|
If, like moi, you have, for years, been baffled/misled/hornswoggled by the bizarre dys-organization and dys-content of MSDN technical documentation for C#, WinForms, etc. ... I mean haven't you ever wondered why, on the support forums, each message is repeated twice ?
Well, you may (or, may not) be chuffed to learn that an ex-employee, Elle P. Hant, has revealed that what has appeared to many as the scatter-shot chaos of an explosion in a compost pit is a deliberate educational strategy based on (hush-hush) research into disfluency in the cognitive psychology of learning: [^].
Elle, hiding incognito, living on take-out never ordered from the same restautrant twice, in fear her MS stock options will be confiscated, in the Consulate of a small South American country in Seattle, Washington, is rumored to be planning even more revelations about MSDN's subliminal conspiracies.
But, will we ever know why they don't present all the documentation in Comic Sans [1][2] ?
[1] At this time it is not clear if the July 4, 2012 announcement-graphic by CERN of evidence for the Higgs Boson, which used Comic Sans, has any connection with Microsoft's failure to use it on MSDN. The official story was: "Gianotti, the coordinator of the CERN program to find the Higgs boson, provided a compelling rationale for why she had used Comic Sans. When asked, she said, 'Because I like it.' "
[2] The quote from Gianotti, and the story of the fascinating research by David Dunning into the effect of fonts on "believability" and reader bias are in an excellent essay here: [^].
«The greater the social and cultural distances between people, the more magical the light can spring from their contact» Milan Kundera, "Testaments Trahis"
|
|
|
|
|
There are new idiots coming out with ridiculous ideas every year, usually only because they need to publish something if they want to gain or keep tenure.
It's best to just ignore them. The genuinely good ideas shine out like beacons projecting the words "Jeeze! Why the Hell didn't I think of that?"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
A few weeks ago the Oakland Raiders football team* visited your city.
I am afraid there has been a misunderstanding.
We meant for you to keep them[^]
Sincerely,
The San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area
* The term "football team" is loosely applied to this lot.
What we got here is a failure to communicate
|
|
|
|
|
Just ship them back to LA 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
|
|
|
|
|
Are you merely incompetent or severely brain damaged?
Just made a purchase online where my credit card payment was being handled by PayPal. From what I could see the vendor had completed the transaction at their end and handed it off to PayPal.
I then entered my details and all was good. Until I clicked Pay and PayPal advised me that the Billing Address was wrong. It cannot ship goods to a PO Box. Well thank you very faarrrkkkking much PayPal but the Billing Address and Shipping Address were different. I allowed for the fact 5 SD Cards couldn't possibly fit in my PO Box and supplied my Home Address for shipping.
Funnily enough, if you had verified my details against the bank (which many of you dodgy financial gateways claim you do) you would see that my PO Box is the Billing Address for my credit card.
I hope Maria Sharapova's elephant pays you a visit, along with all his mates.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
|
|
|
|
|
Well those three word guaranteed a rant PayPal and Michael Martin. I guess PP are like Crystal Reports, never heard anyone with a good word for either of them.
Glad you had a good weekend, hope your not taking your hangover out on PP.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
|
|
|
|
|
Mycroft Holmes wrote: Glad you had a good weekend, hope your not taking your hangover out on PP.
The keg's still in the backyard. Had it to myself yesterday and will be having more tonight, we have shitloads of meat and side dishes leftover.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
|
|
|
|
|
I have never had any issues with PP and I use both bank accounts and credit cards as funding sources and switch happily depending on what is being purchased. PP has been linked as well with Ebay and the whole process is painless.
|
|
|
|
|
And now you are going to tell me CR just works...
Mostly people just bitch about a product, only fanbois want to constantly tell the world how wonderful the product is. As I don't use the service I can only go on anecdotal data which is highly reliable  and almost entirely negative.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
|
|
|
|
|
Mycroft Holmes wrote: And now you are going to tell me CR just works...
Definetely not!
My only experience of attempting to use CR was way back in VB4 days (i think it 4 anyway), and that was shocking experience and never touched it since.
|
|
|
|
|
Ouch. Back when CR still used the term database to refer to a single db table. 
CR has come a long way since those dark times, but it's still quite unpleasant.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
|
|
|
|
|
Mycroft Holmes wrote: Mostly people just bitch
Agreed!
Mycroft Holmes wrote: And now you are going to tell me CR just works
Wow, how did CR get pulled into a rant about PP? I have used CR for over 15 years, and have learned to beat it into submission. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
|
|
|
|
|
... until it crashes just before you hit the Save button
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
|
|
|
|
|
kmoorevs wrote: how did CR get pulled into a rant about PP
Everyone has their pet hate, mine is CR. I used it extensively in the 90s, made a living writing reporting apps in various versions of VB using CR.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
|
|
|
|
|
Never had any problems either; and given the choice between trusting randomSpecialtyProducts.com to have done its payment processing and data storage correctly or PP I'll take PP anyday. If for no other reason, because if paypal gets pwnd at least I'll find out about it...
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
|
|
|
|
|
Ironically I'm going through an almost identical scenario - finding out a seller won't ship to a PO Box after buying their product... have contacted them to either ship to the PO Box or cancel my order... no contact from them yet.
|
|
|
|
|
_Damian S_ wrote: Ironically I'm going through an almost identical scenario - finding out a seller won't ship to a PO Box after buying their product... have contacted them to either ship to the PO Box or cancel my order... no contact from them yet.
Besides these idiots unable to send SD Cards to a PO Box, my Optometrist wants stuff ordered online. So Specsavers have decided that Contact Lenses are too big for a PO Box as well.
Now I just have to hope my boy is home on the two different days the prders arrive, or that my Mother In-Law decides to answer the door instead of ignoring it like she always does when home alone.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
|
|
|
|
|
OK, I feel your pain, but this hurts me more - Linky[^]. 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
|
|
|
|
|
Because of your on-line expression of a negative opinion of PayPal, you are now on PayPal's Terrorist List.
This list is, of course, available to security forces worldwide, who give it prominent attention because we used the word "Terrorist".
Good luck for your future.
Sincerely,
PayPal
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
|
That's really going to annoy our Lizard Masters, who live at the centre of our Hollow Earth (when they aren't in residence in Buckingham Palace).
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
modified 16-Nov-14 7:44am.
|
|
|
|
|
If those alien care for so much for secrecy to hide the ship in a comet, and HAS that technology, why they give us the opportunity to land on?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
|
|
|
|
|
They didn't.
It didn't bounce, they kicked it off!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
|
|
|
|
|
I was wondering how much it would take, such stories to appear.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
It must be true, Ming is in the European Parliament!
Ger
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
