• Pingmaster (unregistered) in reply to DCRoss
    DCRoss:
    Oxford Media Group used to have the exclusive contract to advertise on Toronto's public trash and recycling bins, so you couldn't even walk out to the sidewalk without having an OMG moment.

    The WTF Group manages a large number of Toronto's historic buildings, so you can still see a lot of signs like these around the city - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fexd/1011317668/

    The trick was to find places where you could see an OMG garbage bin, a WTF building and some kind of BBQ restaurant all at the same time.

    The real trick is finding the three in order! I saw that once just outside downtown on the DVP, near the distillery. I was upset that I didn't have a camera.

    Oh, and yes, the Linux penguin CAN fix everything.

  • Quintessentially English (unregistered)

    I never have Spotted Dick. I much prefer crumpet.

  • Patrick (unregistered)

    Romeo's uses baker's inches. Just a little more so they can't be sued for shortening it.

  • BlueCollarAstronaut (unregistered) in reply to Chris S.
    Chris S.:
    Romeo's Pizza obviously uses baker's inches.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%27s_dozen

    Is that to be consistent with other restaurants' method of measuring quantities before cooking them? Like 1/4 lb (pre-cooked weight) cheeseburgers, etc..perhaps that's a 14" (pre-cooked dough) sub which has expanded to a length of 15(ish) inches.

  • Pingmaster (unregistered) in reply to airdrik
    airdrik:
    me:
    The lift isn't a WTF - the buttons use the UK floor numbering, and the labels use the US floor numbering system. It uses both standards to keep everyone happy :)
    So if I want to go to the 3rd floor, do I push the button with the 2 on it which says 3 next to it, or do I hit the button with the 3 which says 4 next to it (or do I just hit all of the buttons, and get off at each floor to check if that is the floor that I want)? Yes the US and UK use two different floor numbering systems, but to include both within a single building is a WTF.

    One should hope that they use something sensible for the room numbering like the standard: floor number = floor(room number / 100).
    I suppose one could say that having the two numbers is a simplification: floor number button <= room number / 100 < floor number label. So to get to room number 312, you would hit button 3 which has the 4 next to it because 3 <= 312/100 < 4 (unless the room numbers are based on the US floor number, not the UK floor number, or some other wacky scheme, in which case you have no hope of finding the correct floor)

    Possibly a second-hand control panel? maybe the panel on the elevator broke and the maintenance guys bought a US version and hacked it together

  • (cs) in reply to Pingmaster
    Pingmaster:
    Possibly a second-hand control panel? maybe the panel on the elevator broke and the maintenance guys bought a US version and hacked it together
    Or maybe they just really don't like blind people.
  • fnord (unregistered)

    I've got a "Häcker" brand kitchen at home. Quite nice, but I've still not found out how to use it to break into my neighbors WiFi.

    (Also, A != Ä)

  • St Louis Brit (unregistered) in reply to Quintessentially English

    As I understand it you have spotted dick after having crumpet.

    Captcha: Eros - how appropriate.

  • Fwip (unregistered) in reply to Dave-Sir
    Dave-Sir:
    Not sure I get the garlic spread. Is the poster taking "shelf stable" for a noun rather than an adjective?

    I didn't get it at first either. It's garlic spred.

  • Ozz (unregistered) in reply to Spoe
    Spoe:
    Actually, it's readily available in the markets here in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
    Wow! Another tech in East Kentucky! Say it ain't so! (I'm in Prestonsburg)
  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to Dave-Sir
    Dave-Sir:
    I guess I'm too old. Whenever I see OMG, I tend to think of these guys: http://www.omg.org
    Me too. Although I do get a laugh out of it every now and then - I work in the model driven architecture (MDA) arena and it always makes we laugh when people talk about OMG MDA. I can't help but think "oh my god, methylenedioxyamphetamine!!!".
    Dave-Sir:
    Not sure I get the garlic spread. Is the poster taking "shelf stable" for a noun rather than an adjective?
    "Garlic spred". One of these words is wrong.
  • (cs) in reply to Ken B.
    Ken B.:
    Claire:
    When I was at school Spotted Dick was also known as rabbit poo with custard.
    Much better than the common nickname for creamed chipped beef on toast.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipped_beef#U.S._Military_cuisine

    SOS is the best!

  • jb (unregistered) in reply to Cad Delworth
    Cad Delworth:
    I know that 'spotted dick' always raises a laugh from non-UK residents, but it is a very well-known traditional pudding here.

    Sniggers aside, that's not 'pudding'. This is pudding:

    [image]

    http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2008/08/pudding.html

  • boog (unregistered)

    Bath Fixer - Call now for a free...

    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van their.

  • Bert Glanstron (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    Bath Fixer - Call now for a free...

    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van their.

    Dear boog,

    In case you haven't noticed, this is a grown-up place. The fact that you insist on using violence at every opportunity clearly shows that you are too young and too stupid to realize that we live in a litigious society.

    Sincerely Bert Glanstron

  • Bert Glanstron (unregistered) in reply to Bert Glanstron
    Bert Glanstron:
    boog:
    Bath Fixer - Call now for a free...

    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van their.

    Dear boog,

    In case you haven't noticed, this is a grown-up place. The fact that you insist on using violence at every opportunity clearly shows that you are too young and too stupid to realize that we live in a litigious society.

    Sincerely Bert Glanstron

    P.S. Go away and grow up.

  • Spudley (unregistered) in reply to Paul
    Paul:
    Ummm, Spotted Dick is a fairly traditional English desert, school kids have been sniggering over the name for years but hardly a WTF

    It's worth mentioning that the last time I used the word "sniggering" in an email to an American, it got bounced due to "inappropriate language". Another clbuttic (but predictable) WTF.

    (For the benefit of Americans, "sniggers" is what Brits say instead of "snickers". We Brits never did understand the name of that chocolate bar)

  • (cs) in reply to Bob
    Bob:
    Studley:
    Paul:
    Ummm, Spotted Dick is a fairly traditional English desert, school kids have been sniggering over the name for years but hardly a WTF
    Indeed - there should be a replacement image here for us UK readers - may I suggest a fanny pack?

    /sniggers

    They'd only have to show it momentarily!

    We think they're gay here, too.
  • Lorens (unregistered) in reply to fnord
    fnord:
    I've got a "Häcker" brand kitchen at home.

    So have I, and yes the quality is excellent. The umlaut didn't come through on the salesman's descriptive sheet, but he just stared blankly when I joked that me being a computer guy that brand was a certain sale.

    fnord:
    (Also, A != Ä)

    Not much better. In English it would be pronounced "heck-er", and in Swedish "häck" means either hedge... or a**. No idea if it actually has a meaning in German.

  • Childish (unregistered) in reply to Chris S.
    Chris S.:
    Romeo's Pizza obviously uses baker's inches.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%27s_dozen

    No guy wants his spotted dick measured in monster inches.

  • (cs) in reply to boog
    boog (unregistered):
    Bath Fixer - Call now for a free...

    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van their.

    No, evil twin. Violence is not the answer.

  • Dan (unregistered) in reply to Woo
    Woo:
    I heard that there were penguins around before Linux. Can we please stop associating anything penguin-like with computers? It's starting to get annoying. Thanks.

    It's the likeness to the cartoon character invented for Linux. If Disney owned it, that company would have been ripped to shreds by the courts over infringement.

  • boog (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    boog:
    Bath Fixer - Call now for a free...

    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van their.

    No, evil twin. Violence is not the answer.
    That's a strange thing for you to say: Explain This:

    boog:
    It seems to me that the long metal bar could have easily served as a disciplinary implement.
    Beside Chris's head was a sign that read, "ABSOLUTELY NO FOOD OR DRINK IN THIS ROOM."

    "Hey, I brought you some coffee," Chris said.

    Rob reached for the metal bar that was propped in a corner behind some equipment. "DIE DIE DIE!!"

    or this:

    boog:
    Okay, so he made the status a string. Probably not the best option; I'd have used an enum or something. Also, it being a string with (I'd expect) a finite range of possible values, making it public probably isn't a good choice either. Words like "best practice" and "quality" certainly don't come to mind here. But I suppose it'll work, as long as no one abuses the unneeded flexibility of a public string.

    I can appreciate that the comment lists the range of possible values for status (probably the only "best practice" shown), although my prior observations leave me doubtful of the comment's accuracy. So at this point, unless I'm missing something obvious I'd almost say that it's "not really a WTF".

    Except then I examine the following bit:

    default value is false
    Someone please find this code's author and shoot him.
    How does you're stupidity taste?
    boog:
    the smoke smell was getting to m--
    I'm pretty sure I'd have strangled him before he could finish that sentence.
  • MG (unregistered) in reply to Spoe

    No problem finding it in stores here in Oregon, either.

  • MG (unregistered) in reply to MG
    MG:
    No problem finding it in stores here in Oregon, either.

    Arg, quote failure.

    Spoe:
    Cad Delworth:
    I know that 'spotted dick' always raises a laugh from non-UK residents, but it is a very well-known traditional pudding here.

    Actually, it's readily available in the markets here in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

  • knopper (unregistered)

    Wow, everyone is in a pissy mood today. Come on everyone, it's Friday!

  • (cs) in reply to Neville Flynn
    Neville Flynn:
    Woo:
    I heard that there were penguins around before Linux. Can we please stop associating anything penguin-like with computers? It's starting to get annoying. Thanks.

    (damnum.. how appropriatum..)

    Not sure if you're trolling, but I'll bite: That specific penguin graphic on the van is known as Tux and it was designed with Linux in mind.

    Yep. That's not just a penguin, it is THE penguin mascot.

    It would be like putting Mickey Mouse on the side of the van. He isn't just a cartoon mouse, he is THE most recognizable cartoon mouse out there.

  • (cs) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    Woo:
    I heard that there were penguins around before Linux. Can we please stop associating anything penguin-like with computers? It's starting to get annoying. Thanks.

    It's the likeness to the cartoon character invented for Linux. If Disney owned it, that company would have been ripped to shreds by the courts over infringement.

    Good thing Disney doesn't own it. Seems like that company is in the clear.
  • (cs) in reply to Neville Flynn
    Neville Flynn:
    In Canada they have "homo milk".

    Doesn't everybody? What does everyone else call it?

    And you all get your milk in bags, too, right? ;)

  • (cs) in reply to boog
    boog (unregistered):
    boog:
    No, evil twin. Violence is not the answer.
    That's a strange thing for you to say:
    Howso? I didn't say that violence is never the answer. It just isn't in this particular situation.
    boog (unregistered):
    Explain This:
    boog:
    Bam!

    or this:

    boog:
    Biff!
    How does you're stupidity taste?
    boog:
    Whammo!
    Well done. Did you have those posts bookmarked, stewing, waiting, just for this day? Or did you go digging through comments for old articles?

    Either way, you sure showed me. Lesson: learned.

  • Kyle Z. (unregistered) in reply to knopper
    knopper:
    Wow, everyone is in a pissy mood today. Come on everyone, it's Friday!

    F. you

  • (cs) in reply to boog
    boog:
    boog (unregistered):
    boog:
    No, evil twin. Violence is not the answer.
    That's a strange thing for you to say:
    Howso? I didn't say that violence is never the answer. It just isn't in this particular situation.
    boog (unregistered):
    Explain This:
    boog:
    Bam!

    or this:

    boog:
    Biff!
    How does you're stupidity taste?
    boog:
    Whammo!
    Well done. Did you have those posts bookmarked, stewing, waiting, just for this day? Or did you go digging through comments for old articles?

    Either way, you sure showed me. Lesson: learned.

    Are you guys having fun in your little walled garden?

  • (cs)

    I like the ice cream stand. It's probably the only place you can get anti-virus and mint-chocolate-chip.

    Although I'm curious to know the ratio of ice cream profits vs. computer cleanup profits. Hopefully their ice cream is reasonably priced.

  • boog (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    boog:
    boog:
    No, evil twin. Violence is not the answer.
    That's a strange thing for you to say:
    Howso? I didn't say that violence is never the answer. It just isn't in this particular situation.
    boog:
    Explain This:
    boog:
    Bam!

    or this:

    boog:
    Biff!
    How does you're stupidity taste?
    boog:
    Whammo!
    Well done. Did you have those posts bookmarked, stewing, waiting, just for this day? Or did you go digging through comments for old articles?

    Either way, you sure showed me. Lesson: learned.

    I just thought the combination of username=boog and the threat of violence was an automatic way to get you're comment featured.

  • (cs) in reply to boog
    boog (evil twin):
    I just thought the combination of username=boog and the threat of violence was an automatic way to get you're comment featured.
    Only if the violence in justified. You have so much to learn, little one.
  • The Corrector (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    boog (evil twin):
    I just thought the combination of username=boog and the threat of violence was an automatic way to get you're comment featured.
    Only if the violence in justified. You have so much to learn, little one.
    FTFY
  • Ewan Marshall (unregistered) in reply to me

    UK floor numbering usually has a G for ground....

  • Andrew Queisser (unregistered) in reply to me
    me:
    The lift isn't a WTF - the buttons use the UK floor numbering, and the labels use the US floor numbering system. It uses both standards to keep everyone happy :)

    Germany also uses 1 for what's called the second floor in the US. Took me years to get used to. If the UK is like Germany, where did the US get their incorrect numbering scheme? Or did the UK switch sometime after the founding of the US?

  • (cs) in reply to Andrew Queisser
    Andrew Queisser:
    me:
    The lift isn't a WTF - the buttons use the UK floor numbering, and the labels use the US floor numbering system. It uses both standards to keep everyone happy :)

    Germany also uses 1 for what's called the second floor in the US. Took me years to get used to. If the UK is like Germany, where did the US get their incorrect numbering scheme? Or did the UK switch sometime after the founding of the US?

    No, the UK has always been that way. Back in 1776, William Penn, along with the support of the Continental Congress proposed an alternate numbering system for elevators, in order to "stick it up the monarchy's arse" after declaring independence. In fact, the next act of rebellion was to start using the word "ass" for "arse". Additionally, automobiles, known in those times as "oxless cariages", were first driven on the right side of the road to show the King that his arbitrary rules were worthless in the newly born US.

  • Bert Glanstron (unregistered) in reply to frits
    frits:
    Andrew Queisser:
    me:
    The lift isn't a WTF - the buttons use the UK floor numbering, and the labels use the US floor numbering system. It uses both standards to keep everyone happy :)

    Germany also uses 1 for what's called the second floor in the US. Took me years to get used to. If the UK is like Germany, where did the US get their incorrect numbering scheme? Or did the UK switch sometime after the founding of the US?

    No, the UK has always been that way. Back in 1776, William Penn, along with the support of the Continental Congress proposed an alternate numbering system for elevators, in order to "stick it up the monarchy's arse" after declaring independence. In fact, the next act of rebellion was to start using the word "ass" for "arse". Additionally, automobiles, known in those times as "oxless cariages", were first driven on the right side of the road to show the King that his arbitrary rules were worthless in the newly born US.

    You are an idiot and should be banned from using your mommy and daddy's modem.
  • jb (unregistered) in reply to Andrew Queisser
    Andrew Queisser:
    where did the US get their incorrect numbering scheme? Or did the UK switch sometime after the founding of the US?

    I can't find how the US scheme came to be different from the UK scheme, but wikipedia says that the UK convention

    "can be traced back to Medieval European usage. In countries that use this system, the floor at ground level is usually referred to by a special name."

    I don't find this particularly enlightening, though, as the first floor in the US can also be referred to as the Ground Floor. It's just a matter that the floor above it is the 2nd floor instead of the 1st.

    It's UK-centric to call the US convention "incorrect". I find the US way more natural, as it's more strictly numeric than the UK convention.

  • MRAB (unregistered) in reply to jb
    jb:
    Andrew Queisser:
    where did the US get their incorrect numbering scheme? Or did the UK switch sometime after the founding of the US?

    I can't find how the US scheme came to be different from the UK scheme, but wikipedia says that the UK convention

    "can be traced back to Medieval European usage. In countries that use this system, the floor at ground level is usually referred to by a special name."

    I don't find this particularly enlightening, though, as the first floor in the US can also be referred to as the Ground Floor. It's just a matter that the floor above it is the 2nd floor instead of the 1st.

    It's UK-centric to call the US convention "incorrect". I find the US way more natural, as it's more strictly numeric than the UK convention.

    As a programmer, I would disagree. The ground floor is floor 0, positive floors numbers are above, and negative floors numbers are below. :-)

  • An Architect (unregistered) in reply to MRAB
    MRAB:
    jb:
    Andrew Queisser:
    where did the US get their incorrect numbering scheme? Or did the UK switch sometime after the founding of the US?

    I can't find how the US scheme came to be different from the UK scheme, but wikipedia says that the UK convention

    "can be traced back to Medieval European usage. In countries that use this system, the floor at ground level is usually referred to by a special name."

    I don't find this particularly enlightening, though, as the first floor in the US can also be referred to as the Ground Floor. It's just a matter that the floor above it is the 2nd floor instead of the 1st.

    It's UK-centric to call the US convention "incorrect". I find the US way more natural, as it's more strictly numeric than the UK convention.

    As a programmer, I would disagree. The ground floor is floor 0, positive floors numbers are above, and negative floors numbers are below. :-)

    This is why we don't let lowly programmers make architectual decisions. :P

  • Peter (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog (unregistered):
    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van
    Is "strangled the penguin" some sort of euphemism?
  • (cs) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    boog (unregistered):
    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van
    Is "strangled the penguin" some sort of euphemism?
    Yes. Every possible phrase constructed like "(verb) [the/a/my/your] (noun)" is a euphemism for masturbation.
  • capio (unregistered)
    Joe writes, "they must provide great landscaping!"
    Or maybe they simply get excited very easily.

    TRWTF is that someone feels the need to take acrylic baths.

  • (cs) in reply to Buffalo
    Buffalo:
    Peter:
    boog (unregistered):
    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van
    Is "strangled the penguin" some sort of euphemism?
    Yes. Every possible phrase constructed like "(verb) [the/a/my/your] (noun)" is a euphemism for masturbation.

    I spend way too much time refinishing the longshoreman.

  • Joshua (unregistered)

    Since nobody else realized, the ruler on the bag compensates for the uneven shape the bag will have with a sub inside it.

  • gsn (unregistered) in reply to airdrik
    airdrik:
    So if I want to go to the 3rd floor, do I push the button with the 2 on it which says 3 next to it, or do I hit the button with the 3 which says 4 next to it (or do I just hit all of the buttons, and get off at each floor to check if that is the floor that I want)? Yes the US and UK use two different floor numbering systems, but to include both within a single building is a WTF.

    One should hope that they use something sensible for the room numbering like the standard: floor number = floor(room number / 100). I suppose one could say that having the two numbers is a simplification: floor number button <= room number / 100 < floor number label. So to get to room number 312, you would hit button 3 which has the 4 next to it because 3 <= 312/100 < 4 (unless the room numbers are based on the US floor number, not the UK floor number, or some other wacky scheme, in which case you have no hope of finding the correct floor)

    I think I'll take the stairs.
  • Randy Snicker (unregistered) in reply to Someone You Know
    Someone You Know:
    Buffalo:
    Peter:
    boog (unregistered):
    I'm pretty sure I would have strangled the penguin before they got the whole phrase painted on the side of the van
    Is "strangled the penguin" some sort of euphemism?
    Yes. Every possible phrase constructed like "(verb) [the/a/my/your] (noun)" is a euphemism for masturbation.

    I spend way too much time refinishing the longshoreman.

    For lesser time cunsumption, I'd suggest two things:

    1. Polish only once per timeframe.
    2. Employ wharfies instead of longshoremen.

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