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Friday, November 27, 2009
Adding insult to injury
Did I hint recently that I sometimes feel a tiny hint of frustration when computers don't act as I expect? Well, how about this error message for adding insult to injury?
That's the server administrator playing a little joke. The client (golive) is just displaying whatever error message was sent back by the server upon encountering a server error. 500 is the code for a generic internal server error, i.e., something completely unanticipated by the programmer.
Occasionally programmers/documenters insert little jokes in messages that will never be seen by 99.9999% of the users of a particular program. One of my favorites is from the TeX typesetting system. The program, in some very odd circumstances, can give the error message "Interwoven alignment preambles are not allowed". The documentation for this error is "If you have been so devious as to get this message, you will understand it, and you deserve no sympathy."
More creative? Don't click it, tap-dance it! While trying to not startle your mouse, because the cat is nearby. Oh, and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But please, hold the anchovies. NOBODY would consider anchovies to be creative!!! (Unless they're dipped in chocolate, but that's my secret, and I'm not telling it.)
Alternatively, you can simply yodle the "God save the Queen" naked, with a sabre between your teeth, Bollywood style. Don't forget the lit incense stick in your butt. (Roman candles are allowed as an alternative.)
In the end, don't forget to reboot your spurs, pilgrim. D'uh!
10 comments:
What caused that?!
Asking Golive to delete a folder on a server.
That's a GOOD ONE!! Wonder just *how* you coulda done *that* more "creatively"! lol! Worse than being "nit-picked" by a woman, no?! lol! ;-)
It could have been worse. It might have said, "Maybe you're just not a Mac person."
That's the server administrator playing a little joke. The client (golive) is just displaying whatever error message was sent back by the server upon encountering a server error. 500 is the code for a generic internal server error, i.e., something completely unanticipated by the programmer.
Occasionally programmers/documenters insert little jokes in messages that will never be seen by 99.9999% of the users of a particular program. One of my favorites is from the TeX typesetting system. The program, in some very odd circumstances, can give the error message "Interwoven alignment preambles are not allowed". The documentation for this error is "If you have been so devious as to get this message, you will understand it, and you deserve no sympathy."
And all this time I though that it was only M*soft that issues these little messages (grin)...
I keep pressing this OK button, but nothing happens!
Help!
You have to be sincere about it. You have to really feel that it's okay, not just go through the motions.
More creative? Don't click it, tap-dance it! While trying to not startle your mouse, because the cat is nearby.
Oh, and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. But please, hold the anchovies.
NOBODY would consider anchovies to be creative!!!
(Unless they're dipped in chocolate, but that's my secret, and I'm not telling it.)
Alternatively, you can simply yodle the "God save the Queen" naked, with a sabre between your teeth, Bollywood style. Don't forget the lit incense stick in your butt. (Roman candles are allowed as an alternative.)
In the end, don't forget to reboot your spurs, pilgrim. D'uh!
P.S.: Congratulations on your 500th Invalid Command error!
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