In other equally shocking news, water is found to be wet, and fire is found to be hot
Looked at this and thought: "hmm...Guess I shouldn't play with matches...er, WordPress?"
In other equally shocking news, water is found to be wet, and fire is found to be hot
Looked at this and thought: "hmm...Guess I shouldn't play with matches...er, WordPress?"
In other equally shocking news, water is found to be wet, and fire is found to be hot
For the record, I don't use WordPress. Shows you how little I know about it.
Excerpt:
An unexpectedly large number of WordPress websites have been mysteriously compromised and are delivering the TeslaCrypt ransomware to unwitting end-users. Antivirus is not catching this yet.
In the last few days, malware researchers from Malwarebytes and other security firms have reported that a massive number of legit WordPress sites somehow have been compromised and are silently redirecting visitors to sites with the Nuclear Exploit Kit. It's not yet clear how the WordPress sites are getting infected, but it is highly likely that there is a new vulnerability that is being exploited in either WP or a very popular WP plugin.
Yes it's from a blog that sells security services, but the news itself was worth forwarding. Be careful out there.
I see this took place in LA - where the "yes means yes" laws were passed. Those violate our constitutional right of Due Process. It also flies in the face of our "guilty until proven innocent" legal structure by "shift[ing] the burden of proof to (usually male) students accused of sexual offenses..."
New York is no better with their version, "Enough is Enough":
What if you had to ask if it was okay to put your hand on the other person's butt during foreplay? What if you had to ask again before touching her breast? What if there was a law that said you had to do this?
This makes it much easier to claim sexual assault/rape. Not that it was needed to begin with, the way things have been going. Google "False Rape allegations" and look up "false rape" on youtube. The examples are endless, and the destruction to lives is very real. It occurs much more often than false reports of other crimes, with little if any consequence to the false reporter.
So, is it any wonder why that the "chick" in @xaade's audio clip is using rape allegation as a threat to coerce the caller to do what she wants? Not condoning the caller's tactics, but filing false police reports is a felony in many states (but extremely difficult to prove). This is our Western Culture today.
What I find ironic is the same people who support such laws are also supporting the mass Muslim immigration initiatives, which - if they had their way with Sharia Law - would virtually erase all the human rights women enjoy today.
So much progress over so many centuries is liable to disappear in 1 - 2 generations of insanity. Welcome to the Fall of Rome, 21st century edition. Mr. Spock, please have your Stone Knives ready - you're going to need them.
Feel free to mock that to your heart's content, if it helps you feel better.
Note: this whole thread belongs in the Side Bar, in my opinion.
@redwizard said:I wish I could up-vote this more than once.This post got more likes than the one it quoted
What's also interesting is that the post that was quoted got a few likes after the quoting. It's like wine - got better with age!
@antiquarian said:Today's way to demoralize employees: schedule a requirements gathering meeting outside of normal working hours.Proper response: "That's fine, can we have this meeting at the pub and have the company pick up the tab?"
I wish I could up-vote this more than once.
Today's way to demoralize employees: schedule a requirements gathering meeting outside of normal working hours.
There is a more subtle way, schedule a 1h meeting for 30min before the shift ends.
I'll just leave this here:
@loopback0 said:why do people put their email address in their email signature? I have their email address - they've just fucking emailed me.It could be forwarded and/or printed out, and at some point the sender's address might get abbreviated to just their name.
Common use would be responding to a catch-all/common mailbox.
e.g.:
You send an email to customersupport@thedailywtf!.com
Alex replies on behalf of customersupport@thedailywtf!.com (which is the From: address), with alex@thedailywtf!.com in his signature line - because he wants you to be able to reach him directly going forward.
(Inserted '!' to foil any scrapers out there, just in case they're otherwise valid addresses).
Does tool station really need to know my location? For what possible purpose? And they already have it on file because I need a fucking socket converter!
I sometimes have fun with these because my work ISP exits our private cloud onto the Internet on the other side of the country. ^^
@HardwareGeek said:Filed under: And some other "E" word?Embolism? At least what it feels like when I have to interact with MS email products.
Thankfully only restricted to https://outlook.office.com/owa these days. People still try to contact me using the chat feature on there. They get ignored...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25009451/ProgrammerInterrupted.png
[rant]
Yes, THAT GUY who walks up to me to talk interrupt me about the EMAIL HE JUST SENT...and couldn't wait for a response...
He needs to DIE!!
[/rant]
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Now that I've written some more posts I have more severe issues with the system: wonky oneboxing, wonky notifications, and the fact that this thing seems to consume an inordirnate amount of resources.I have to restart Firefox after spending half an hour here and writing a few (less than 10) posts if I want to stop it from lagging horribly. What the ■■■■■■■. I've never seen this happen before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYbVQu7YAQ
If you're feeling helpful, you can post a bug report on ban.d.
The evil ideas thread is -->
You know, I'd forgotten about DiscoMath™. If only @TheCPUWizard didn't respond to one of my threads that emailed me and had me ROFL, I could have remained blissfully unaware, having forgotten that obscenity.
Don't bother. They'll assume you're a conservative regardless, since you don't agree with them.
I should elaborate a bit on this. When someone like the true-CEO asks you if you can guarantee something, if you can (Lawrence clearly could not, and he knew it) then you say, "Yes, of course." If you cannot guarantee it, you do not waffle on about this and that. You must simply say, "No." Sure, it sounds weak, but waffling on sounds even weaker. If he wants to know why you cannot guarantee it, he'll ask. If he doesn't ask why you can't guarantee it, you might ask him if he would like to know why, but I'm pretty sure that's a bad idea.You should instead take away the message that he was looking for you to admit something negative about yourself. Perhaps because he has it in for you, but perhaps because he wants honesty from the people working for him.
But Lawrence waffled on about what amounts to a load of "this and that" rather than spitting out the answer. He continued to waffle in the face of someone shouty demanding a simple yes/no answer repeatedly. He's an idiot of the first order.
Had a similar thing happen in court recently (which is why I was absent for a time, preparation and all).
The prosecuting attorney was cross-examining me regarding the incident. After providing a detailed answer to her last question, she admonished me by saying: "next time, answer the question, don't give me a novel." I nodded. This set up the next exchange. She says: "My witness claims that you told her 'If you go to the police and file charges, we will all lose.' Is that true?" To which I replied: "Taken out of context, yes, absolutely."
She didn't seem pleased with my answer. But it didn't matter - long before that point, my accuser had already been proven a liar and exposed for attempting (and failing) to extort me via contradictory "evidence" she submitted, and the Judge ruled as such. Note: the worst thing a Judge can ever say to you is: you're not credible, as he did to her.
Perhaps I'll write up the story one day - after I'm done cleaning up the damage.
She didn't get the message (religion proven by science reference, less than a minute long):
https://youtu.be/_RcqKGCIRiU?t=15m39s
15:39 - 16:16
>So-called "civilized discourse" is some of the blandest, boring, mind-numbing conversation there is. It's completely devoid of original thought. This is because original thought might just hurt somebody's feelings, which is considered totally unacceptable for some reason. Negativity, especially negativity that's the most legitimate and correct, is also not tolerated, again because somebody's feelings might get hurt. Discussion forums where that's the policy quickly become politically correct mutual masturbation sessions, where the mindlessness is repeated again and again. It's funny, though, that the moderators at such communities are often the biggest tyrants around. The louder they scream about how critical it is to be tolerant of others, the faster and harder they'll crack down on anyone who dares to show any sort of originality!
Kind of like censoring dissenting offensive opinions in order to promote "diversity" in discussion.
The solution is not to play along or keep silent. The answer is RETURN FIRE. The number of VPs I have slain in this manner closely tracks my upward career trajectory.
Using RETURN FIRE is like predicting a bear market in the stock market. You're looked upon as a Pariah, unless proven right - then you get grudging respect.(1) But if you're proven wrong, the damage to your reputation is long lasting. Be certain of what you're doing before pulling the trigger.
That being said, doing that a few times in a row correctly not only earns you grudging respect, you can eventually become the "don't do it if he objects" person. Somewhere in between you know you're getting there when things like this happen: you express a concern on a project that has all green lights, and suddenly everyone backs off and reconsiders, even if only for a moment.
EDIT:
(1) In a good company. In a bloated or terrible company, they let people like you go, and later the group dies or rots away.
honestly i think both of them are behaving unprofessionally in that exchange and that's exactly why i stay away from twitter...
You are a very wise Fox...
indeed, it's a shame more businesses don't behave this way.
That's what we said about Lenovo too...
Citation please.
Last I checked, [Lenovo][1] not only did not (you had to get instructions on how to from elsewhere), but [reinstalls the rootkit from the BIOS in their own devices][2]!
Once they get caught?!
They could just not do it.
+1
[1]: https://what.thedailywtf.com/t/anyone-posted-the-lenovo-malware-news-yet/8265
[2]: https://what.thedailywtf.com/t/lenovo-laptops-using-rootkit-like-techniques-to-install-their-software/50519
Acer
After about 3 years however, it was mostly unusable (dead keyboard keys, broken hinges, won't boot from HDD).
no really cheap parts like Acer
Q.E.D. Anecdote, thank you.
No! Really? Is she sure she didn’t accidentally press the “OK” button on the PIN machine when the shop assistant had typed $710,616,369,070.72 into it?
Not an accident. She pressed it TWICE:
two debits of $710,616,369,070.72
;-)
Consider filing a BBB report, next time it happens.
This one?
Pro Tip: NEVER buy Pavilions. I have seen nothing but junk from that line since I can remember. (EDIT: The models I quoted above were Probooks.)
One particular case some years ago, my sister got a Pavilion laptop with an extended warranty from Best Buy (and you're about to find out why I refuse to buy warranties from Best Buy). About a year into the 3 year plan, the unit started randomly failing to boot. She took it into the Best Buy, got it back - no repro, no fix. I went with her to take it back in again and insisted they test it several times a day for up to a week and document how often it failed. Sure enough, it failed enough that they sent it to the service center for repair. Service center sent it back NOT repaired, saying they can't fix it. No compensation, nothing.
The kicker? Six months later, HP released a firmware update that, if you're able to get the laptop to boot successfully, you could apply the update and problem solved!
So not only do I avoid Pavilions to avoid headaches, I refuse to get a Best Buy warranty on anything (not that I shop there much anymore anyhow). If the salesman tries to persist, I simply inform them of this experience, then ask them: "since your warranty was worthless to me then, why should I buy another one now?"
Sure, as long as you don't get one with a mysterious CPU/motherboard failure that HP proceeds to dick around with until your warranty runs out.
4510s models from 2010 were notorious for a number of problems like that. We were happy to get those recycled. Other than that, we've had one or two that were an issue right as the warranty expired.
The bigger problem is some of the users abuse the machines and then wonder why warranty won't cover it. Examples:
I could ask my techs to add more examples, but you get the idea.
We're in the Midwest. Generally they're ok, but a bit of a pain to work with at times
I don't think there is such a thing, but the HP Probook and Elitebook lines work out well for us (most of the time). No ROM based enforced rootkits like Lenovo, no accounting shenanigans or goofy security certs like Dell, no really cheap parts like Acer, no 156 screws all different types to take out and track if you're Toshiba (disclaimer: haven't touched one like that in 15 years, but I'm not letting that fact stop this rant), and no random parts going bad on no-name brands.
YMMV
@tar said:Tabs or spaces though?Oh god, you're one of those "it can't be both" people!
Funny, in logic class "or" means "at least one of these is true". Meaning they both can be true. Why are you assuming he's using the English definition of "or"?
Filed under: Oh, wait, this is TDWTF forum. Of course we're going to assume the worst... ;-)
Filed that under: Thinking literally today because Turkey.
Developer Kudos: -1
Developer Ranking: +1 Gzillion
Developer Balls upgraded to STEEL
Developer Shame Rating: 0But then I might be wrong in thinking that only SomeOtherFuckingThing gets discounted
Fucking by @redwizard, but I CBA to edit and acknowledge it.
I'm not a developer, so if I could spot the WTF in code, it BELONGS in the Side Bar WTF section.
@abarker said:Masochist.Hey, I resent that allegation! I haven't touched PHP in weeks!
Paging @Arantor...
lucky you
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You stay late at work to get that WTF you encountered posted (5 minutes, 5 hours, doesn't matter):
I find this so WTFy that I stayed 5 minutes past the time I'm supposed to leave work just to post this!
We had a similar issue where users attempting to retrieve Exchange emails on their smartphones would fail if the AD password was expired. The smartphones had no method of handling the dialog from the AD server to enter a change password - it simply didn't exist.
Workaround: instructed users to VPN in or log onto a PC directly in the domain, change their password, then update the password in the smartphone email app.
@Lorne_Kates said:
SomeOtherFuckingItem
is the only item that will return a value other than 0 when the loop ends, assuming that isn't also 0. Sad.
So the only way to fail the (analogy) coin toss was for it to land on its edge, and you somehow managed to do that?
Double
Have to used a cached copy since the Facebook page was already taken down.
Screen shot:
@dcon said:There's also the "FUCK" or "OH SHIT" exclamation. Sometimes "YES!" and "You've got to be kidding", though the last one is usually mumbled.You must have a young workforce. A more experienced group of devs would be more “That won't ever work.” “Here we go again.” and “We're all doomed! Doomed!”
With regard to "about to be an implemented solution" attitude, you can tell the difference between a newbie and someone with experience easily:
Newbie: It will work.
Experienced: It should work.
;-)
Still, we had it better than the accountants who shared the loft space that had been carved out above us. Floor-to-ceiling for them was about six and a half feet.
-insert accountants being trolls joke here-
When Chuck Norris gets this popup, he gets five more buttons to choose from!
Chuck Norris doesn't get popups. The system simply behaves the way it should.
Ok, removed and reconnected cable, now to press...WTF?
Any chance you can bypass the problem using RDP or a remote access tool? (Just guessing, haven't been hit by this buzzsaw myself because our team tests the patches before rolling them out a week later for exactly this reason.)
You know what? There were aspects of that decade that are best forgotten.
You mean the parts carried over from the disco 70's? Yeah, have to agree with you there.
Oh I understand it. I just think it's a that fonts are even capable of creating a remote code execution vulnerability, you know?
Does Outlook work? You got the right one.
Until it breaks, at which point you've just discovered you got the wrong one...
Original article documenting crash: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3004519/microsoft-windows/kb-3097877crashes-outlook-causes-network-sign-in-black-screens.html
Article documenting the fix: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3004441/microsoft-windows/microsoft-surreptitiously-reissues-botched-patch-kb-3097877-for-windows-7.html
Glad they got a fix out right away, but Microsoft - give us a way to tell we've got the right patch, will ya?
(All this to prevent malicious fonts from messing with your system!)
Oh, one more old brain cell just fired up and reminded me that I've seen busted nForce networking fixed by shutting down the PC, then actually unplugging it and leaving it sit for a few minutes. At least part of the nForce hardware runs off standby power (probably has to do with implementing wake-on-LAN) and doesn't get reset until mains power is actually completely gone.
Unplug all wires, including the NIC connection to the switch. Rarely makes a difference, I know, but you seem to have one of those rare problems on your hands.
That says to me that the hardware's been left in an odd state by whatever the driver did to it to make it fail. I'd try removing all drivers for that NIC including any hidden instances, then a total powerdown + 2 minutes rest, then see if device manager picks up the NIC as an unknown device as it should.
EDIT: If that fails, only other thought is to upgrade the NIC firmware, if available, prior to nuking from orbit.
It's because we say aloud "November 5th, twenty-fifteen" rather than "The 5th of November, two thousand and fifteen". It's much shorter.
Filed under: Incidentally, I just realized it's Guy Fawkes day
mm/dd/yy makes absolutely no sense?
This article told me:
YYYY-MM-DD HHss
This makes sense from a sorting/ordering viewpoint, esp. on computers. Perhaps one way it will become the accepted norm.
Maybe we need a thread about naming all the state capitals, too?
I think @Lorne_Kates already had a 50 States thing started, perhaps we can add to it?
Still have 23 minutes before that's true.
In your time zone, yes. I believe @anonymous234 is somewhere in Europe, making his question (based on his post time) one day later, AFAIK.
Note: one commenter suggested a less violent handling: Paint Ball Gun!