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It's worth a try. People either hate anchovies or love them. If you fall in the latter category, you can be assured of having a whole pizza to yourself as no one will want to share with you.
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It's illegal to lie on the Internet.
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I don't get why so many posters say this story is impossible. I don't see that it's even particularly implausible.
(a) The webmaster is told to take down a web site. He's incompetent and/or stupid so he just removes the submit button. I've seen enough bad web sites that I don't find that at all implausible.
(b) A programmer trying to use a web site tinkers with the HTML to get it to submit. I know that's 100% plausible, because I've done it myself a couple of times.
(c) The manager of a pizza shop is not technically sophisticated enough to understand how lame (a) was, and so concludes that the person who managed to order a pizza hacked the web site (arguably he did) and is guilty of some sort of computer crime. Unless you take it for granted that all managers of pizza shops are highly-skilled software developers, this sounds pretty plausible.
(d) The manager responded by luring the programmer to the pizza shop and calling the police. One wonders why he would care, but if he thinks someone broke into his computer system, maybe he's worried about what else they might do. If I owned a store and found that someone had broken into the building but there was no sign of anything damaged or stolen, I might well still call the police. Who knows what the person might have done that I haven't spotted yet?
(e) The police send someone knowledgeable about computers. This is most questionable point in the story. Did they send a member of their cybercrime unit? Maybe. Or did the policeman just happen to know something about programming? Maybe he's taking night classes in computers, or plays around with web sites as a hobby. Maybe the department sent this particular officer on the "computer crime" call precisely because he knows something about computers, even if he's not part of an official cybercrime unit.
(f) The policeman makes up a tall tale about "Internet police" to scare the pizza shop manager into dropping the matter. Why not?
I'm not saying the story is true. I wasn't there -- if the story is true enough that there is a "there". But it's not inherently implausible.
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I dunno. To me, there has to be clarity and truth in the core. For a CodeSOD or something that's easy--the code is the code, and the story is embellishment. For Mandatory Fun Day it was easy too. But for something like this, I don't know where to be astounded. The police officer threatening the pizza shop owner for improperly taking down a US-based web site? Great stuff if it's real. If it's fiction then it's anticlimactic.
IMHO the best articles simply polish and clarify the original submissions. Expose the actual WTFs for our enjoyment, don't obscure them under a blanket of prose.
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Bullshit. I'll volunteer to share with someone if they're getting anchovy pizza.
Refutation by counterexample.
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"I liked the story, but I will baulk at the description of how the button was added. That's not how it works. Unless the idea was that he added the node in the inspector." Save the source file to your hard drive. Edit the saved copy to add the button. Then open it and submit the form. Oh, and if the URL that the form is submitted to is relative, make it absolute so it goes to the original web site and not your machine.
I've edited other people's web sites a few times when they had obvious bugs and I just wanted to get my form submitted.
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Yes, this. Also, why did the pizza shop bother actually making the pizza?
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See, I would usually agree with your post. But I was actually not lying: The article really made me smile during a boring lecture... and to me, thats what counts.
I think sometimes a story like this is also necessary. You can't have every story be a polished version of a TRWTF. Sometimes it's just fun to kick back, let some suspension of disbelieve kick in, imagine watching a movie with this plot and start smiling.
So... my point is: I don't have a point but I really enjoyed the article :smiley:
Filed Under: That lecture was really boring as well, though!
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Well then, it was written by @Maciejasjmj, it has all the Polish you can get on the FP right there.
It never said it was the pizza he ordered, just some pizza they already had made.
Also, note to self, being a pendant in Articles section leads to people schooling you on how to do your job...
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After all of the discussion about anchovies, I kinda feel obligated to defend the pineapple.
I also recommend trying a dessert pizza some time. You can do really interesting combinations of toppings. And using sweetened condensed milk instead of tomato sauce is fantastic.
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:donotwant.ppm:
Also, it's just not a pizza if it doesn't have the flat bread, tomato and cheese. It might be nice (or maybe not) but it fails to be a pizza on definitional grounds.
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Agreed. Without those ingredients the pizza just doesn't hack it for me.
Filed under: TDTP
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I don't dislike pineapple, but cooked pineapple is nasty. The one time I tried pineapple on pizza, I didn't like it at all.
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Wait, I'm confused. I thought it was illegal to not lie on the internet.
Perhaps it needs to be under the cheese? I like green olive pizza (which tends to be hard to get). But like the onions, green olives really need to be under the cheese--otherwise they look like scorched mushrooms.
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I've had some great pizza based on something like Alfredo, rather than tomato, sauce. Spinach, mushroom, garlic and cheese. :yum: It may not be authentic (especially with a Chicago-style deep-dish crust), but it sure is good!
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Yeah, you have to like grilled pineapple to like it on pizza.
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Maybe? But I already like pizza the way I like it so I don't have any motivation to try again.
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Well, my long-term favourite pizza involves bacon, some mushrooms, chillies, and probably olives. Plus tomato and cheese. But there many other good varieties. There's nothing wrong with a tasty salami, or fish, or even (fresh) prawns. Capers can be OK, but in moderation: there can be too much of a good thing with them. Onion works, provided it is pre-cooked and drained so it doesn't drown the pizza, and garlic is good too. Spinach can work, but it's tricky (it's very wet). Fresh basil is a classic.
Getting the cheese right is important. The classic is a mix of mozzarella and parmesan, though I find that a good mature cheddar will substitute just fine (different texture, but tasty). Feta really doesn't work, as it doesn't melt properly. I suppose you could use a mild cheese if you wanted, but that's not for me.
Ranch dressing doesn't belong. Put it on the salad on the side if you want it. Pizza is awesome with a green salad.
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+1
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this is one of my favourites: Eruca sativa(i don't know what is called around there), parmesan, mozzarella and Jamon serrano(or bacon if you can't find jamon)
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Rocket. I prefer to put that in the salad I have with the pizza. :)
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Here, I think they usually put them on after cooking. The brine-soaked ones seem to work better this way.
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Grilled pineapple is fucking awesome. The outside caramelizes so nicely on the grill.... :smiley:
Although on a pizza, it's mostly meh. I'll eat it, but there's other kinds of pizza I'd rather have given the choice.
One thing I've always hated on pizzas is mushrooms. Just can't stand the texture. Am I weird? I'm probably just weird.
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FTFM
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Cooked pineapple is kinda odd and I can't say I particularly like it, but the acid seems to boil out or something, so it is at least edible without pain if it's cooked.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple#Bromelain
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I know of a local family-owned pizza place that has the option to get pizza/calzones with Alfredo sauce instead of tomato sauce. It's really good.
They also have the option to get it with Pesto sauce, but I've never tried it.
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I used to enjoy a carbonara pizza, but haven't really eaten any in quite a while. Damn diet...
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There has to be some kind of conspiracy here. TDWTF is always talking about food when I'm abnormally hungry (sometimes being busy is a :barrier: to eating enough). Do I need to wrap my stomach in tin-foil to keep you guys from monitoring the level of my hunger?
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In the interest of "science", I'm going to say "yes".
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I have a potential antidote. You can think about how they do pizza in Russia. I'm not sure if it's changed since then, but when I visited St. Petersburg in 1998, there was a pizza place in the hotel. All of their pizzas used either ketchup or mayo instead of the standard pizza sauce.
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it'll get the job done as a replacement for tomatosauce if you're desperate....
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That's pretty gross, but hasn't affected my appetite. I used the be the lunchroom clown in high school. I'd take all my food, mash it up, mix it into a carton of chocolate milk, and drink it. I tried all kinds of nasty combinations but it was worth the reaction I got from observers. :laughing:
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Well, it looks a bit like garlic sauce...
Then again, my local place offers pizza with strawberries and chocolate spread. Nothing's gonna surprise me.
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:wtf:
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I've found that if you use cooked mushrooms you're better off than expecting the cooking of the pizza to cook the mushrooms well.
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I've never been daring enough to try, but since it's a smallish place, I doubt they care enough.
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Well, I would hope it's a desert pizza.
I guess the context does kinda imply that doesn't it?
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I guess. Also, being strawberries and chocolate spread doesn't mean the strawberries are cooked; the dough can be cooked separately.
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You can choose extra ingredients, though.
Next company event, I'm buying this with extra anchovies.
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I think I just puked in my mouth a little
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That's the sort of thing I was talking about: a pre-cooked base with stuff slapped on top.
…and now I want that pizza… :yum:
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You evil bastard. Now I'm starving and it's only 1353
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http://www.viewfacebookcovers.com/images/uploads/f2013051314.So-Much-Cocaine.jpg
Seriously though, just how much sugar can you put on this thing?
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I suppose it could use some sugar cubes as an additional topping.
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It could use this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Redpath_Sugar_Plant_Toronto_2010.jpg/800px-Redpath_Sugar_Plant_Toronto_2010.jpg