I found it amusing.
TRWTF is that they don't even bother explaining what the key is, why it got set in the first place, or what changing it may do (besides make your computer work again).
Micro$osft definitely has a monopoly on PFM.
I found it amusing.
TRWTF is that they don't even bother explaining what the key is, why it got set in the first place, or what changing it may do (besides make your computer work again).
Micro$osft definitely has a monopoly on PFM.
@DOA said:
...The AMDs simply went up in smoke...
....Will it power off in time....
I'm pretty sure all motherboards have built in killswitches to keep processors from overheating nowadays. I've built many AMD computers, and none of them have ever fried a processor. Although I've noticed on my Phenom that the stock cooling fan isn't screwed into the heatsink, it's held on by plastic brackets. This makes for some serious vibration if the fan starts going full blast, but I've only had that happen once.
@dhromed said:
I get 27 days. Seriously, isn't max 10 days off per year illegal or something? Or do you live in China?
And I thought 10 year feds had it good with their whopping 26 days per year. What are immigration laws like there?
@hvm said:
TRWTF is the flash webpage that does exactly what a normal html (but simpler) could do. And that if you want to change the country you get a map that doesn't do anything in spite of the fact that it's a flash thingie.
Creating flashy yet uncomfortably clunky interfaces for things that really don't need them is exactly what EA does for a living. It's all you can expect from a company that has spent 20+ years riding the coattails of John Madden.
@BeenThere said:
@morbiuswilters said:
Pointing out irony is an ad hominem! You lose the debate, BeenThere!You have me confused with someone here to discuss/debate/contribute to this thread.
I just showed up to play peanut gallery and drink beer.
Haha, I like this one. The force is strong with him. Could I trouble you for one of those beers?
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
I would argue they have everything to do with the OP. A little background into someone before wasting your time arguing with them is always helpful.
Who was arguing? Oh, that's right, no one. The thread was going well until you showed up and turned it into a flamewar.
@Cap'n Steve said:
That would be the best debate team ever.
Moderator: Today we'll be debating the effect of the World Bank on developing countries.
Opposing Team Member: The World Bank is just a scheme by the richest nations to keep the poorest in their debt.
MPS: Whatever. You've been following me around to every debate. Grow up.
Opposing Team Member: Uh, and the terms of the loans are...
morbiuswilters: PENIS!
MPS: You guys are just trolling now. I won this debate yesterday, let it die.NOTE: Don't criticize my choice of debate topic, it's just the first thing that I remembered from being in Model UN (possibly TRWTF).
EPIC! You have captured the essence of the dynamic duo perfectly.
@morbiuswilters said:
A community of crybabies who think "ad hominem" is a fancy way of saying "an insult".
@morbiuswilters said:
without providing a shred of support for those claims
Interesting. Calling you and MPS out on your supposed mastery of this forum by sheer volume of pseudo-intelligent trolling constitutes being a crybaby. Also, "insult" is probably the simplest way you could break down the real meaning of ad hominem. Ad hominem itself being latin for "to the man/human being." What about that phrase don't you understand?
Let me break this down for you. Just because you have been here longer than most, and have posted way too much, does not make you some sort of authority figure. Don't piss your pants because you think you should be the moderator and Casadevall shouldn't. Who gives a shit? I know I don't. This is an internet forum, on a site about making fun of stupid things that people do. That's all it is. I use it as a distraction while I'm at work. You treat this place like it's your life, and the sheer length and depth of that post clearly demonstrates that you desperately need to get a real life, one with some interaction with real people. I suppose you wouldn't like that, though, would you? That would remove your internet filter that allows you to so easily belittle others and assert what you think is some sort of authority over them.
What on earth would you have been programming? The number of Macs used by the DoD is probably about 4.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
What more did you want/expect from him? After all, he is just a stupid clerk that doesn't deserve any respect. Not to mention, he has to deal with assholes all day that try and act clever to consolidate their change.
You're right. Basic arithmetic is a bridge too far these days.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
Apparently you have not read the conversations with Kermos I posted.
The conversations you posted. Those conversations which also have nothing to do with the OP. Sounds like pretty clear trolling to me.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
You post is the only trolling going on here. I have not accused anyone else of trolling.
Funny how at the same time you both prove and deny my point.
@morbiuswilters said:
I think you're a little full of yourself. Sure, you're an idiot, but you are not the biggest troll here, by an stretch of the imagination
Good one.
@morbiuswilters said:
Do you even know what "ad hominem" means?
Yes I do, and despite the fact that you probably only heard about it in your high school debate class, it doesn't apply just to arguments.
@morbiuswilters said:
You didn't have to sit on IRC for an hour listening to this guy blather on.
The funny thing is that you didn't either, yet you appear to have nothing better to do.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
You should hear the WTFs that our little buddy Kermos is all about.
One more example of you labeling people you don't like as trolls when you are, in fact, the biggest troll (okay second biggest) this forum has ever seen. How on earth does this thread merit an ad hominem attack on Kermos? The OP was a perfectly legitimate, downright laughable WTF, and Kermos demonstrated no lack of technical knowledge, made no bad assumptions, and didn't even say anything inflamatory.
Governments at all levels across the globe have squarely devoted themselves to stunting the progress afforded by the internet.
@Nelle said:
...each time they do i hear something from the computer (i believe it is the pc speaker) ...
...has anyone had that ?
On my old work PC, a Dell GX270, I would get little whining noises when I did things like minimized/maximized windows, scrolled, and whatnot. I probably wouldn't have noticed it if I weren't wearing headphones. I have a newer PC now, and the noises are gone.
I bet bill is just ACHING to get back in the White House as the First Lady and get another shot at some of that fine intern tail.
@DOA said:
Apparently the 30% load reported by their software was irrelevant.
Might be able to save yourself some time in the future by picking up a Kill-A-Watt to confirm the software's load reports.
Wow, it was full when I looked at it 10 minutes ago...
SOMEONE must have told it to print the manual.
Haha, I'd never seen a Xerox web management page before. I love the output tray level: "Not Full"
@burntfuse said:
Right, for something like this it's useful to be able to save it easily.
True, but why would you save a list of links on your local machine? Wouldn't it be easier to just bookmark a page? At least that way if the links change there's a chance someone will update the links page to reflect the new addresses (although I'll admit that's fairly unlikely).
I just spent about half an hour doing some oranization assigned training in a training system powered by Saba. Dear God, if you ever run across this company, stay far, far away. After trying to load the main index of the training system about 20 times because apparently more than one person accessing the site at a time makes it a little shaky (this system is supposed to serve a large federal organization, mind you), I decided to take a look at the source of the page to see why the hell it was so clunky on the client side. I already knew why it was so bad on the server side, the .jsp said it all.
Here's the lovely little nugget that greated me in the source of the home page:
<html xmlns:wdk="http://www.saba.com/XML/WDK" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<head>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>*Scrubbed*</title>
</head>
<script language="Javascript">
// functions exported from frames
function numberOfParents() {
var theParent=window;
var numOfParents=0;
while (theParent != null) {
nextParent = theParent.parent
if (nextParent==theParent) theParent=null;
else {
numOfParents = numOfParents+1;
theParent = nextParent;
}
}
return numOfParents;
}
//CR75687 Renamed frames for 508
//No longer require frames (IMX support)
//however using frames to avoid affect browser URI updating during form post
var sleSourceStr = '/Saba/Web_wdk/Main/platform/presentation/portal/portalDriver.rdf?portal=mysaba&linkCxt=My_Home&actionPlanId=';
var sabaMainFrameTitle= 'SabaMain';
var allowXMPPLogin = 'false';
var currentUser = 'matt.atkins';
var httpBase = 'https://localhost/http-poll/';
var chatServer = 'localhost';
var sleSourceEnc = sleSourceStr.replace ( "'", "\'" );
var numParents = numberOfParents();
var siteURLPattern = "/Saba/Web_wdk/Main";
if(allowXMPPLogin == 'true')
{
if(typeof(top.xmppFrame) != 'undefined')
{
top.xmppFrame.doXMPPFrameLogin(currentUser,httpBase,chatServer,siteURLPattern);
}
}
if(numParents > 0)
{
// frameset already exists
window.location.href='/Saba/Web_wdk/Main/platform/presentation/portal/portalDriver.rdf?portal=mysaba&linkCxt=My_Home&actionPlanId=';
}
else
{
//no parent so use frameset
document.write('<frameset frameborder="0" framespacing="0" border="0" cols="99.8%,0.1%,*">');
document.write('<frame noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="'+sleSourceEnc+'" name="' + sabaMainFrameTitle +'">');
document.write('<frame scrolling="no" noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://www.lms.army.mil/StaticPages/assets/collaboration/chat/xmppChatFrame.html" name="xmppFrame">');
document.write('<noframes>');
document.write(' <h3>--This page requires a frames-capable browser.</h3>');
document.write('</noframes>');
document.write('</frameset>');
}
</script>
<noscript>Requires JavaScript</noscript>
</html>
<!-- This page was served in 115 milliseconds by Cocoon 1.8 -->
I would challenge everyone to find a more constipated way to serve up a page, but I fear the unholy results from such a contest.
The tiny javascript window that the training course came up in proudly stated that it was generated by Visual Studio 6, and its text was formatted in a sexy 'darkblue' with a size of 7.
I'd take the paycut for less hours, no overtime, and better benefits.
Time and health are always > cash.
There are a few die-hard forum-dwellers here who just love to get on anyone and everyone's case. They make it so fun and so easy to start flamewars that I often drop by and throw bait at them just because I'm having a bad day and need a distraction.
@dlikhten said:
Every time I read your replies to my posts it sounds like I just undermined everything you worked on in the last 10 years and you must defend your honor by stopping my truth from getting to the masses. I am not stating my word is truth, nor am I trying to attack you. I can take criticism, fine I was wrong on a point or two, but jez you make me out to be some retarded jerk because I have bad spelling and don't care to edit my posts on this f-ed up text editor (yes I can copy-pasta from vim... mmm pasta)
It's his job, he's MasterAsshatPlan. His kung fu is greater, and he must prove this by destroying all proponents of lesser kung fus.
Or he's just a software developer who gets his rocks off by starting flamewars.
And behold MasterAsshatPlan comes galloping in to save the thread!
If this thread is so old, what the hell are you doing in it? Do you have some sort of sixth-sense flamedar? I could probably hide some flamebait behind Jupiter and you would find it somehow.
How could you actually expect that warning to work? That's akin to putting a large red button in front of Peter Griffin and hanging a sign above it that reads "DO NOT PUSH."
@morbiuswilters said:
Well, at least you admit it. The next step is *consults manual* "Jump off a bridge".
I used to douse your types with kerosene but they took my matches away.. :-(
Death threats? Seriously? And you're calling me a troll?
By the way, dousing someone in kerosene is still perfectly possible without matches.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
Seriously. Can you just move on? No one is amused or impressed by the shit you are spewing.
Because my end goal in life is to impress and amuse a bunch of forum-dwellers I have never met before. You have crushed my very soulz, MasterAsshatPlan.
I have to agree with AmmoQ. Sounds like a job for SSDS.
@DaveK said:
Since when is "America" only half a continent?Or have you written off the non-US half of it? That would be a fairly good PKB.
Yes because historically the Canadians have also been refered to as "Americans."
You + Semantics = Fail.
@morbiuswilters said:
If I wanted to read political trolls, I would frequent shitholes like Free Republic or DailyKos.
You also don't have to read this thread, but you are DRAWN by the flamebait. COMPELLED to spout your rage against those you deem as less intelligent.
@KenW said:
Care to provide specifics? Or are you just spouting ignorant nonsense as usual.
You can start with the Peter Paul incident, for one. I think her campaign funds manager was shoved under the bus on that one.
Ignorant nonsense? Right...
@morbiuswilters said:
If you were caught you'd lose the election and possibly end up being charged with a crime? Obviously it would be worth it, though, because anyone who went to Obama's site would be confused by the redirection to Hillary's site and would end up voting for her.
Like senseless illegality has ever stopped her before....
And yeah, it probably would confuse most Obama voters into voting for someone else.
TRWTF is that he used it to redirect them to Billary's website, instead of someone actually worthwhile. Why trade suck for suck?
Also, the blackhat was probably actually in the employ of Billary.
TRWTF is that the only Apple app I have installed is iTunes + QT, and Safari still pops up in the updater. Thanks for the Microsoft-esque push, Apple. My respect is being liquidated faster than warehouse mattresses.
Does he do good work? Some guy has shitty attitudes, but manage to make up for it with exceptional work. I like to think I'm one of those guys.
You're working with someone who developes SharePoint solutions. What did you expect, neurosurgeons?
@DrJokepu said:
...I am glad that you have an excellent command of the language yourself, even though you are probably a natural speaker, so that's not much of an achievement...
...I wonder how many other languages you speak btw If that number is greater than zero, surely you understand the difficulties of writing in a foreign language.
@DrJokepu said:
...You must be American...
Yeah because you can write off half of a continent based on some stereotype like that.
@DrJokepu said:
...I am glad that you have an excellent command of the language yourself, even though you are probably a natural speaker, so that's not much of an achievement...
Actually, it is an achievement. Just because you speak a language doesn't mean you can write well in it.
@DrJokepu said:
...I wonder how many other languages you speak btw If that number is greater than zero, surely you understand the difficulties of writing in a foreign language.
I'm not fluent in them (mainly because I don't speak them daily, which makes remaining fluent hard), but I have dabbled in 3 other languages, to include Latin, which gives me a solid base for understanding a good chunk of the romance languages except for French, which is just all messed up.
For the record, I wasn't even referring to how you speak the language. In your native tongue, do they not have line-breaks?
New rule. Everyone who is expected to be able to write in computer languages well must also be able to write in English well.
You fail. Epically.
I love it when people name their recordsets "rs". But, alas, what if I use more than one in a page? Ah, solution!
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
Set rs1 = CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
Set rs2 = CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
That's right, it's even zero-based.
And don't forget to set up 3 different sql variables for those recordsets so each query is kept separate. What's with the close method? Why would I need that, doesn't the ASP clean up its own garbage at the end of the page? The server only processes one page at a time, right?
@RayS said:
"A TROJAN VIRUS IS INSTALLING CHILD PORN ONTO YOUR PC AND THEN CALLING THE POLICE! GO TO START>SHUTDOWN>RESTART TO SAVE YOURSELF FROM 15 YEARS OF SHARING A CELL WITH BIG BUBBA!"
FUCKING EPIC. You sir, are a genius.
@morbiuswilters said:
Are your users running IE? If so, just write an ActiveX plugin that reboots their computer on 403.
1) I can't force ActiveX plugins in my environment
2) What happens when they lose all of their work because IE just rebooted the machine?
I like your second option waaaaay better.
@Faxmachinen said:
Then we use the PC speaker, ofcourse. That's what my BIOS always does.
You can't be serious, an auditory message coming from the system speaker? -10 points for you.
@dabean said:
Most users don't read past the word "problem", maybe: "Please log off of your computer and log back on. If you've already done this, call IT for assistance" would work better.
Of course tracking down the problem would be the ideal solution.
I had thought of that, but then I would have the same people trapping me anyway and asking me why they had to log off/on of their computer.
I work in a very strictly controlled Windows environment, the problem is caused by applications outside of my grasp.
I run an internal web app that authenticates users via client certificates. Every once in a while something will go awry and certain users will get a 403 error when they try to access the site. I found that if the user logs off of his/her computer and logs back on, the error goes away. After about 10 phone calls of "it won't work" (which we all know is a statement that is terribly condusive to debugging), I added a custom error page for 403 error. This page is plain white, with a centered div outlined in red. In the div are bold, black words which simply state:
"There has been a problem with your certificates. Please log off of your computer and log back on. If the problem persists, call IT."
That's it, three sentences. The rest of the page is totally blank. I figured this would mitigate a lot of phone calls. I was completely and devastatingly wrong. Since then I have had users call me, e-mail me, send me screenshots of the error, copy/paste the error into e-mails, and visit me desk-side about the error. Every time, I play the role of Indian Level 1 Helpdesk nug. The conversation goes like this:
"Did you follow the instructions in the error message?"
"What instructions?"
Pause for huge, vacuum-inducing sigh. "The ones that say 'Log off and log back on, then try again.'"
"Oh, I didn't see that. Should I try that first?"
Pause again, this time wondering if being an overnight security guard in Antarctica would really be so bad. "Yes...."
TRWTF is that you didn't build it yourself, that you didn't make them put your DDR back, and that you are using a watercooling system.