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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 16:36:32
Message: <472b9860@news.povray.org>
Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
these? 0;-)


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 17:09:23
Message: <472BA11B.4080204@hotmail.com>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
> these? 0;-)
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
1) I did not know zazzle was that fast in delivery
2) I do have a collection of colorful ties, but these ones are outside 
my taste because there won't be an occasion to wear them. That is 
because I need to be able to tell a story why this tie in particular. If 
you include a POV symbol and a text that it was "designed by the 
official povray.off-topic mascot" I might be tempted.
3) If I had one I would use it (at the proper occasion). No problem.
4) when I pressed the 30 results per page button, nothing happened.
5) advertising yourself, isn't that too close to spam?


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 17:25:32
Message: <472ba3dc$1@news.povray.org>
andrel escribió:
> If  you include a POV symbol and a text that it was "designed by the 
> official povray.off-topic mascot" I might be tempted.

Heh, is OrchidXP the official povray.off-topic mascot?

> 4) when I pressed the 30 results per page button, nothing happened.

He clearly used a bad screenshot program... no interactive features! <g>


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 18:01:58
Message: <472bac66@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
> these? 0;-)

  You work at a place where you must wear a tie? OMG.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 18:09:24
Message: <472BAF2D.2010108@hotmail.com>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> andrel escribió:
>> If  you include a POV symbol and a text that it was "designed by the 
>> official povray.off-topic mascot" I might be tempted.
> 
> Heh, is OrchidXP the official povray.off-topic mascot?
yes, for a couple of years now. Details are lost in the mists of time.
He also became nearly the mascot of a gameplaying gang. Of course we 
were very angry that another group was trying to steal our mascot, but 
at the end they backed off and made him a regular member.


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 18:11:51
Message: <472BAFC0.1020406@hotmail.com>
Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
>> these? 0;-)
> 
>   You work at a place where you must wear a tie? OMG.
> 
I don't know about andy, but I wear ties because I don't have to.


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 18:48:16
Message: <472bb740@news.povray.org>
andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> >   You work at a place where you must wear a tie? OMG.
> > 
> I don't know about andy, but I wear ties because I don't have to.

  I don't even own a tie. Never have.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: St 
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 19:14:16
Message: <472bbd58$1@news.povray.org>
"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message 
news:472bb740@news.povray.org...
> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> >   You work at a place where you must wear a tie? OMG.
>> >
>> I don't know about andy, but I wear ties because I don't have to.
>
>  I don't even own a tie. Never have.



    Well, I own one, my wedding suit tie - it's black.





      ~Steve~   ;)






>
> -- 
>                                                          - Warp


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 19:22:20
Message: <472bbf3c$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
> these? 0;-)

Cool. There's my brother's christmas present. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 19:55:01
Message: <web.472bc5e86f9d61362c10637b0@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of
> these? 0;-)


promote those on thinkgeek! :)

a couple of years earlier and I'd take one of those...


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 21:07:11
Message: <472bd7ce@news.povray.org>
St. <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>     Well, I own one, my wedding suit tie - it's black.

  Suitable color for a wedding. It's, after all, quite akin to a funeral:
Your life ends there. ;)

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 21:55:00
Message: <web.472be25e6f9d61362c10637b0@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> St. <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> >     Well, I own one, my wedding suit tie - it's black.
>
>   Suitable color for a wedding. It's, after all, quite akin to a funeral:
> Your life ends there. ;)

kids must be the afterlife, then.  In Hell...


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 22:34:13
Message: <472bec35$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/02 17:36:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
> these? 0;-)
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
Cool fractal ties.
But I never wear a tie.

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
You know you've been raytracing too long when you find yourself daydreaming for 
hours on end what it would be like to go back in time and give Michealangelo a 
decent raytracer.
Taps a.k.a. Tapio Vocadlo


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 2 Nov 2007 22:36:57
Message: <472becd9$1@news.povray.org>
Warp nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/02 19:48:
> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>>   You work at a place where you must wear a tie? OMG.
>>>
>> I don't know about andy, but I wear ties because I don't have to.
> 
>   I don't even own a tie. Never have.
> 
I own one, and hav'nt used it in years...

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
At the feast of ego everyone leaves hungry.
	Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, Tucson, AZ


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 04:12:38
Message: <472c3b86@news.povray.org>
>> Heh, is OrchidXP the official povray.off-topic mascot?
> yes, for a couple of years now. Details are lost in the mists of time.

But it has to do with something called "bukkake".

Do NOT look this up, especially at work. (This is how I became the 
mascot...)


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 04:13:30
Message: <472c3bba$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>> St. <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>>>     Well, I own one, my wedding suit tie - it's black.
>>   Suitable color for a wedding. It's, after all, quite akin to a funeral:
>> Your life ends there. ;)
> 
> kids must be the afterlife, then.  In Hell...

Bahahaha!

This NG is the most amusing place ever...


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 04:14:31
Message: <472c3bf7$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

> Cool. There's my brother's christmas present. :-)

Hahahaha!

Seriously, if I actually sell a single one of these I'll be amazed...


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 04:16:31
Message: <472c3c6f$1@news.povray.org>
andrel wrote:

> 1) I did not know zazzle was that fast in delivery

Yeah, but probably only in the USA. In the UK it typically takes nearer 
a week. (Unless you pay extra to have DHL deliver it. Then it takes more 
than a month...!)

> 2) I do have a collection of colorful ties, but these ones are outside 
> my taste because there won't be an occasion to wear them. That is 
> because I need to be able to tell a story why this tie in particular. If 
> you include a POV symbol and a text that it was "designed by the 
> official povray.off-topic mascot" I might be tempted.

Hehehe. Well, I could do... (It would be far too small to read though.)

> 4) when I pressed the 30 results per page button, nothing happened.

lolz!

> 5) advertising yourself, isn't that too close to spam?

Perhaps. But seriously - I think I could advertise *these* all day long 
and still not sell a single item. Really, who is going to buy these? ;-)


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 04:22:58
Message: <472c3df2$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:

> promote those on thinkgeek! :)

LOL! How?

> a couple of years earlier and I'd take one of those...

Ah well, never mind... ;-)


Hey, did you know Zazzle now do baby clothes? I mean, who the heck is 
going to pay $15 for a bit of white cloth with a tiny design printed on 
it that's only going to fit for a few days anyway? Hmm...


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 04:23:27
Message: <472c3e0f@news.povray.org>
Alain wrote:

> Cool fractal ties.
> But I never wear a tie.

No, nor do I.

Even so, I'm tempted to buy myself just one, just for the hell of it. ;-)


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 04:23:55
Message: <472c3e2b$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   You work at a place where you must wear a tie? OMG.

Actually, no.

But lots of people do... ;-)


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From: Paul Fuller
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 06:18:37
Message: <472c590d@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
> these? 0;-)
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
Let me know when you have a model that animates a fractal zoom.  Or at 
least one that performs colour cycling ala FractInt when you press a button.

At work we used to occasionally have 'Horrible Tie and Ugly Sock Day' - 
with prizes for the worst in each category.  While fractals can be 
beautiful I think any one of these would have won the tie category 
easily. :)


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 06:28:30
Message: <472c5b5e@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of
> these? 0;-)
> 

I would, but 'bout 8 months ago we were not just allowed to work without
a tie, but actually forbidden to wear one at work.

Hmm, when will Zazzle start printing on those shirts tie can be used
with. I could easily fit a fractal (and a penguin, and... and... other
nice pics) on some shirts to wear at work.

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
   http://www.zbxt.net
      aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid


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From: M a r c
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 07:49:29
Message: <472c6e59@news.povray.org>
"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> a écrit dans le message de news: 
472bd7ce@news.povray.org...
> St. <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>>     Well, I own one, my wedding suit tie - it's black.
>
>  Suitable color for a wedding. It's, after all, quite akin to a funeral:
> Your life ends there. ;)
>
Wasn't the great philosopher(*) Frank Sinatra who said
"A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. But then it's too 
late"

Marc
* Sinatra was the peer of the greatests as this evidence proves :
"To be or not to be" (W. Sheakespeare)
"To be is to do" (R Descartes)
"To be do be do" (F. Sinatra)


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From: Brian Elliott
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 08:21:30
Message: <472c75da@news.povray.org>
"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
news:472c3b86@news.povray.org...
>>> Heh, is OrchidXP the official povray.off-topic mascot?
>> yes, for a couple of years now. Details are lost in the mists of time.
>
> But it has to do with something called "bukkake".
>
> Do NOT look this up, especially at work. (This is how I became the 
> mascot...)

I forgot about that episode...  :- )

Greetings from your original mascot-nominator.  <waves>

-- 
Cheers,
  Brian


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From: Brian Elliott
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 08:29:54
Message: <472c77d2@news.povray.org>
"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
news:472b9860@news.povray.org...
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of
> these? 0;-)
>

No, and I don't pick my own ties any more.
But I AM man enough to wear the ties she chooses for me.  ;-)


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 12:03:22
Message: <472ca9da$1@news.povray.org>
Brian Elliott wrote:

>>> yes, for a couple of years now. Details are lost in the mists of time.
>>
>> But it has to do with something called "bukkake".
>>
>> Do NOT look this up, especially at work. (This is how I became the 
>> mascot...)
> 
> I forgot about that episode...  :- )
> 
> Greetings from your original mascot-nominator.  <waves>

Bonus points for remembering the date of this event... heh. :-S


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 12:05:15
Message: <472caa4b$1@news.povray.org>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of
>> these? 0;-)
>>
> 
> I would, but 'bout 8 months ago we were not just allowed to work without
> a tie, but actually forbidden to wear one at work.
> 
> Hmm, when will Zazzle start printing on those shirts tie can be used
> with. I could easily fit a fractal (and a penguin, and... and... other
> nice pics) on some shirts to wear at work.

Printing on shirts... I was thinking the exact same thing last night! ;-)

The buttons could be a problem.

OTOH, it would be nice to print on more of the area of a T-shrit. (E.g., 
on the sleeves.) Oh well...


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 12:24:07
Message: <472caeb7@news.povray.org>
Paul Fuller wrote:

> At work we used to occasionally have 'Horrible Tie and Ugly Sock Day' - 
> with prizes for the worst in each category.  While fractals can be 
> beautiful I think any one of these would have won the tie category 
> easily. :)

Mmm... Flaming Dragon would be good for such a contest! ;-)


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 14:34:46
Message: <472CCE5F.4090009@hotmail.com>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Brian Elliott wrote:
> 
>>>> yes, for a couple of years now. Details are lost in the mists of time.
>>>
>>> But it has to do with something called "bukkake".
>>>
>>> Do NOT look this up, especially at work. (This is how I became the 
>>> mascot...)
>>
>> I forgot about that episode...  :- )
luckily me too, until now. I though the fact that he did (and does) 
write most of the contributions and starts most threads in p.o-t played 
a major role.
>>
>> Greetings from your original mascot-nominator.  <waves>
> 
> Bonus points for remembering the date of this event... heh. :-S
I think on june 25th or 26th in 2005, but it feels much longer.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 16:45:40
Message: <472cec04$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:01:58 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of
>> these? 0;-)
> 
>   You work at a place where you must wear a tie? OMG.

Heh, that was my first thought.  

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 16:46:35
Message: <472cec3b$1@news.povray.org>
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:49:37 +0100, M_a_r_c wrote:

> "To be do be do" (F. Sinatra)

I Think you'll find that it's "Do be do be do" ;-)

Jim


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 18:37:32
Message: <472d063c$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> 
> Printing on shirts... I was thinking the exact same thing last night! ;-)
>
> The buttons could be a problem.

Possibly, yes, but it should still be possible to print a 10x10cm olst
to another side of the shirt.

> OTOH, it would be nice to print on more of the area of a T-shrit. (E.g.,
> on the sleeves.) Oh well...

True that.

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
   http://www.zbxt.net
      aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 23:36:24
Message: <472d4c48@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/03 05:16:
> andrel wrote:
> 
>> 1) I did not know zazzle was that fast in delivery
> 
> Yeah, but probably only in the USA. In the UK it typically takes nearer 
> a week. (Unless you pay extra to have DHL deliver it. Then it takes more 
> than a month...!)
> 
>> 2) I do have a collection of colorful ties, but these ones are outside 
>> my taste because there won't be an occasion to wear them. That is 
>> because I need to be able to tell a story why this tie in particular. 
>> If you include a POV symbol and a text that it was "designed by the 
>> official povray.off-topic mascot" I might be tempted.
> 
> Hehehe. Well, I could do... (It would be far too small to read though.)
> 
>> 4) when I pressed the 30 results per page button, nothing happened.
> 
> lolz!
> 
>> 5) advertising yourself, isn't that too close to spam?
> 
> Perhaps. But seriously - I think I could advertise *these* all day long 
> and still not sell a single item. Really, who is going to buy these? ;-)
Some "m'a tu vu" types.
Those that like fractals, and confident enough in themself to actualy wear a 
afractal tie.
Wou won't make a sale with me, as I don't wear any tie.

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 3 Nov 2007 23:39:34
Message: <472d4d06@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/02 17:36:
> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
> these? 0;-)
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
There are many anounce and adds groups, you should post on those. You may get 
lucky and sell a bunch.

-- 
Alain
-------------------------------------------------
If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?


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From: Kyle
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 08:10:57
Message: <md5ui3put4n8tdb5gm4rngenfgt9cdd68e@4ax.com>
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:36:34 +0000, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
>these? 0;-)

Dang scrollbar-in-an-image got me again.  I tried to scroll down to see more.  Grr.

Those are very nice.


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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 08:24:36
Message: <472f1994$1@news.povray.org>
Kyle wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:36:34 +0000, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> 
>> Are YOU man enough to turn up to the office on Monday sporting one of 
>> these? 0;-)
> 
> Dang scrollbar-in-an-image got me again.  I tried to scroll down to see more.  Grr.
> 
> Those are very nice.
> 
> 

Don't worry about it.  I was looking at the image again and tried to 
click the links <sigh>


Tom


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 08:37:49
Message: <472f1cad$1@news.povray.org>
Tom Austin wrote:

>> Dang scrollbar-in-an-image got me again.  I tried to scroll down to 
>> see more.  Grr.
>>
>> Those are very nice.
>>
>>
> 
> Don't worry about it.  I was looking at the image again and tried to 
> click the links <sigh>
> 
> 

Don't worry about it. I sent all our users an email a while back saying 
"If you see an error message like *this*, you need to do so-and-so". A 
few days later, I got a call from some guy about how every time he 
looked at a certain email it gave him an error message and no matter how 
much he clicked it, it wouldn't go away. *sigh*

(Normal humans don't understand the concept of a picture of some text 
being different to the actual text. Nor the idea that a picture of an 
error message being different to a real error message. Next time you 
feel like having a good giggle, try to explain to someone what the 
difference between the string "7" and the number 7 is... Every 
programmer in the land knows the answer, but not normal humans!)


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 09:15:31
Message: <472f2583$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible escribió:
> Don't worry about it. I sent all our users an email a while back saying 
> "If you see an error message like *this*, you need to do so-and-so". A 
> few days later, I got a call from some guy about how every time he 
> looked at a certain email it gave him an error message and no matter how 
> much he clicked it, it wouldn't go away. *sigh*

...

oh gawd...

"Some people shouldn't be allowed to own a computer"


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 09:47:15
Message: <472f2cf3$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> oh gawd...
> 
> "Some people shouldn't be allowed to own a computer"

Technically, he doesn't. It's ours. >:-D

Most of the people reading this are probably computer enthusiasts. Try 
to remember that computers make up about 2% of this guy's job. (The 
other 98% involves moving heavy equipment around, and mixing chemicals 
in the lab...)


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 11:58:12
Message: <472f4ba4@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> 
> Don't worry about it. I sent all our users an email a while back saying
> "If you see an error message like *this*, you need to do so-and-so". A
> few days later, I got a call from some guy about how every time he
> looked at a certain email it gave him an error message and no matter how
> much he clicked it, it wouldn't go away. *sigh*
> 

With earlier workstation I had a screenshot of error message (humorous
one "Invalid month on date 72.15.7265" (oslt, invalid month on totally
invalid date anyways). Every once in a while, usully when I was still
tired at the early morning, I clicked it to go away.

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
   http://www.zbxt.net
      aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 16:35:22
Message: <472F8DA4.40602@hotmail.com>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Don't worry about it. I sent all our users an email a while back saying
>> "If you see an error message like *this*, you need to do so-and-so". A
>> few days later, I got a call from some guy about how every time he
>> looked at a certain email it gave him an error message and no matter how
>> much he clicked it, it wouldn't go away. *sigh*
>>
> 
> With earlier workstation I had a screenshot of error message (humorous
> one "Invalid month on date 72.15.7265" (oslt, invalid month on totally
> invalid date anyways). Every once in a while, usully when I was still
> tired at the early morning, I clicked it to go away.
> 

error: unbalanced parentheses in e-mail

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From: scott
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 5 Nov 2007 17:24:47
Message: <472f982f@news.povray.org>
> Don't worry about it. I sent all our users an email a while back saying 
> "If you see an error message like *this*, you need to do so-and-so". A few 
> days later, I got a call from some guy about how every time he looked at a 
> certain email it gave him an error message and no matter how much he 
> clicked it, it wouldn't go away. *sigh*

Hehe, the old "take a screenshot of a window and set it as the desktop 
wallpaper" trick used to confuse the hell out of even the IT guys at school 
:-)  Or the "recurring task: launch solitare.exe every 5 minutes" on an 
unused machine during a lesson.


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 6 Nov 2007 00:08:59
Message: <472ff6eb$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> much he clicked it, it wouldn't go away. *sigh*

That's OK. I was in line behind some woman at the electronics store 
repair desk. The clerk spent, and I exagerate not, 40 minutes explaining 
that while a laptop computer *does* have a battery, one nevertheless 
needs to occasionally plug it in. And this is the icon that shows you 
it's plugged in. And if you put the mouse over it, it tells you how much 
it's charged. And if you take the battery out, and it isn't plugged in, 
you'll lose whatever you haven't saved. And it'll charge faster when 
it's turned off than when it's turned on.  And yes, when the icon says 
100% charge, it won't get any higher.

I suspect she takes the car back to the dealer when she runs out of gas, 
too.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 6 Nov 2007 04:19:41
Message: <473031ad@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

> I suspect she takes the car back to the dealer when she runs out of gas, 
> too.

I don't really know why, but some people become paralysed by fear when 
they go near a computer. Otherwise normal people become unbelievably 
stupid when confronted by a PC. It's as if their brain switches off 
while using one.

I don't know - perhaps these people think normal common sense isn't 
applicable to new technology?


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 6 Nov 2007 08:10:01
Message: <web.4730676f6f9d6136726bd13c0@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
> > I suspect she takes the car back to the dealer when she runs out of gas,
> > too.
>
> I don't really know why, but some people become paralysed by fear when
> they go near a computer. Otherwise normal people become unbelievably
> stupid when confronted by a PC. It's as if their brain switches off
> while using one.
>
> I don't know - perhaps these people think normal common sense isn't
> applicable to new technology?

Actually normal common sense isn't applicable to new technology.
Quote from Wikipedia

Of two general meaning attached to the term "common sense" in philosophy, one is
a sense of things being common to other things, and the second is a sense of
things that are common to humanity.
It is common sense not to stick your fingers in a live socket but only if you
know what a live socket is. IM(ns)HO


Stephen


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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 6 Nov 2007 08:24:03
Message: <47306af3$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> 
> (Normal humans don't understand the concept of a picture of some text 
> being different to the actual text. Nor the idea that a picture of an 
> error message being different to a real error message. Next time you 
> feel like having a good giggle, try to explain to someone what the 
> difference between the string "7" and the number 7 is... Every 
> programmer in the land knows the answer, but not normal humans!)

Sure, make and break my day.

The first statement made me almost sound normal.
The last statement not.


But I have run into the second statement.  But most of the people in the 
class I was in were 'normal'.


Tom


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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 6 Nov 2007 08:27:10
Message: <47306bae$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
> I suspect she takes the car back to the dealer when she runs out of gas, 
> too.
> 

I remember reading someplace that some wealthy North American Indians 
(due to the oil boom) would buy a car and when it ran out of gas just go 
buy another one.


Tom


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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 6 Nov 2007 08:28:06
Message: <47306be6$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
>> Don't worry about it. I sent all our users an email a while back 
>> saying "If you see an error message like *this*, you need to do 
>> so-and-so". A few days later, I got a call from some guy about how 
>> every time he looked at a certain email it gave him an error message 
>> and no matter how much he clicked it, it wouldn't go away. *sigh*
> 
> Hehe, the old "take a screenshot of a window and set it as the desktop 
> wallpaper" trick used to confuse the hell out of even the IT guys at 
> school :-)  Or the "recurring task: launch solitare.exe every 5 minutes" 
> on an unused machine during a lesson.
> 
> 

I once swapped the J & K keys on my keyboard at work.

It was great seeing other people try to figure out what was wrong.


Tom


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Wahahahaha!
Date: 6 Nov 2007 08:40:02
Message: <web.47306df66f9d6136726bd13c0@news.povray.org>
Tom Austin <taustin> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> >
> > I suspect she takes the car back to the dealer when she runs out of gas,
> > too.
> >
>
> I remember reading someplace that some wealthy North American Indians
> (due to the oil boom) would buy a car and when it ran out of gas just go
> buy another one.
>
>
> Tom

I heard that it was oil rich Saudi’s
Also when the ashtray was full.


Stephen


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