Welcome to the Lounge

MehGerbil6-Nov-13 2:53

6-Nov-13 2:53

The sad thing is that I'm the most likely shooter in the office.
She sits right next to me.

Not that I've told her that... Big Grin | :-D

I googled Alan Partridge.
You Brits are a crazy lot.

glennPattonWork36-Nov-13 2:59

glennPattonWork3

6-Nov-13 2:59

Quote:
You Brits are a crazy lot.

It's the whole island thing! Laugh | :laugh:

Eytukan6-Nov-13 2:48

6-Nov-13 2:48

Man! I can't agree more. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Its even more dumber when it shows up a sign up form like this[^]

Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

MehGerbil6-Nov-13 2:50

6-Nov-13 2:50

Yep.
I never read emails with the words 'white paper' in the title.

Straight ... to ... the ... trash ... and ... blocked.

ClockMeister7-Nov-13 2:14

ClockMeister

7-Nov-13 2:14

I'll second that one! Why would I read white paper anyway? Laugh | :laugh:

ProgrammerInProgress7-Nov-13 2:42

ProgrammerInProgress

7-Nov-13 2:42

I agree, all whitepapers can be summed up by saying "here's a problem I've just plucked out of thin air, and here is the solution to that problem which happens to involve you buying my product!

ClockMeister7-Nov-13 2:47

ClockMeister

7-Nov-13 2:47

Exactly! I hadn't thought that far but now that you mention it, that's right! Heh... I just throw them in the "white colored" file 86, don't even look at them! Wink | ;)

firegryphon7-Nov-13 6:01

firegryphon

7-Nov-13 6:01

Hmmm... I'm not selling things when I write them, but I wonder if the devs at a certain company feel that way when they implement a feature in an engineering analysis tool that essentially breaks physics and I write a white paper on how the physics actually works along with sample code so that their results actually match with other prominent and validated tools.

MehGerbil6-Nov-13 2:49

6-Nov-13 2:49

3: News sites that won't let you view a news report without first viewing an ad. (1)

NOTES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: I never watch the ads - that is why I quit watching your TV offering you dorks.

Eytukan6-Nov-13 3:02

6-Nov-13 3:02

4. That dumb fat green DOWNLOAD button that is no way related to what we intend to download.

Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

MehGerbil6-Nov-13 3:03

6-Nov-13 3:03

+5: You nailed it.

RJOberg6-Nov-13 5:27

RJOberg

6-Nov-13 5:27

I want to shank the person who thought that one up. Then I want to doubly shank the person who approved it. Mad | :mad:

Just yesterday I was setting up my new laptop and grabbing tools to mount ISOs. I wanted the basic version (aka free) so went to the site, and just to the right, up on top, right under the name of the software... "Start Download - Free Version". Sure enough, advertisement. Back, scroll down, and I see the real link, in a green button about a quarter of the size of the ad. "Download".

This is not the first time this has happened to me. Sigh | :sigh:

Mycroft Holmes6-Nov-13 13:25

Mycroft Holmes

6-Nov-13 13:25

RJOberg wrote:
mount ISO

I recently used winrar yo unzip these into folders for installation. Worked for all the MS apps.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

patbob7-Nov-13 5:17

patbob

7-Nov-13 5:17

RJOberg wrote:
scroll down, and I see the real link, in a green button about a quarter of the
size of the ad

Its gotten to the point that I always look for the smallest download link on the page. Even then, I carefully study it to make sure its what I really want to download and not some ad.

Its not free software if its bundled with a lot of crapware, and the crapware pushers want us to pay.

We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.

ClockMeister7-Nov-13 2:17

ClockMeister

7-Nov-13 2:17

4: News (or any website) that requires sign-in or "create an account" just to read the story.

Eytukan6-Nov-13 3:04

6-Nov-13 3:04

5. Any site that tries to post on my FACEBOOK : "Vunic just watched a wardrobe malfunction". Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

modified 6-Nov-13 9:12am.

Dalek Dave6-Nov-13 3:18

Dalek Dave

6-Nov-13 3:18

Vunic wrote:
Vunic just watched a wardrobe malfunction

Did the doors fall off?

---------------------------------
Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

Eytukan6-Nov-13 3:24

6-Nov-13 3:24

Yep, and the racks got exposed.

Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

John Cehowski7-Nov-13 9:09

John Cehowski

7-Nov-13 9:09

Vunic wrote:
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the
last time they were cute - Jeremy.

They don't even use their own pix - they get them from a cute kids pix website! The ads that really frost me, are those that are longer than the video that follows, and don't have "Skip Ad" links.

Silvabolt6-Nov-13 3:34

Silvabolt

6-Nov-13 3:34

6. File share sites with "free downloads" that force you to do sketchy surveys and offers.

(you also get bonus spam and malware for free too)

Tarek Elqusi6-Nov-13 3:40

Tarek Elqusi

6-Nov-13 3:40

Converting a program from old version to a new version of the language due to upgrade issues.

56789012346-Nov-13 3:54

5678901234

6-Nov-13 3:54

n. Adobe flash player auto update.
n+1. All PDF viewers except SumatraPDF.

StatementTerminator7-Nov-13 3:33

StatementTerminator

7-Nov-13 3:33

My favorite part about that one is the apparently non-functional "Do not remind me later" button.

Shameel6-Nov-13 4:12

Shameel

6-Nov-13 4:12

7. "Message Automatically Removed" in the forums.