• Simon Clarkstone (unregistered)

    That last one is an automatically-generated locale that Microsoft use to test exactly the right strings are marked as needing translation (I.e. all UI strings but not things like XML tags). It should not be exposed to the public though. ISTR Raymond Chen blogged about it once but I can't look it up at the moment.

  • Douglas (unregistered) in reply to Simon Clarkstone

    It's called pseudolocalization

  • (nodebb)

    Looks like the website in the first one has fallen victim to the SEXYify script.

  • (nodebb)

    Telstra is TRWTF, now and forevermore. Because someone has to make the likes of BT and Verizon look good…

  • David Green (unregistered)

    The last one looks like it was written by an 11 year old girl.

  • Ulysses (unregistered)

    Dear Customer,

    Your feedback is all Greek to us.

  • BLAKEYRAT (unregistered)

    JUST ANOTHER DAY OF MICROSOFT QUALITY SOFTWARE BEING AS EVERLOVINGLY USEFUL AS THEY ALWAYS ARE.

    It's been a while since I posted. I need to get my EDGINESS back up, so it's time for an EDGY MONTAGE.

    Fuck oracle, fuck java, fuck microsoft, fuck steam, fuck valve, fuck apple, fuck IGN, fuck craigslist, fuck mcdonalds, fuck IBM, fuck gamefaqs, fuck EA, fuck origin, fuck denovu, fuck GOG, fuck tfwtf, fuck MUMPS, fuck Buildmaster, fuck alex, fuck lemons, fuck sunshine, fuck mountain spring breeze, fuck blueberries, fuck grass, fuck dirt, fuck stone, fuck iron, fuck gold, fuck diamonds, fuck emeralds, fuck obsidian, fuck chainmail, fuck dungeons and dragons, fuck pathfinder, fuck gurps, fuck V:tR, fuck WoD, fuck world of warcraft, fuck blizzard, fuck winter, fuck summer, fuck auburn hair, fuck cowlicks!!

  • bob (unregistered)

    w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w

  • bob (unregistered)

    (spam)

  • airdrik (unregistered)

    The Excel Security notice is an advanced security mechanism intended to protect users from unintentionally bypassing security mechanisms. In order to open the possibly-insecure file you must press the following buttons in order: Retry, Try Again, Retry, Retry, Ignore, Ok, Retry, OK. (or was it Retry, Try Again, Retry, Retry, Ignore, OK, Retry, Okay; I can never remember for sure). Failure to reproduce the sequence aborts all attempts to open the file and deletes it from your hard drive for you.

  • map (unregistered)

    maybe if trevor had a higher score for troubleshooting/optimization he would be able to solve the issue himself

  • kktkkr (unregistered) in reply to Simon Clarkstone

    Raymond's mention of pseudolocalization is (currently) at this address: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20120726-00/?p=7043/ And it links to a post from 2006: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/shawnste/2006/06/27/pseudo-locales-in-windows-vista-beta-2/ Doesn't seem to have an interesting origins story, other than the several tales of bugs uncovered along the way.

    Off topic: ^ oh god my comments page just took 20 times longer to load.

  • Pita (unregistered)

    Just for a datapoint, this post worked fine in Firefox and Chrome on a Mac, and Chrome on a Windows PC, but Edge and IE on the same PC both got knackered by the funny characters in BLAKEYRAT's post (I'm not gonna quote it...)

  • Ulysses (unregistered)

    No. It's an online exam about MSSQL, plagued by its own Access-access code.

  • Ulysses (unregistered) in reply to BLAKEYRAT

    Dear Leaky Brat,

    Your edge is inferior.

  • Worf (unregistered)

    And people wonder why sites implement Unicode codepoint filtering. I know of several sites that limit the supported Unicode to just the ASCII 32-96 equivalent codepoints. Everyone complains how "Unicode is not supported" but it is. Just they got so fed up with the crap that the whitelist is set to the ASCII equivalents.

  • Aninnymouse (unregistered)

    With the way Telstra's been going in the last few months, I imagine they took the status page down because it was less embarrassing than saying an employee took them down from the inside. Again.

  • (nodebb)

    Let's assume the first entry is due to Rule of Funny.

    (My first thought was, just another case of lack of understanding statistics.)

  • löchlein deluxe (unregistered) in reply to airdrik

    Wasn't it down down up up left right left right b a b a start?

  • Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot (unregistered) in reply to airdrik

    Oh you mean the Konami code? ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

  • El Dorko (unregistered)

    "Just for a datapoint, this post worked fine in Firefox and Chrome on a Mac, and Chrome" - one could argue that that might not really be a good thing...

  • LK (unregistered)

    So obvious that that Excel one is just someones crappy macro.

  • Paul Neumann (unregistered) in reply to El Dorko

    "Just for a datapoint, this post worked fine in Firefox and Chrome on a Mac, and Chrome" - one could argue that that might not really be a good thing...

    Why?

    P.S. Worked loads just fine in Chrome Version 51.0.2704.63 m on Windows 7 Professional Version 6.1 (Build 7601:Service Pack 1)

  • (nodebb) in reply to Aninnymouse

    Like the fifth time this year?

  • Nathan J. (unregistered) in reply to Pita

    Same... Edge on mobile crashed; Edge on PC was frozen completely, had to use task manager to kill process; IE11 ground to a halt for several minutes, and didn't even display the Japanese characters correctly; and Firefox slowed down scrolling for about two seconds, then was fine. sigh

  • Nathan J. (unregistered) in reply to Nathan J.

    It's funny, the title of this page is completely fitting for Blakeyrat's post, and just needs a little tweaking: "Too ASCII for My Comments Portal."

  • Anonymous (unregistered) 
    javascript:for(let s=window.getSelection(),i=s.rangeCount-1,T=t=>t.normalize('NFKD').replace(/[\u0300-\u036F\u0489]/g,'').split(/(?![\udc00-\udfff])/).join(""),p=n=>n.hasChildNodes()?[].forEach.call(n.childNodes,p):n.data&&r.intersectsNode(n)?(n.data=(n==r.startContainer?n==r.endContainer?n.data.slice(0,r.startOffset)+T(n.data.slice(r.startOffset,r.endOffset))+n.data.slice(r.endOffset):n.data.slice(0,r.startOffset)+T(n.data.slice(r.startOffset)):n==r.endContainer?T(n.data.slice(0,r.endOffset))+n.data.slice(r.endOffset):T(n.data))):0,r,j;i>=0;--i){r=s.getRangeAt(i);p(r.commonAncestorContainer);r.commonAncestorContainer.normalize();s.removeRange(r)}

    kills the Zalgo without hurting the stupid Korean hieroglyphics.

    javascript:for(let s=window.getSelection(),i=s.rangeCount-1,a=Array.apply(0,Array(95)).map((_,i)=>String.fromCharCode(i+32)).sort((a,b)=>a.localeCompare(b)),T=t=>t.normalize('NFKD').replace(/[\u0300-\u036F]/g,'').split(/(?![\udc00-\udfff])/).map(c=>a.indexOf(c)>=0||/\s/.test(c)?c:(a[a.map(a=>c.localeCompare(a)).lastIndexOf(1)]||"")[c==c.toUpperCase()?"toUpperCase":"toLowerCase"]()).join(""),p=n=>n.hasChildNodes()?[].forEach.call(n.childNodes,p):n.data&&r.intersectsNode(n)?(n.data=(n==r.startContainer?n==r.endContainer?n.data.slice(0,r.startOffset)+T(n.data.slice(r.startOffset,r.endOffset))+n.data.slice(r.endOffset):n.data.slice(0,r.startOffset)+T(n.data.slice(r.startOffset)):n==r.endContainer?T(n.data.slice(0,r.endOffset))+n.data.slice(r.endOffset):T(n.data))):0,r,j;i>=0;--i){r=s.getRangeAt(i);p(r.commonAncestorContainer);r.commonAncestorContainer.normalize();s.removeRange(r)}

    kills the Zalgo and attempts to map every character to the closest ASCII representative, which apparently is 'Z' for all of them.

    fingers crossed on the formatting in this post not being completely wrong

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous

    forgot to mention, you have to highlight the weird text -- the bookmarklet only does what's highlighted. Although it doesn't seem to work if you just select all. Whatever.

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