• two guys (unregistered) in reply to null reference
    null reference:
    Tim Hortons FTW! Why don't they exist in Ohio??

    looks like they are all over Dayton and Columbus...

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=tim+horton&sll=39.909736,-82.913818&sspn=3.556077,7.13562&ie=UTF8&split=1&rq=1&ev=zo&hq=tim+horton&hnear=&ll=39.909736,-82.913818&spn=3.556077,7.13562&t=h&z=8

    CAPTCHA => similis = when pronouns are so similar, they are identical.

  • Anomynous Coward (unregistered)

    This punchline brought to you in association with...

  • LenL (unregistered) in reply to robb
    robb:
    The real WTF is naming a man Jody.
    Jody Powell.

    Captcha: dignissim ... what about Reddit?

  • (cs) in reply to frits
    frits:
    DD:
    Too bad Tim Hortons is terrible coffee.

    Then it would do quite well here in America.

    Is this just a habit of non-Americans? "Americans make terrible <product>", where the impression of <product> is based on the worst, cheapest straw-man available.

  • Aris (unregistered)

    If that had happened to me, I'd have given my company's fax number just to tell we were going to "install" it and proceed to the fix as they did. A fax of a CD would be a nice souvenir to scratch on the wall, to remember that nice discussion :)

  • XioPod (unregistered) in reply to null reference
    null reference:
    Tim Hortons FTW! Why don't they exist in Ohio??

    They do.. There's one a block from my house

    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Tim%20Hortons%20columbus%20ohio&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

  • (cs) in reply to !coffee
    !coffee:
    As a Canadian, I have to say TRWTF is Tim Horton's "coffee". Nasty, nasty stuff.
    I've never had it, but I can probably explain the wildly varied opinion of their coffee based on my experience with Dunkin' Donuts'. It's the water. You can brew the same coffee at home with spring water or clean, soft well water and get far better results than a DD that doesn't bother to filter their disgusting city water.
  • BlueCollarAstronaut (unregistered)

    I tried to call the number to an FTP site my boss gave me the other day, but I've been on hold this whole time.

    I thought the hold music was really strange at first, but it's starting to become kind of catchy.

  • (cs)

    We don't have Tim Hortons donuts in Maryland. Could you fax a dozen to me? (If they don't have jelly, don't even bother.)

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to robb
    robb:
    The real WTF is naming a man Jody.

    But they explained that in the story. They said this happenned in Canada. There are no actual men in Canada anymore.

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Think yourselves lucky you're not tea drinkers - you can't get a good cup of tea anywhere except in your own home. And yes I'm British, shut up already.

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to DCRoss
    DCRoss:
    To our non-Canuck friends, "You've always got time for Tim Horton's" is their current marketing slogan.
    Don't forget people who live in former parts of the USA which have already been annexed by Canadia. I have been seeing Canadian military bases disguised as Tim Horton's all over the New York Throughway for years.

    If only they'd make it official. I move that we cede Massachusetts and California as well.

  • BlueCollarAstronaut (unregistered) in reply to Bub
    Bub:
    Base64 encode the update, fax it, scan the fax at the other end, OCR it, Base64 decode it, apply it. Job done.

    It's secure, gives immediate confirmation of receipt, and uses multiple layers of error-correction as well as providing a hardcopy for backup.

    Gotta see the bigger picture, folks.

    Have you seen this?

    http://www.ollydbg.de/Paperbak/index.html

    "PaperBack is a free application that allows you to back up your precious files on the ordinary paper in the form of the oversized bitmaps. If you have a good laser printer with the 600 dpi resolution, you can save up to 500,000 bytes of uncompressed data on the single A4/Letter sheet. Integrated packer allows for much better data density - up to 3,000,000+ (three megabytes) of C code per page."

    captcha : Tim Hortons

  • jesus_christ_you_people (unregistered) in reply to Anon

    What I don't understand is why the boss didn't just try increasing the file handles before calling the vendor first? :/ I mean it's not like it's a majorly sensitive operation.

  • (cs) in reply to BlueCollarAstronaut

    [quote user="BlueCollarAstronaut"][quote user="Bub"]Base64 encode the update, fax it, scan th "PaperBack is a free application that allows you to back up your precious files on the ordinary paper in the form of the oversized bitmaps. If you have a good laser printer with the 600 dpi resolution, you can save up to 500,000 bytes of uncompressed data on the single A4/Letter sheet. Integrated packer allows for much better data density - up to 3,000,000+ (three megabytes) of C code per page." [/quote]

    For long-term archival storage, paper kills any digital format out there. Depending on the kind of paper and the conditions in which its stored, it can easily last thousands of years. Nothing optical or magnetic comes anywhere near it.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    Think yourselves lucky you're not tea drinkers - you can't get a good cup of tea anywhere except in your own home. And yes I'm British, shut up already.

    I hear that brother!

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to two guys
    two guys:
    null reference:
    Tim Hortons FTW! Why don't they exist in Ohio??

    looks like they are all over Dayton and Columbus...

    At some point Wendy's (based in Columbus) and Tim Hortons were under the same ownership. That probably explains the number of Tim Hortons around Columbus.

  • NorgTheFat (unregistered)

    As a loyal Canadian I agree that Tim Horton's coffee is not so good...it's a lot like pencil shavings.

    Their Iced Caps are not bad though...although they have really gone down hill in recent years...

  • (cs) in reply to operagost
    operagost:
    frits:
    DD:
    Too bad Tim Hortons is terrible coffee.

    Then it would do quite well here in America.

    Is this just a habit of non-Americans? "Americans make terrible <product>", where the impression of <product> is based on the worst, cheapest straw-man available.

    Do you point out perceived logical fallacies in real conversations? I bet your a real hit at parties.

    Speaking as an American, Americans seem willing to pay top dollar for burnt-tasting, shit coffee. Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts come to mind.

  • re:me (unregistered) in reply to null reference
    null reference:
    Tim Hortons FTW! Why don't they exist in Ohio??

    Sadly, they do. At least in the northern part of the state.

  • Andrew (unregistered)
    IT group didn't like to see was a long list. High up on that list was "thirty-five contract developers sitting idle around a box of Tim Hortons donuts and racking up billable hours because they couldn't do any development with the DEV database out of commission"
    Wow. Where I work it is "thirty-five contract developers sitting idle around a box of Tim Hortons donuts and racking up billable hours because it takes three weeks to get a new contractor a password so they can log in."
  • (cs) in reply to robb
    robb:
    The real WTF is naming a man Jody.

    If you had ever been in the US Military, you would know that Jody is the dude back home doing your girl.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_cadence#.22Jody_calls.22

  • AnOldRelic (unregistered) in reply to LenL

    [quote user="LenL"][quote user="DD"]And, some day, you may actually be able to get coffee in McD -- but probably not in my lifetime.[/quote] Missing the /sarcasm? Or were you serious? I've got a coupon right in front of me for $1.00 off any Medium Hot coffee.

  • AnOldRelic (unregistered) in reply to AnOldRelic

    Gah, quote failure. My apologies guys.

  • (cs) in reply to frits
    frits:
    Speaking as an American, Americans seem willing to pay top dollar for burnt-tasting, shit coffee. Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts come to mind.

    If find Dunkies usually isn't bad coffee. Better than Starbucks, anyway. The real issue is that chain coffee focuses on providing a consistent experience instead of providing a good experience. If you over-roast your coffee, you're going to guarantee that every batch tastes the same, since the burnt taste dominates the natural variation in the beans.

    Realistically, though, there's not much that can be done about mediocre chain coffee. There's a whole supply chain issue with it, from the roast to the grind to the brew. So you dress it up with a little cream and sugar. Being a bitchy coffee snob seems to be a symptom of not having enough caffeine in one's system.

    //At home, I'm a coffee snob //At work, I pay $5/mo. for all-you-can-drink Starbucks //When it's essentially free, all coffee is good.

  • (cs) in reply to Jay
    Jay:
    DCRoss:
    To our non-Canuck friends, "You've always got time for Tim Horton's" is their current marketing slogan.
    Don't forget people who live in former parts of the USA which have already been annexed by Canadia. I have been seeing Canadian military bases disguised as Tim Horton's all over the New York Throughway for years.

    If only they'd make it official. I move that we cede Massachusetts and California as well.

    Can't cede California yet; not enough Tim Hortons presence there. In fact there are no Tim Hortons in the US (and I've been waiting my whole life to legitimately use this phrase) west of the Missisippi.

  • Jaybles (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    null reference:
    Tim Hortons FTW! Why don't they exist in Ohio??

    They do exist in Ohio. There's one off of I-71 a little bit south of Columbus IIRC. I've also seen one in Marietta in SW Ohio.

    Yep. There are more than a few in the Dayton area, too. Silly uninformed Ohio-haters.

  • David (unregistered) in reply to jesus_christ_you_people
    jesus_christ_you_people:
    What I don't understand is why the boss didn't just try increasing the file handles *before* calling the vendor first? :/ I mean it's not like it's a majorly sensitive operation.
    Because if the boss follows the worker's instructions, the power relationship gets subverted and next thing you know people will be turning socialist and we'll all starve to death.

    No, every boss knows you have to insert some leadership into any scenario, to prove your value.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to AnOldRelic

    [quote user="AnOldRelic"][quote user="LenL"][quote user="DD"]And, some day, you may actually be able to get coffee in McD -- but probably not in my lifetime.[/quote] Missing the /sarcasm? Or were you serious? I've got a coupon right in front of me for $1.00 off any Medium Hot coffee.[/quote]

    I'd guess your sarcasm detector is on the fritz.

  • bramster (unregistered) in reply to merpius
    merpius:
    Jay:
    DCRoss:
    To our non-Canuck friends, "You've always got time for Tim Horton's" is their current marketing slogan.
    Don't forget people who live in former parts of the USA which have already been annexed by Canadia. I have been seeing Canadian military bases disguised as Tim Horton's all over the New York Throughway for years.

    If only they'd make it official. I move that we cede Massachusetts and California as well.

    Can't cede California yet; not enough Tim Hortons presence there. In fact there are no Tim Hortons in the US (and I've been waiting my whole life to legitimately use this phrase) west of the Missisippi.

    I've seen Tim Hortons Coffee in Ireland. The sign said "A taste so big it could only come from Canada"

    The sign was in front of a depanneur store which was on the ground floor of the B&B I stayed at in Sligo, Ireland, 2007.

  • Fred (unregistered) in reply to Andrew
    Andrew:
    Where I work it is "thirty-five contract developers sitting idle around a box of Tim Hortons donuts and racking up billable hours because it takes three weeks to get a new contractor a password so they can log in."
    Yeah, me too. But while they are waiting for a computer, we give them manuals and product documentation to read. This helps put them quickly to sleep, which is a good thing, because they won't be sleeping ever again, once we do get their logins working.
  • AnOldRelic (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    AnOldRelic:
    LenL:
    And, some day, you may actually be able to get coffee in McD -- but probably not in my lifetime.
    Missing the /sarcasm? Or were you serious? I've got a coupon right in front of me for $1.00 off any Medium Hot coffee.

    I'd guess your sarcasm detector is on the fritz.

    As is my quoting, which threw off your quoting.

    Can you fax a sarcasm detector fix as well as a quote fix to my FTP site?

  • (cs) in reply to null reference

    ? they do, one a block from my house.

  • Jo Diggs (unregistered)

    Fascinating indeed! I had no idea dude.

    Lou www.fbi-logs.hk.tc

  • (cs)
    The list of things the Canadian government's IT group didn't like to see was a long list.

    Good to know that the list was a list.

  • (cs) in reply to Zylon
    Zylon:
    The list of things the Canadian government's IT group didn't like to see was a long list.

    Good to know that the list was a list.

    Yo, dawg, I herd you like lists, so...

    {is pulled out back by the Editor's Pool, and beaten into submission with a stale doughnut}

  • asdf (unregistered) in reply to null reference
    null reference:
    Tim Hortons FTW! Why don't they exist in Ohio??

    Well, they exist in the cornucopia of high society that is the greater Dayton region...

  • Sean (unregistered)

    Periods ALWAYS go inside quotation marks. Keep up the non-period-inside-quotation-marks good work. :)

  • NoName (unregistered) in reply to null reference
    null reference:
    Tim Hortons FTW! Why don't they exist in Ohio??

    Tim Hortons is all over columbus... it's one of the few things I miss about OH.

  • btard (unregistered) in reply to Zylon

    long list is long lol

  • (cs) in reply to Sean

    I disagree. If what's quoted is, itself, a sentence, then yes- the period is inside the quotation marks and a second period (to end the quoting sentence) is not required.

    If English Grammar made sense, you would see things like this: He said, "I will go outside.".

    English Grammar is wrong, because it assumes the terminal period, and even worse- treats the terminal period as incorrect. Making it optional is a convenient bit of syntactic sugar, but it's way too much to make it forbidden.

  • Fred (unregistered) in reply to Sean
    Sean:
    Periods ALWAYS go inside quotation marks. Keep up the non-period-inside-quotation-marks good work. :)
    Compare: "Periods ALWAYS go inside." said Sean. vs: "Periods ALWAYS go inside" said Sean.

    In the first example I am claiming you ended your sentence after four words. The second example is an accurate (if incomplete) quote.

    My CAPTCHA -- vindico -- proves I'm right!

  • MadX (unregistered) in reply to two guys
    two guys:
    he agreed with him and decided the article having too many pronouns is the real WTF.

    hehehehehehehehehehehehehe

  • Canadian (unregistered)

    Doughnuts is the correct spelling if you are Canadian. Eh.

  • Nice Troll (unregistered) in reply to Sean
    Sean:
    Periods ALWAYS go inside quotation marks. Keep up the non-period-inside-quotation-marks good work. :)
    Or, the equivalent in Perl:

    print "Hello World!\n"; # only quote what you want printed vs. print "Hello World!\n;" # syntax error

  • Heel (unregistered)

    He thought he said he said to him to him too many times many times too.

  • Anonymously Yours (unregistered) in reply to operagost
    operagost:
    frits:
    DD:
    Too bad Tim Hortons is terrible coffee.
    Then it would do quite well here in America.
    Is this just a habit of non-Americans? "Americans make terrible <product>", where the impression of <product> is based on the worst, cheapest straw-man available.
    I agree, this is terribly unfair. We Americans pay the Chinese to make terrible <product> for us. Stupid foreigners with their ignorance of other countries!

    As for the whoring thedailywtf out to Tim Hortons... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEjnUkbB-Y

  • Herve (unregistered)

    It's been a long time since a dailyWTF has been that funny, I love it.

  • eric76 (unregistered) in reply to ircmaxell
    ircmaxell:
    Ocson:
    I would have let them fax it, just to see what they fax.
    My Guesses:
    1. A photocopy of the CD (Bonus points if it's a copy of both sides).
    2. The source code
    3. The binary in raw format
    4. The binary in base64
    5. The order form
    6. A stencil with instructions on how to cut it out, put it over the platters of the HDD, and use a magnet to flip individual bits...
    Or maybe the upgrade consisted of instructions on how to increase the number of file handles.
  • BillyTheSquid (unregistered)

    Some Tim Horton's information: It's Canadian in origin, started here in Hamilton, ON. Fascinating city - you can actually get directions based on how many streets past tim hortons

    15 years back, Tim Hortons was merged into the Wendy's corporation. Thanks to that little junction, Tim Horton's started having an American presence.

    Interesting wikipedia entry: Timmie's holds 62% of canadian coffee market. STarbucks is second place at 7%. That's a bit of a difference.

    Yes, I drink it. Often. Now. But I've been drinking it since I was 3 (no, would finish off my family's cups). Other coffee places don't do it for me, this is my drug. Welcome, come and have a cup!

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