Then say to yourself, "This is just a casual conversation on a web forum. No lives are at stake. No money is at stake. It's just a casual conversation ..."

  • Calli Arcale (unregistered) in reply to Carl
    Carl:
    I guess the world just has too much WTF for even Alex to stomach.

    That is definitely the case. I submitted an error'd once, and it did get published -- months later. The world is full of WTF. But take heart! This means Alex will never, ever run out of material.

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to Matt Westwood
    Matt Westwood:
    And why would you need to know what the time is anyway, if you're driving with maximum efficiency towards your goal? Oh dear, I'm two minutes later than I ought to be, think I'm going to have to drive at 90. FAIL, you stupid fucking cunt.

    Perhaps I don't strictly NEED to know, but would simply like to verify that, yes indeed, I am on schedule. Maybe I just feel like knowing. Do you really insist that it is absurd to seek information unless one plans to take specific action based on that information? Do you only read news stories that directly affect you? Have you ever heard of the idea of reading for entertainment?

    But if you insist on practical reasons to want to know the time while driving, how about:

    1. I want to know what time it is so I know whether my favorite radio program is about to begin.

    2. I was planning to stop to eat during this trip. If I am on schedule, I will do that. If I am behind schedule, I will skip the meal stop.

    3. If I am behind schedule, I will call the people I am planning to see to inform them that I will be late. (If safety is an issue when making this phone call, I can pull off the road to do it.)

    Etc. I'm sure with a little effort you could think of other "valid" reasons for wanting to know the time.

    Hey, why are you even on this web site? What practical use will you make of any information that you gain here?

  • (cs)

    Far out I might also be infected by the SQL_Text disease. I would like to consult my Doctor, but I am not sure he can read SQL text. Maybe I'll just plug myself in the server and run diagnostics. ;-0

  • Neil (unregistered)

    Still, at least they didn't fall in to the trap of asking permission to ask a question.

    "May I ask a question?"

    "You just did."

  • Ron (unregistered) in reply to tin

    " People with older cars. People who have replaced the OEM stereo that had a clock with a new one that doesn't."

    Bogus. You'll be hard to find a car on the road without a clock. Even the 80's K cars had clocks (labeled as a Chronograph iirc)

    Also, I'd love for you to list an after market head unit without a clock read out. In the 13+ years I've worked in the field (mostly contract remote start work for the last 5), I've never come across one

  • Toot (unregistered)

    "instnace"

    Cool spelling brah.

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