September 4, 2009
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ERROR!
Wow, one of my professors was actually laugh-out-loud (LOL) funny. Here is the joke he told; keep in mind that this was told to a bunch of IT students.
Software developers don't really know how to write error messages very well. The phone company does a great job. Say you accidentally misdial a number. A calming voice on the other end of the phone says, "we're sorry, your call could not be completed as dialed. Please hang up and try again." They're sorry. Even though it was probably your fat fingers that entered in too many numbers, they say they are sorry They then politely ask you to hang up and try again. Now, if a software developer made that error message, it would probably be something like, "FATAL ENTRY ERROR – CALL ABORTED." The class LOL'd.
Comments (6)
I know exactly how that guy in the third panel feels.
Hee.
Of course you would have to say "Press any key" for people to frantically search their phone for one such button to cure their woes.
Needs more desu.
Nice