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Error'd features fun error messages and other visual oddities from the world of IT.
"This is the 'user manual' that came with a USB drive caddy I bought a little while ago," Adny H wrote, "I'm so glad to have it since my previous removable drive wasn't so good with my machine plank, no matter how I conjunctioned the hard dish."
"This web design company should try and be a little more careful with their screenshots," writes Jeremy, "especially when advertising such quality icons like their Divine Mother icon."
I have no idea how this happened," Barkin wrote, "but this is what greeted me when I came back from lunch one day on my dual-monitor Windows machine."
(full-size image, makes a great desktop background)
At the top of the must-peruse list at Walmart – right after the bargain DVD bin – is the bargain software bin. There’s all kind of straight-to-jewel-case classics like “Slumber Party Su-Doku 3D,” “Microsoft Word ’98 Tutor,” and “Terror: Alpha Zero Midnight.”
Eric Brandel’s Walmart in Texas apparently took this one step further. Below the bargain bin is the worst of the worst: Deleted Software, which you shouldn’t even bother installing in the first place.
Submitted anonymously, one of our readers' companies uses a lot of CMOS batteries from Dell. To save time and money, they asked for fifty spare batteries instead of having them delivered individually. Dell was happy to oblige, sending one giant box with fifty small boxes inside; each with one neatly-packed CMOS battery. I can't help but be reminded of a similar incident from the past.
"I took this picture from my cell phone at the Wendy's drive-thru," Chris Jones noted. "Somehow, the total still came out correct."
I’m not a fan of traffic enforcement cameras, especially as they're implemented here in Ohio and other states. There’s just something that seems a bit off about turning a criminal infraction into a “civil violation” so that some company can issue, process, and offer even offer an administrative “appeal procedure” for these violations, all while getting a large cut of each one.
Of course, maybe I’m just a bit too cynical about this. After all, proponents say that cameras keep us safe and that the millions of dollars in extra revenue is just gravy. Besides, computer systems don’t lie and there are always trusted personnel issuing these violations to ensure that justice is served… right?
Jul 08
