Just a quick one – a funny movie about an Internet helpdesk.
To make sure that you watched the entire thing, answer the following question: What is a 12 o’clock flasher?
(Thanks to Doron)
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Computer Stupidities
Everyone likes computer stupidities. If you think the coffee tray in the computer is a funny support story, then you’d like this link. Some stories there are truly hard to believe, but all of them are hilarious.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest
Some programmers actually like writing messed up code. That’s why there’s a contest for it, which is called The International Obfuscated C Code Contest. The winners of 2005’s contest have been announced, but the entries are not on the website yet.
However, you can see the winning entries of years before. One of my favorites is this code, which “takes a single command line argument, transcribes the argument text into Tolkien’s Elvish letters, and writes the transcription to standard output as a portable graymap (PGM) file.” Another one is this code, which “translates ASCII text into semaphore code.” (take a look at the link to see an example. It’s pretty cool.)
Microsoft’s “We Share Your Pain” program
If you saw the “Send/Don’t Send” dialog box when a program crashed inside Windows enough times, I’m sure you get pissed at it. Microsoft has a new program, called “We Share Your Pain”. Check it out (streaming video).
70s Sci-Fi Watch
The useless gadgets fairy visits us again, bringing us this new 70s Sci-Fi watch, whatever that is. As watch usage drops in favor of time-telling cellphones, it’s amazing someone even comes up with new watch designs like these.
Anyway, if you can figure out how to use this watch to tell time, let me know. On second thought, keep it to yourself. I haven’t been wearing a watch for years.
(via Gizmodo)
Red Shirt Society
If you ever watched the original Star Trek series, then you know what happens to the unknown bastard wearing the red shirt at the bridge or going on an away team.
That’s what the Red Shirt Society is for.
The Really Big Button That Doesn’t Do Anything
Lately, some of the older links I used to think of as funny spring to mind. The Really Big Button That Doesn’t Do Anything is, as you may have already guessed, a big button that doesn’t do anything. And it’s been not doing anything since 1994!
Try it. It really doesn’t do anything, and I don’t mean in it in the “how to do nothing” sense.
Proof of how geeky Slashdot readers are
In a response to the latest Slashdot poll, which was “Number of Open WAP Access Points Around You Now”, one user wrote: “Define open. I mean, does WEP count?”
If you don’t get it, then you’re not as geeky as you may think. Here are some links that may help you get the joke:
- Definition of WAP in Webopedia.
- Definition of WEP in Webopedia.
- One article of many about WEP security.
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
If you ever wondered where the phrase “all your base are belong to us” comes from, then your search is over. It’s actually a pretty funny story. You can read it in the history page on the official video site, or view the actual video (followed by a hilarious Techno track). You can also read it all on the “all your base” page in Wikipedia.