The Weird and The Wonderful

Dropped my jaw when I read that message.

Excuse me for my improper grammar and typos.
It's because English is my primary language, not my first language.

My first languages are C# and Java.
VB, ASP, JS, PHP and SQL are my second language.
Indonesian came as my third language.
My fourth language? I'm still creating it, I'll let you know when it's done! Big Grin | :-D

No Excel Application, days before I notice

Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: 80040154

Duuude, 80040154!

Don't tell me you've never 80040154ed something during you're time!

There are careers out there that are totally build up on 80040154!

That seems to be a PEBKAC problem, Sir. Why don't you go and fetch a coffee while I handle the operation?

"80040154ed" what is that mean?

It's the verb form of 80040154, simple past. like talk - talked.

Simple, isn't it? And also quite obvious, as you've already stated when you first posted that error message here.

That seems to be a PEBKAC problem, Sir. Why don't you go and fetch a coffee while I handle the operation?

What I mean is. . .
What do you mean with this "There are careers out there that are totally build up on 80040154!"

At a guess: Security & Registration. Try google! Unsure | :~

I mean _absolutely_ nothing, just like the error messages you posted meant nothing.

I was just mocking about that "obvious" number; you shouldn't take that seriously.

But _if_ I had intended a deeper meaning with the sentence you just quoted, it would be this:

There are some people out there who are writing code just like this "obvious error message". When it comes down to maintenance, no one else could handle that kind of bullsh... horse dung. That's active job security, right there! $Shucks | :-\$ So, whenever you stumble upon some messages like these, rest assured: There's a dude with a water tight career. He's roared up to a position where his employer is taking crap like that from him, because he couldn't let him go.

But that's just a interpretation of what I wrote. Hell, if I know what I was thinking all the time, I would at least be a miner god. Or totally crazy. Better not find out.

That seems to be a PEBKAC problem, Sir. Why don't you go and fetch a coffee while I handle the operation?

"not even" D'Oh! | :doh:

So odd.

Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.

that's actually what the error is referring to... Laugh | :laugh:

...but the user has no idea, they just get a lot of errors saying "not even"... it's "not even" their fault, its when one of our drivers malfunctions Laugh | :laugh:

I can't forget "Catastrophic failure." from Delphi 5. How somebody can support this? rsrsrs...

Error message syntax error

or

Error message add 1 for odd error and not even

Or that usual "Fatal Error" ... Should I look over my shoulder? OMG | :OMG:

Prime example of a bad error message.

Maybe I'm just showing my age and where I went to High School (So. California) - but my first thought was that the message would be followed by "as if" and "gnarly" prompts. D'Oh! | :doh:

-Bob

that's what came to mind when I first saw this error message...

Not even if you pay me?

I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office

Don't get odd, get even.

My favorite all time error message on a program I worked on- "Shut 'er down Clancy, she's pumping mud." shown just before the program crashed. No other information. Good for a laugh, but not much else.

An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).

Reminds me of post[^] tests

That's not bad, that's epic good.

Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

Assuming that something was wrong with the tape drive it makes sense to flash the light as an indicator. OTOH, if it was flashing SOS during normal operation, I'd say there was something wrong with the one who programmed it. Wink | ;)

Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.

The tape drive was going bad, so the SOS was a good alert even though it did not give a hint to what the actual problem was.