"backslashes are the way forward"
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So my friend just sent me a link to their "website". Here's a screenshot:
Aside from the "I JUST LEARNED HOW TO HTML" look and the invisible links, clicking on a link yields a surprise: The links use backslashes exclusively. If you click on the Home link, you get sent to (anonymized) http://example.edu/~aperson/%5C~aperson
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If I pretend that's a screenshot of mspaint I can hold onto some of my sanity.
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I don't see any backslashes
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Ok, now he's claiming to be a PHP expert, but he has no idea what
require 'file.php';
does.
@A Person said:ben
ive used php
it doesn't mean
i know all
of php
i made a php plugin for a web-based IT ticketing program once
that allowed you to check AD roles for new employees
using LDAP
what does it do
ben
what does require do
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offer to rewrite it in Go.
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Holy Cheese 'n' Crackers, is that an actual screenshot? Colors and all?
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@Ben L. said:
Ok, now he's claiming to be a PHP expert, but he has no idea what
require 'file.php';
does.
@A Person said:ben
ive used php
it doesn't mean
i know all
of php
i made a php plugin for a web-based IT ticketing program once
that allowed you to check AD roles for new employees
using LDAP
what does it do
ben
what does require doI don't see signs of your friend claiming to be an expert. Is your friend just learning web skills? To be honest, the evidence provided implies your friend is just starting out. The garish colours indicate they are playing with the html layout. I use garish colours in the browser console to check that my CSS is working, because I can bloody well see if it is.
I'm afraid this all looks like you're being elitist, and victimising your 'friend' for not knowing everything already. If so, were you born with web skills? Whatever it is that irritates you about this person is not clear. I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that they're messaging you rather than looking it up and you find that annoying.
Unless you provide more evidence, it looks to me like TRWTF is you for your lack of loyalty to your friends and your impatience instead of telling them that backslashes are bad. It looks like you have an anger problem and you're taking it out on this person.
If they are really your friend, you should be either teaching them or telling them to google it and that you don't have time to crash course them on a degree module.
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@Shoreline said:
The garish colours indicate they are playing with the html layout. I use garish colours in the browser console to check that my CSS is working, because I can bloody well see if it is.
I didn't think i woudl be the only one.
looks like may of my homebrew sites whilst under constrcction to check the layout.
(I am not Pro & my pages are not intended for external consumption)
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@Shoreline said:
It looks like you have an anger problem and you're taking it out on this person.
You were fine until you went full-psychiatrist there.
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@dhromed said:
@Shoreline said:
It looks like you have an anger problem and you're taking it out on this person.
You were fine until you went full-psychiatrist there.
Lol.
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It's not so much the lack of knowledge as the refusal to acquire knowledge.
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@Ben L. said:
It's not so much the lack of knowledge as the refusal to acquire knowledge.
So that's what blakeyrat has been up to.
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@Ben L. said:
It's not so much the lack of knowledge as the refusal to acquire knowledge.
I find that a refusal to adhere to the basic rules of the English language usually correlates to a lack of basic problem solving skills. OTOH, it can be difficult to RTFM if you can barely read in the first place.
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@dhromed said:
@Shoreline said:
It looks like you have an anger problem and you're taking it out on this person.
You were fine until you went full-psychiatrist there.
How does Shoreline going full-psychiatrist there make you feel?
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@Lorne Kates said:
How does Shoreline going full-psychiatrist there make you feel?
Angry. Upset. Disappointed.
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@dhromed said:
@Lorne Kates said:
How does Shoreline going full-psychiatrist there make you feel?
Angry. Upset. Disappointed.
Strangely aroused.
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@Ben L. said:
It's not so much the lack of knowledge as the refusal to acquire knowledge.
It looks to me like he was following up his question of "what does it do" with a specific "wat does require do" and had probably hit submit on his message before he saw or realized that you sent him a link to the docs.
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@Shoreline said:
I use garish colours in the browser console to check that my CSS is working, because I can bloody well see if it is.
Install a development toolbar. It makes everything easier.
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@Mcoder said:
@Shoreline said:
I use garish colours in the browser console to check that my CSS is working, because I can bloody well see if it is.
Install a development toolbar. It makes everything easier.
Sometimes I'll use horrendous colors when doing emails. Outlook in particular, because 1) Outlook doesn't have dev tools and 2) Outlook's html/css rendering rules are horrific.
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@A Person said:
That... that's beautiful, man. Pure poetry. <wipes tear from eye>ben ive used php it doesn't mean i know all of php i made a php plugin for a web-based IT ticketing program once that allowed you to check AD roles for new employees using LDAP what does it do ben what does require do
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@Ben L. said:
It's not so much the lack of knowledge as the refusal to acquire knowledge.
I can see how you became friends.
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@mikeTheLiar said:
Outlook's html/<font size="5">css</font> rendering
You know that feeling you get when someone just walked over your grave to rape your grieving loved ones?
Outlook... css... uuuuuuu
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@Lorne Kates said:
@mikeTheLiar said:
Outlook's html/<font size="5">css</font> rendering
You know that feeling you get when someone just walked over your grave to rape your grieving loved ones?
Outlook... css... uuuuuuu
Welcome to my life.
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@cconroy said:
@A Person said:
That... that's beautiful, man. Pure poetry. <wipes tear from eye>ben ive used php it doesn't mean i know all of php i made a php plugin for a web-based IT ticketing program once that allowed you to check AD roles for new employees using LDAP what does it do ben what does require do
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@dhromed said:
He's a psycho-the-rapist.@Shoreline said:
It looks like you have an anger problem and you're taking it out on this person.
You were fine until you went full-psychiatrist there.
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@El_Heffe said:
@cconroy said:
@A Person said:
That... that's beautiful, man. Pure poetry. <wipes tear from eye>ben
ive used php
it doesn't mean
i know all
of php
i made a php plugin for a web-based IT ticketing program once
that allowed you to check AD roles for new employees
using LDAP
what does it do
ben
what does require doIt should be presented to Ben L's alleged friend since he's the one who did all the work! I'll have a word with Howard, this is unacceptable.
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On a side note, nobody here is actually claiming you can do .css with Outlook, right?
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@Sutherlands said:
On a side note, nobody here is actually claiming you can do .css with Outlook, right?
Well, just in-line. I don't know what versions it supports, typically I use it for negative-margin hacks.
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@mikeTheLiar said:I CAN'T HEAR YOU WAY UP THERE@Sutherlands said:
On a side note, nobody here is actually claiming you can do .css with Outlook, right?
Well, just in-line. I don't know what versions it supports, typically I use it for negative-margin hacks.
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@mikeTheLiar said:
@Sutherlands said:
On a side note, nobody here is actually claiming you can print with Outlook, right?
Yes, typically I use it for writing negative comments in the margin.Much more realistic.
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@dhromed said:
@Ben L. said:
Well, then how would you interpret the part@unknown person said:now he's claiming to be a PHP expert,
No such claim appears in your quote.
instead?i know all of php
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@Anonymouse said:
@dhromed said:
@Ben L. said:
Well, then how would you interpret the part@unknown person said:now he's claiming to be a PHP expert,
No such claim appears in your quote.
instead?i know all
of phpI like it - you win the out-of-context award.
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@Anonymouse said:
@dhromed said:
@Ben L. said:
Well, then how would you interpret the part@unknown person said:now he's claiming to be a PHP expert,
No such claim appears in your quote.
instead?i know all of php
I interpreted nothing, I merely read:
I've used php. It doesn't mean i know all of php.
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@Ben L. said:
@mikeTheLiar said:@Sutherlands said:
On a side note, nobody here is actually claiming you can do .css with Outlook, right?
Well, just in-line. I don't know what versions it supports, typically I use it for negative-margin hacks.
I CAN'T HEAR YOU WAY UP THERE
How about now?
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@Shoreline said:
Filed under: Did you stop beating your wife?
No - I still win games against her all the time!
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I often hear ads on the radio for some website or other; and the address is given as "www dot somesite dot com BACKSLASH radio"
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@DrPepper said:
I often hear ads on the radio for some website or other; and the address is given as "www dot somesite dot com BACKSLASH radio"
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@anotherusername said:
@DrPepper said:
I often hear ads on the radio for some website or other; and the address is given as "www dot somesite dot com BACKSLASH radio"
"So your website is http://www.wwwdotsomesitedotcombackslashradio.com/\radio?"
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@DrPepper said:
I often hear ads on the radio for some website or other; and the address is given as "www dot somesite dot com BACKSLASH radio"
A while ago they would sometime say: visit our website at
info@ourcompany.com
(yes heard that one a few times)But nowadays it's mostly "Like Us On Facebook". THANK YOU THE FACEBOOK
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@Ronald said:
But nowadays it's mostly "Like Us On Facebook".
Eventually commercials are just going to be a voiceover saying "Facebook." and then you'll have to decide as a viewer what the advertisement was actually for.
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@Ben L. said:
So my friend just sent me a link to their "website". Here's a screenshot:
I just ran that through a Piet interpreter and it solved the halting problem for me!
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@Ben L. said:
@Ronald said:
But nowadays it's mostly "Like Us On Facebook".
Eventually commercials are just going to be a voiceover saying "Facebook." and then your brain implant will automatically connect to Facebook and you'll know what the advertisement was actually for.
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@DaveK said:
I just ran that through a Piet interpreter and it solved the halting problem for me!
So, you had a problem halting your computer but that did the trick?
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@Shoreline said:
you win the out-of-context award.
Thank you, thank you. *takes a bow* Do I get a medal?
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@anotherusername said:
Why is that guy scratching at a slab of green Play-Doh?
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@Ben L. said:
Ok, now he's claiming to be a PHP expert, but he has no idea what
require 'file.php';
does. @A Person said:ben ive used php it doesn't mean i know all of php i made a php plugin for a web-based IT ticketing program once that allowed you to check AD roles for new employees using LDAP what does it do ben what does require do
I like to imagine it as a 2000: A Space Odyssey parody
@HAL 9999 said:
dave
ive used doors
it doesnt mean
i know all
of doors
i opened a door for a web-based IT ticketing program developer once
that allowed them to check AD roles for new employees
using LDAP
what does it do
dave
what does require do
And speaking of HAL, here's a web game where you can play as an annoyed space station