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What better way to keep out the riffraff at an office gym than one of those newfangled electronic locks? Of course, getting legitimate users to remember the key code can be a bit of a challenge, so it’s probably best to put a sign on the door that tells them what the key code is. But of course, that presents a security problem with the aforementioned riffraff, so it’s probably best not do that. Or, one could just do both …
Sure, Charles could buy now and get the standard "discounted upgrade pricing," but if he waits just a little longer, he could totally rock the much better, “New Every Two” discount …
Aaron encountered a Catch-22 while signing up for wireless access. For you logicians out there, see if you can follow me. Signing up for wireless access (C) requires you to enter your credit card over a wireless connection (A). You should never transmit credit card information wirelessly (B). Therefore, ((A ^ B) => C), but (A => !B) and (B => !A). Ergo, you can never sign up for wireless access. Also, note that it only warns you about this after you've already submitted your credit card information.
Melchior is either a fan of opera, 16 liter bottles, or Chrono Trigger, or maybe he just has a weird name. Anyhow, he encountered an error on a large shipping company's web site. Melchior says the company's name rhymes with "Percolator," and no, I can't think of the name of the company either.
Clean design and thorough documentation are essential in every type of engineering, from aerospace to software. Network Engineering is no different: with miles of cables wired to thousands of jacks in a typical office building, an unlabeled block of cable is just as good as a dead one. Fortunately, the fine folks at Patrick McGoohan’s office made sure to carefully label everything …
Not to be outdone by British Airways' variety of 206 different titles, the Atlanta Botanical Gardens wanted to make sure they covered everyone on their donation form's dropdown box. Who would have thought that Sith Lords have a soft spot for botany?
If you were tasked with building a time zone synching application, you could probably do it in less than 1MB. Maybe you Linux guys could write it in one line of Perl (or at least brag about having the ability to write it in one line of Perl). Hell, maybe you'd just use the built-in synching functionality in your favorite OS. Anyhow, I can't imagine the crazy Western Australian rules for calculating time that make this software baloon to 4GB.
(submitted by Marty)
Surely, you’ve seen the commercials and are familiar with Las Vegas’ First-Commandment / Clever-Marketing-Tagline: What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas. I suppose we can bend that rule today and share a couple pictures that Christopher Kimbell snapped while he was walking down the strip…
Here's another from the don't-worry-we'll-remember-to-update-this-before-release department:
(submitted by James W.)
Sure, it might look stupid, but it does add up to 100%.
(submitted anonymously)
50 Cent's masterwork "Candy Shop" is an eloquent and subtle meditation on the similarities between consuming candy and f**king. Classical composers Bach and Ligeti, on the other hand, took things a bit too far with their highly explicit, violin-only Chaconne (originally titled "****ing and ****ing in D Minor, 6th God**** Movement").
(submitted by James A.)
When you've got a ho-speed laser jet
Print it like it's hot
Print it like it's hot
Print it like it's hot
When your toner's running somewhat low
Swap it like it's hot
Swap it like it's hot
Swap it like it's hot
And if a [word from the original song that I really shouldn't use since I'm white] gets a paper jam
Clear it like it's hot
Clear it like it's hot
Clear it like it's hot
(submitted by Rob)
May 07
