- Feature Articles
- CodeSOD
- Error'd
- Forums
-
Other Articles
- Random Article
- Other Series
- Alex's Soapbox
- Announcements
- Best of…
- Best of Email
- Best of the Sidebar
- Bring Your Own Code
- Coded Smorgasbord
- Mandatory Fun Day
- Off Topic
- Representative Line
- News Roundup
- Editor's Soapbox
- Software on the Rocks
- Souvenir Potpourri
- Sponsor Post
- Tales from the Interview
- The Daily WTF: Live
- Virtudyne
Admin
This is the first comment
This is not the first comment
Admin
This comment will be displayed. On the other hand this comment will not be displayed.
Would you like some pie?
Yes / No?
Admin
and:
Click here to view this comment
Admin
Empty comment
Admin
@Xanthus179
You mean meaningless comment?
Admin
Click here for witty and informative comment.
Admin
View larger comment
Admin
Generic Empty Comment (PROTOTYPE--Remember to change comment subject) Emptying text from this comment will permanently erase the comment from the database.
This comment will be emptied: "$FriendlyName$"
This comment will NOT be emptied: "$FriendlyName$"
Expand Larger Comment...
Admin
Winner!
I actually went to click on it and was disappointed.
Admin
Will this comment will be more efficient if I partition it, putting swap on its own volume? And do the four whole fried chickens and the Coke each need a separate volume?
Admin
Empty Case II was a huge disappointment. I think the producers were just trying to cash in on the success of the first Empty Case.
Admin
$Friendly Comment$
Admin
ok so we have gone above and beyond trhe print it out and place it on a wooden table; now we print it out on a wooden table.
Admin
First, the volume will be erased.
Then, it will NOT be erased a second time.
So, for those of you who bought the FBI secret disk decoder ring, you can still read the data.
Admin
Comment(s) successfully added A comment was successfully added.
Admin
Nice that they're on a wooden table.
But where do you get a printer that can print on wooden tiles?
Admin
I'd argue that Empty Case was not a WTF, it's good planning. redbox requires cases for returning rented movies, and late movies have a substantial late fee. If you lost the original case (or your dog ate it, or your child somehow cut it ino small sqares using only safety scissors), without a method of getting a replacement case, you're SOL.
Admin
You know, I saw Empty Case I and II. The sequel sucked, because they just reused all the same jokes from the first one.
Admin
Ahhh there is nothing quite like the delicious irony of the wooden link printed on the wood(en) chip photographed on the wooden table to start my day.
Thanks!
Admin
Admin
Empty Case isn't really a WTF. redbox will sell you an empty case if you broke / forgot / etc. yours since you can't return a DVD to the machine without one.....
Admin
I might develop a game called "Empty Case" just to sue them :)
Admin
Admin
Admin
I thought the late fees were the same as the rental fee, i.e. $1 / night. Or maybe I'm thinking of a different kiosk-based DVD rental system. I remember seeing one in a Wal-Mart where it was $1 / day and if you didn't return it after a month you got to keep it. So, you can rent for $1 or buy it for $30, which is a bit of a WTF itself.
Admin
In fact, if you look here:
http://www.redbox.com/home.aspx
You'll see right on the home page:
So, late fees are substantial!
Admin
I think they can sue you...
Admin
More from Redbox's website:
So, not a WTF - just odd that "empty case" is listed within all the other movies rather than somewhere separate.
Admin
Admin
So "No Late Fees" becomes $25 + tax after 25 days?
Reminds me of the cellular "Unlimited Data" plans that cap at 5 gig. Who needs more than 5 gig, right? Or 640k of memory?
Admin
Saving space for it is fine, but displaying it for everyone to see AND making it available for rent is a WTF!
I got all the way to the checkout screen.
Admin
Admin
Yes please, Banana cream if you have any.
I didn't click and wasn't disapointed.
Admin
Most unfair of you. Surely the wooden links are the handling, not the business, end of cards for Babbage's Analytic Engine. Which, face it gang, had the first on-line store.
Admin
Admin
Wouldn't the vending machine be the meta-case?
Admin
I'm not startled by a WTF in computer code. Being so complex yet easy to change makes for a low barrier and high attempt frequency for that reaction. But how does "View Larger Sample" get printed on real objects from a successful manufacturer?
My guess is that these wood samples stand in a display where only the top three inches of each panel are exposed. The note makes it clear that you can pull the sample out to see more of the surface and the hole is for gripping (rather than hanging).
Admin
I didn't click and was disappointed. (And then I clicked to get a bit of relief from my disappointment).
Admin
No - they are doing you a favor. $1/day is $25 for 25 days. They are cutting your losses at that point by assuming you lost it instead of continuing to charge you $1/day in perpetiuty.
Admin
Oh, I have to hurry, there's only one alternative left in our little two-bit game:
[I]I didn't click and was disappointed![/B]
Admin
Sorry!
I didn't click and was disappointed!
Admin
Oh, too late anyway. Now I'm disappointed! sniff
Admin
Surprised nobody commented on the name of the DVD drive on the Mac screenshot. MATSHITA - DVD-R
I would imagine Mat isn't feeling well right about now...
Admin
Exactly, it's a lousy way to buy DVDs, but it's actually quite reasonable if you lose a DVD. Try and see what Blockbuster will charge you if you lose one of their DVDs.
Admin
Reminds me of that print catalog I receive with all the Add To Cart buttons printed underneath the products.
Admin
I did click on it... three times... oh dear...
Admin
Is the disk partitioned? Is the disk not partitioned?
It is both, in quantum superposition, until you collapse the wave function by clicking "Remove".
I am convinced those Apple guys are the masters of uncertainty. Oddly, my colleague Heisenberg is less sure.
Admin
Of course you did. How else would someone be able to buy a replacement case?
Admin
Admin