• (cs)

    Verified by frist!

  • Ocson (unregistered)

    Of course Verified by Fail will be new phrase used when a typo comes up in a WTF.

  • a programmer (unregistered)

    or what i will put in for the first 3 times attempting to enter a comment

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Unverified by Visa

    Thanks Akismet, stand down now.

  • (cs) in reply to Ocson
    Ocson:
    Of course, "Verified by Fail" will be new phrase used when a typo comes up in a WTF.
    Verified by Fail.
  • (cs)

    Don't be such a whiner... that Pay Station looks totally legit.

  • Bram Smulders (unregistered)

    You will not be able to read this text until the comment has not been written.

  • Anthony (unregistered)
    "At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"

    That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...

  • Brad (unregistered)

    Circular Structure - Isn't the trash usually a "Circular Structure"? Maybe this isn't really a fail...

  • Anon (unregistered)

    Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more. It's passive aggressive marketing.

  • Bram Smulders (unregistered) in reply to Brad
    Brad:
    Circular Structure - Isn't the trash usually a "Circular Structure"? Maybe this isn't really a fail...

    Mine is more like a cubicle structure. But I have to admit it doesn't look as appealing as the average Apple product.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Anthony
    Anthony:
    "At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"

    That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...

    That's just silly. Clearly you should enter "everything I say is a lie".

  • mc (unregistered) in reply to Brad
    Brad:
    Circular Structure - Isn't the trash usually a "Circular Structure"? Maybe this isn't really a fail...

    Drums are also often circular structures...maybe Apple is just a big fan of Stomp.

  • Scott M (unregistered)

    That crested gecko looks just like mine.

  • @Deprecated (unregistered) in reply to Anthony
    Anthony:
    "At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"

    That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...

    He should have tried entering 'i' or maybe 'j' if he is an engineer...

  • (cs)

    Is it me or does the first one seem like a very lame XSS vulnerability, where the user used this XSS to display the javascript error message and captured it for here? Doesn't look real to me. And the "" at the end of the textbox is usually a good indication of a XSS. And so is more html displayed as text after that.

  • (cs)

    Circular Structure - Maybe your drumming sucks and Apple was trying to save your neighbors' sanity...

  • (cs) in reply to Evo
    Evo:
    Is it me or does the first one seem like a very lame XSS vulnerability, where the user used this XSS to display the javascript error message and captured it for here? Doesn't look real to me. And the "\" at the end of the textbox is usually a good indication of a XSS. And so is more html displayed as text after that.
    Truly 'twas my first impression too. Ah well, so much for TDWTF being mostly accurate ;)
  • Pixel Slinger (unregistered)

    Most of my life seems to be verified by fail.

  • Harry Sintonen (unregistered)

    "Look mom, I'm on the daily wtf!"

    XSS are usually quite boring from security researcher's point of view, but for this one I found pretty good punchline...

    Here's the original picture btw: http://sintonen.fi/pics/verified_by_fail.png

    PS. The spam filter here is frigging annoying.

  • threecheese (unregistered)

    WOW, that Chinese Hacker text is sent by a virus via Windows Messenger, which is disabled in XP SP2. So, 1) this atm runs pre-firewall and horribly unpatched XP, and 2) one of the PCs in the bank's network is infected with a virus from 2002. GREEEAT.

    http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99518.htm

    captcha: jugis (big jugis!)

  • Neville Flynn (unregistered)

    Is that a salmiakki order form?

  • Mike W (unregistered)

    "If you do not hear this message please call the office immediately!" - Eve Arden, high school PA in the movie "Grease".

    There just HAS to be something even older!

  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more. It's passive aggressive marketing.
    Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?
  • (cs)

    Of course there is another number between 1 and 1 that he is forgetting: 1i. (0 + 1i).

  • Keloran (unregistered)

    wouldnt a $10/month discount, on 0$

    mean he would be paying -10$ (aka they would pay him 10$ a month not to leave) ??

  • Peter (unregistered) in reply to Keloran
    Keloran:
    wouldnt a $10/month discount, on 0$ mean he would be paying -10$ (aka they would pay him 10$ a month not to leave) ??
    Which why the picture is captioned: "I cancelled my free trial," notes Frederick Ding, "but I'd love to be paid $10/month for using 0 MB."
  • Dr.Evil (unregistered) in reply to Quirkafleeg
    Quirkafleeg:
    Anon:
    Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more. It's passive aggressive marketing.
    Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?

    I didn't get where I am today by keeping the price low all the time!

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Quirkafleeg
    Quirkafleeg:
    Anon:
    Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more. It's passive aggressive marketing.
    Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?

    Wow! That's going back a bit:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin

  • mypalmike (unregistered)

    Despite the WTF here, Dreamhost is still an excellent cheap hosting provider.

  • (cs) in reply to Dr.Evil
    Dr.Evil:
    Quirkafleeg:
    Anon:
    Wow! A 25% price increase. Serves me right for not buying it earlier. I better snap it up now before the price goes up more. It's passive aggressive marketing.
    Is that shop, perchance, named Grot?

    I didn't get where I am today by keeping the price low all the time!

    Super!

  • SR (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Wow! That's going back a bit:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin

    Going back a lot but worth the journey!

    Great! Super!

  • Nick S. W. (unregistered) in reply to @Deprecated
    @Deprecated:
    Anthony:
    "At first I thought this was just another way to ask me to enter 1," Nick S. W. noted, "but then it popped up when I entered 1. Is there another integer I'm forgetting about?"

    That's simple. It's asking for n such that 1 < n < 1... You should try entering 1/0 and watching it explode...

    He should have tried entering 'i' or maybe 'j' if he is an engineer...

    Heh, actually I was not prompted to enter anything at all in the first place which was another WTF itself.

  • (cs) in reply to mypalmike
    mypalmike:
    Despite the WTF here, Dreamhost is still an excellent cheap hosting provider.

    I'm very happy with them. I like that they have a sense of humour about things. For example, their email newsletters are consistently named (month-1). So their February newsletter is due out any day now because it's the first week of March.

    (I wouldn't be surprised if that was born out of a mistaken late newsletter one month, followed by a "hey, uh, we meant to do that! Yeah!" and they've just kept it up ever since.)

  • (cs)
    Please enter an integer between 1 and l
    It is asking for an integer between 1 and lower case L. Obviously, they are using the base 17 system.
  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    The price on that remote controlled train made me think of something I found funny at the local Harbor Freight store yesterday. They have an air compressor that is regular price $397.99. It's "on sale" for $399.99.

  • Matt (unregistered) in reply to Grimoire

    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.

    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
    Circular comment! Please report to Apple how you did this.
  • EatenByAGrue (unregistered) in reply to Airhead
    Airhead:
    Verified by frist!

    Frist is a doctor, not a validator!

  • Someone like Kevin (unregistered) in reply to Bram Smulders
    Bram Smulders:
    You will not be able to read this text until the comment has not been written.
    I figured you didn't write that.
  • NatoCrisis (unregistered)

    The Telus add is actually supposed to be 'Unknown' - its not a mistake

  • (cs)

    Enter an integer between 1 and 1: "1an integer1" - there, how hard was it?

  • (cs)

    The future is friendly. Telus is decidedly not.

  • CT (unregistered)

    I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing ?

  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered) in reply to CT
    CT:
    I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing ?
    I expect so.
  • (cs) in reply to davedavenotdavemaybedave
    davedavenotdavemaybedave:
    Enter an integer between 1 and 1: "1an integer1" - there, how hard was it?

    I think they want something more to the effect of 151 (the integer is 5)

    TRWTF for the fail one is that that popup is the only part of the application that is in English. What is an English popup doing on a Spanish (or whatever language) page?

    EDIT: sorry, the leftover HTML and the "verified by Visa" bit are also in English, but the point stands; why is the error message in English on a non-English site?

    CAPTCHA: Steven Harper's favorite food: prorogue-eeze.

  • (cs) in reply to Quirkafleeg
    Quirkafleeg:
    CT:
    I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing ?
    I expect so.
    I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?
  • Quirkafleeg (unregistered) in reply to frits
    frits:
    Quirkafleeg:
    CT:
    I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing?
    I expect so.
    I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?
    Yes, probably.
  • (cs) in reply to Quirkafleeg
    Quirkafleeg:
    frits:
    Quirkafleeg:
    CT:
    I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing?
    I expect so.
    I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?
    Yes, probably.

    I have to admit, I'm a bit baffled as well. Obviously there must be some context I'm missing, because the word 'unknown' isn't a wtf on its own. The picture's been so tightly cropped that it's meaningless. I can only assume that must have been the sum total of the information available, because otherwise there's nothing to see here, but if I have to infer the context that would make a picture funny from the fact that the picture was in a list of funny pictures, then, well, WTF?!

  • (cs) in reply to Quirkafleeg
    Quirkafleeg:
    frits:
    Quirkafleeg:
    CT:
    I don't get the lizard one. Can someone explain to me what I'm missing?
    I expect so.
    I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you please explain?
    Yes, probably.
    Probably?

    Excuse my ignorance, but that word is unknown to me. Thanks for your friendly responses. I hope you keep that attitude.

  • lesle (unregistered)

    Paraphrastically, they're asking $49.99, it's worth $32, I'll offer them $24.

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