• (cs) in reply to hikari
    hikari:
    mabinogi:
    Shinobu:
    TRWTF™ is the custom dialog box and button from Oracle.
    That's Java. and it is a WTF, not because it's Java, but because Oracle insist on using Java 1.1 for most of their tools.

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Except of course half of their tools are broken, including the Java based installer, from what I've noticed.

    Really? I didn't know that. My shop is using a tool based on Java 1.3 (which forces me to develop to the same JDK level for related apps), and I'm doing everything I can to rip it out.

    Maybe that's why Oracle bought Sun. They didn't know they got JDK upgrades for free :)

  • Euclid (unregistered) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    Mike:
    On a map on the other hand, if the map is large enough, a straight line is NOT a straight line because the map is flat and the earth is round.
    That depends on the projection used to make the map. With the stereographic projection, great circle routes are straight lines.

    Exactly!! Think EEP.
    A piece of paper (or similar) is not the only plane.

    Even if you walk in a straight line along the earth's surface you are not walking in a straight line (according to many of you).

    Please define a straight line for me, and then explain why we do not use (quite) your definition in real world applications in engineering and physics (which assume {albeit on the small scale} that many such lines are straight).

  • Straight Lines (unregistered) in reply to Euclid
    Euclid:
    Even if you walk in a straight line along the earth's surface you are not walking in a straight line (according to many of you).

    ...You can if you turn off clipping.

  • (cs) in reply to Sec Ces
    Sec Ces:
    what could I have done wrong?
    The clue is right there in the dialog box: "files to Oracle Support"... sounds like you attempted to run something made by Oracle.
    Note: 741643.1 Companion CD 10.2.0.1 fails to install on top of a 10.2.0.4 Oracle Home with exception OiixFileOps.getExplicitLibPerms()Ljava/lang/String;

    Oracle has taken Java crappyness to an art form in their guis. And remember, they now OWN Java.

  • (cs)

    That Danny Hillis quote needs to be updated now that computers in doorknobs are to be expected.

    "There was a computer in every battery charger."

  • Mike5 (unregistered) in reply to Josh

    Now, if only you could convince them to add those miles to your frequent flyer account.

    Mike5

  • (cs) in reply to Jonesy the Perv
    Jonesy the Perv:
    Flatline:
    I don't get the Crystal Tech one. 'SMUT' seems pretty close to 'SMTP'. If the dictionary used didn't include acronyms like SMTP then smut probably WOULD be the closest real word it would find.

    May not quite be a WTF, but amusing nonetheless...

    Perhaps they realise how many people do search for smut (although I'm not sure entering smut would get such good results....)

    Smut [image]

  • (cs)

    I'm glad I've never been on a nine day flight.

  • Kasper (unregistered)

    The battery charger picture reminds me of this one I saw a few years back: http://kasperd.net/pictures/LCD_tv.png (The text is in Danish, but I think you'll be able to get the point anyway).

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