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  • phillc, on 01/09/2008, -136/+2is that a pop-up?
    • Chrispyc1211, on 01/09/2008, -2/+50No. It's a warning message from the program, "Lightspeed." Take a look at the frame of the picture.
    • rcausgrove, on 01/10/2008, -0/+4Lightspeed is a POS used by Harley Davidson.
      • tacojohn48, on 01/10/2008, -1/+7When I read POS my first thought wasn't point of sale.
      • SoCo1187, on 01/13/2008, -0/+1POSs are often POSs, so the terms are pretty much interchangeable.
  • strafefire, on 01/09/2008, -162/+16Why is it that I find cool stuff like this on reddit, and it takes freaking years for the stuff to end up on Digg.....if at all?

    Thank god for the smart digg button extension for Firefox...
    • p_o_b, on 01/09/2008, -5/+32Just started visiting reddit a couple of weeks ago and I was surprised to see things that were way old there just beginning to show up on digg. Then again I have seen a few stories on reddit and when I hit the firefox extension the digg article is 100+ days old. No one has got it all.
    • zzzpoohzzz, on 01/09/2008, -1/+56who cares? theyre different sites... they shouldn't have the same content at the same time... (unless its some breaking news story or something)
    • bacchus101, on 01/09/2008, -31/+3I visit Reddit for the new stuff and Digg if I miss a day on Reddit.
      • Zezza, on 01/09/2008, -4/+12the sad thing is u work ur life around these sites
      • mhuggins, on 01/10/2008, -1/+2I visit Reddit when I need inspiration to gouge my eyes out.
    • fatlip, on 01/09/2008, -9/+70why dont you go bitch about it on reddit. because here on digg, no one really wants to hear it.
      • Giga, on 01/10/2008, -1/+0Actually, flame wars are all the rage here. Get with the times.
    • zydeco, on 01/09/2008, -8/+5Funny, I used to see stuff on Digg way before Slashdot, so I left Slashdot. Time to move again? I recommend theweblist.net to just see everything at once.
    • RealmDown, on 01/09/2008, -3/+2Incompetence?
    • yojiffyskippy, on 01/09/2008, -1/+10Why do you read Digg if it's all old news?
    • amirman, on 01/09/2008, -14/+3you guys are missing the main point of this comment. USE THE SMART DIGG BUTTON EXTENSION FOR FIREFOX. diggers who don't use the smart digg button when they use firefox frustrate me as much as people who use Internet Explorer. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/487 ...
      • yunus, on 01/09/2008, -3/+6Elitist pricks frustrate me
        • howilearned, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2Agreed. But I did appreciate extension tip. Just added it.
      • amirman, on 01/10/2008, -1/+1if i was elitist, i wouldnt give a ***** and i wouldnt add the link here so you could get it yourself. in fact i do give a *****, that's why i was frustrated. elitism suggests that you are being barred from joining the fun when in fact you're not. so take it back.
    • EgaoNoGenki, on 01/10/2008, -3/+1I think "r*ddit" is a bad word on Digg. It's a profanity here. DON'T SAY IT!!!
  • mazerrackham, on 01/09/2008, -10/+767Ha! I give 100-1 odds that this message was written by someone with a helpdesk background.
    • woohhaa, on 01/09/2008, -5/+218Never tell me the odds.
      • shinynew, on 01/10/2008, -3/+6I saw those movies while relatively young and when i heard this line i assumed that he was referring to the fact that the number C3PO said was not divisible by two. I thought this was pretty weird but excused it because the movie was so awesome.
        • mediaphile, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3Why would the odds need to be divisible by two?
        • thgreatoz, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2Ok...major geek moment....

          "Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!"

          3,720 IS divisible by two.
    • ManOfVirtues, on 01/09/2008, -2/+52shoot just an IT background of any kind. Freakin' Users.
    • fadetoone, on 01/09/2008, -19/+3100:1
      • HenvY, on 01/09/2008, -2/+14You obviously have no experience with betting.
    • worldsbestgamer, on 01/09/2008, -6/+4I could use this.
    • GeorgeStone2, on 01/09/2008, -7/+4Arn't those odds bad? Well, good for us if we took the bet.
      Meaning that it's likely that the program WASN'T made by a helpdesk worker.
      • Thogster, on 01/09/2008, -2/+0If that was the case, I'd take great offense in being called "One in a million"...
        • turpenine, on 01/09/2008, -6/+6if you are one in a million, there are 8 people just like you
          in the us.
        • Joshuarr, on 01/09/2008, -1/+14There's only 8 million people in the US? I did not know that.

          Or by "us" did you mean some cult you're in?
        • the14thjoey, on 01/09/2008, -2/+4Try 300, turpenine.
    • maddla, on 01/09/2008, -3/+63"When someone gives you 10000:1 odds on anything, take it. If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I'm going to be very rich." -Kevin
    • passedoutghost, on 01/09/2008, -1/+5It probably would have been more effective if it had said: "It's been 19 days since your last backup. Such precious data...it would be a real shame if *something* happened to it...."
    • Hickeroar, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2Maybe so, but there's still a good "message" in there among all the text... You don't backup and you lose it all, it's your OWN fault.
    • ViP3R16, on 01/10/2008, -6/+1Diggers against Comcast!
      http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/vip3r/
    • ZooCoug, on 01/10/2008, -0/+0Dugg because Ender's Game is the greatest book ever written.
  • reepax, on 01/09/2008, -41/+6good candidate for thedailywtf.com
    • BOFH139, on 01/09/2008, -8/+1Already done....
    • tempusrob, on 01/09/2008, -2/+5The Real WTF™ being that they've gone 19 days without a backup, right?
    • terracottapai, on 01/09/2008, -5/+1You all fail.
    • GawtMilk, on 01/09/2008, -5/+2I love the smell of manufactured hype in the morning. Smells like...bury.
  • slimjim5811, on 01/09/2008, -6/+518For the love of God...back up your data NOW!
    • bitcloud, on 01/09/2008, -2/+7Thanks for the reminder... I honestly appreciate a warning message like this one :)
    • fstorino, on 01/09/2008, -0/+78Jesus saves. Buddha does incremental backups.
      • howilearned, on 01/10/2008, -0/+5Congrats. You have just won a spot in the "Awesome Quotes" section of my profiles.
    • JrGhoull, on 01/09/2008, -14/+1dugg down for not sounding like you learned english at night school.
      • Shadow503, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4RTFA
      • Giga, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1His grasp of the English language appeared to be better than yours, JrGhoull.
    • mCanada, on 01/09/2008, -0/+6I'd probably just be a lazy ass and CTRL-C / CTRL-V the message :)
    • wibambau, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2In other news, hard drive stocks soared as an entire digg nation realized the potential for catastrophe thanks to one well-intentioned warning screen. Thanks Lightspeed!
    • punchingbunnies, on 01/10/2008, -0/+0I am pretty sure you needed two exclamation marks at the end of your sentence.

      Back up your data NOW!!
    • Th3Wiiexpert, on 01/10/2008, -1/+010GB of free online backup can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2mndj2
  • frenzy3, on 01/09/2008, -8/+145this sould be on all software lol
    • jazzboyrules, on 01/09/2008, -10/+27"Im in ur sofwarz, warning u bout backupz".. you said "lol", not my fault.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2Takes liability to a whole new level.
    • wibambau, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1just not windows...
      I UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF SELECTING OK TO LAUNCH THIS EXECUTABLE FILE
  • tmccool, on 01/09/2008, -5/+540I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING WITHOUT BACKUP

    this message really wanted to make me backup my data, actually.
    • rameznabel, on 01/09/2008, -2/+30i read this now and I'm backing up my data also
      • piesforyou, on 01/09/2008, -2/+50I read this and I'm going to go ahead and not backup my data. I laugh in the face of danger! MWahahahaha
        • richardiscool, on 01/09/2008, -3/+16Backups are for pussies.
          • jambarama, on 01/09/2008, -1/+33Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it.

            - Linus Torvalds
          • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/09/2008, -1/+4jambarama: Id hate to backup my account records that way...
        • xptoast, on 01/09/2008, -3/+2Yar what ya eat I guess.
        • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -2/+1No Yar is how pirates welcome each other YARRRRRRR
    • GhostyBoy, on 01/09/2008, -0/+26I like it. It seems like the guy giving you the message actually cares about you.
    • Renton, on 01/09/2008, -1/+62I just reformatted my drive to spite them.
      • dougmc, on 01/09/2008, -3/+31I just reformatted your drive to spite them too.
      • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -1/+14I just restored from a backup to spite both of you!
      • AcidBurnz, on 01/09/2008, -3/+0Jokes on all of you!
    • CedEx, on 01/09/2008, -2/+14I have nothing worth backing up. I'm a sad sad soul. *sniff*
      • juicebag, on 01/09/2008, -1/+21What about your porn?
        • robocop1, on 01/09/2008, -1/+16Hey its not easy backing up 8 terabytes of porn
    • elhaf, on 01/09/2008, -14/+5It looks like you have to type that to continue.
      • Namaha, on 01/09/2008, -1/+30Your deduction skills are astounding.
      • wibambau, on 01/10/2008, -1/+1So in other words, Namaha is telling you that yes, yes you do need to type that in if you're planning to continue.
    • stevene, on 01/09/2008, -8/+11Time Machine FTW
    • nontitle, on 01/10/2008, -1/+1Damn right I own my data.
    • aduzik, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1Yep, I kicked off a Time Machine backup just to be on the safe side when I read this.
  • lnxfi, on 01/09/2008, -3/+486I love when programmers get bored. One program we have at work here has a black cat walk across your screen for the first person to log in every friday the 13th.
    • h4mx0r, on 01/09/2008, -4/+78Another one shatters the monitor of the first person to login with a CRT screen.
      • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/09/2008, -30/+11CRT > LCD!
        • Akaji, on 01/09/2008, -1/+42In size and energy waste, sure!
        • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/09/2008, -10/+25CRT produces a better image than LCD though, and they are cheaper as well.
          • seventoes, on 01/09/2008, -1/+13At the beginning, but cost over time using all that energy will add up.
          • VegaObscura3, on 01/09/2008, -1/+7I don't think the better image part is true, considering they both operate on around the same amount of pixels, and cannot pass the picture quality of that. The reason I use a CRT is they don't get dead pixels, and I never have to move it so the size and weight really doesn't matter.
          • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -2/+8CRT's are better for clearer images and stronger colors - its not opinion its fact.

            Go green, get ***** refresh rates, locked resolutions, false black, weak white, and bad color temperature!

            When are hybrid monitors coming out so I can go off the grid lol.
          • Giga, on 01/10/2008, -1/+0"CRT's are better for clearer images and stronger colors - its not opinion its fact."

            I beg to differ. Every CRT I have seen looks blurrier than any standard LCD.
        • Acolyte357, on 01/09/2008, -1/+9yes but I can't fit 3 CRTs on my desk...
        • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -10/+1You must have a small desk - my desk could hold 8 21'' if I needed.
    • BOFH139, on 01/09/2008, -16/+1I a problem on my Nokia N800 that has a black cat walking across the top of the load screen.....
    • Masakatsu, on 01/09/2008, -2/+81I have to agree. I have code in our BI platform that checks if month = 4 and day = 1 then it checks to see if user_sec_class = admin. It then tells the user if all those conditions are true that they shouldn't be working today and are they sure. Badgers them for a couple minutes then closes the app. Next login, it doesn't happen. This year will be the 5th year running of this gag, which usually has the newest fuctional admin (who tends to have been with the company less then a year) being given a whole bunch of work on aprils fools day that has to be done before they leave.
      • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/09/2008, -1/+35You sir, are evil...
        • howilearned, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2..No...he is a god amongst us mortals. A true god.
      • Jektal, on 01/09/2008, -0/+16You know, I was just going through a list of little projects I have to work on - I think I'm going to take a small detour and do something like this.
      • MarkOfTheDead, on 01/09/2008, -2/+15You win at life.
    • Firehed, on 01/09/2008, -1/+71This isn't the result of bored programmers. This is the result of programmers who are sick of dealing with stupid users and want to be able to give a very thorough "I told you so, now ***** off" response and get back to doing something important.
      • surfing, on 01/09/2008, -1/+11I think it is programmers who are sick of hearing from Customer Support people about another panicked user.
      • burrgrinder, on 01/09/2008, -0/+6I agree. By making them type out that last line, they can't claim "I didn't read all that", like you know they would have if they just had to click "agree".
  • herkalees, on 01/09/2008, -2/+234So... did you?
  • simplicityiskey, on 01/09/2008, -36/+4And people get on the government for fear-mongering...
    • MacEnvy, on 01/09/2008, -3/+24If Rudy Giuliani would fear monger about proper backup procedures, I'd have more respect for him. At least that's a legitimate threat.

      /IT person
    • Chassit, on 01/09/2008, -0/+5What a ridiculous analogy. You must wonder why we think Bush supporters are stupid. Your comment is a perfect example.
  • cmoney298, on 01/09/2008, -11/+58seriously WTF! Sarcastic error programming is great though. I have done it before and it makes the unknowing, non-techi, do what you want them too. Fear is a great too.
    • etandrib, on 01/09/2008, -0/+61I agree… fear is a great too.
      • Klowner, on 01/09/2008, -0/+33It makes sense if you say that with a Mario voice..
        "Fear, it's a great too!"
      • phyx726, on 01/09/2008, -0/+21Don't be a too.
      • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -2/+1You've got an attitude problem and I've got the too to fix it.
    • redcard, on 01/09/2008, -0/+14That's not sarcastic.

      That's covering one's ass. I've seen situations where companies live fast and loose with the data, and then go and sue the software manu when it goes bad.
    • Binto, on 01/10/2008, -3/+3Stalin, Hitler, and Bush all believe(d) that fear is a great tool, as well.
      • DephexTwin, on 01/10/2008, -0/+4I heard Hitler wore underpants... you aren't wearing underpants, are you??
  • burningpenguin, on 01/09/2008, -13/+20alright....this was actually kinda entertaining. :)

    C'mon tho, you've gottta be using some ghetto program however.
    • mstoneburner, on 01/09/2008, -0/+26It actually looks like an inventory tracking database, based on the error message, and those aren't exactly "ghetto progams." They often cost many many thousands of dollars.
    • forcedfx, on 01/09/2008, -0/+14Actually, Lightspeed has been around for years and is used by car dealers mainly.
    • simondotcalvin, on 01/09/2008, -0/+20Actually, LightSpeed is sort of an industry standard for power sports dealers and the like.
    • HotttCarl, on 01/09/2008, -0/+15Prgrams used for business functionality don't often have sexy interfaces. If it works best companies will use it regardless of what it looks like.
      • burrgrinder, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4Lowers development and maintenance costs too. It's much easier to add text and text fields to that interface than a full GUI based program.
        • Lythium, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1And I'd imagine it takes much less time to load. I'm jealous, actually - our company uses Quickbooks, which is cute and has all these little color schemes you can pick and _everything_, but the thing is an unwieldy behemoth and unholy resource hog.
      • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2not if you've developed and designed it right. its what developers call an object model. I want to add something, I add or extend an object and its done. In interface design you reuse components and themes throughout the design so UI change is always as minimal as code change.

        Thats the first sign of an efficient educated programmer - understanding change and planning for it from the start. Refactoring is the bane of development and the less you do it the more productive you are - it has nothing to do with adjusting user interface which is generally the simplest thing to get done.

        These old programs like this are fallout from 1990's. Its the scenario of don't change cause mechanics won't find their parts right. Even though a clean interface would increase productivity 10 fold from any command line driven text displaying application.
  • Ty1erDurd3n, on 01/09/2008, -10/+13wouldnt wanna lose "everthing"
    • cynthialeigh, on 01/09/2008, -2/+3I was waiting for someone to notice that.
    • miketherazor, on 01/09/2008, -5/+29I really am starting to hate people who seem to just lay in wait for a misspelled word so they can point it out so they can seem like the bright Betty! See if you can find this misspelled word, "FCUK YOU"
      • GawtMilk, on 01/09/2008, -1/+35I think you spelled ***** wrong.
      • FecalHurler, on 01/09/2008, -0/+0After intensive spell-checking, I see no gramatical error in that statement.
      • rkiga, on 01/09/2008, -1/+7what does French Connection UK have to do with spelling?
    • neio, on 01/09/2008, -9/+4*****, all my ***** is already backedup on google
    • wibambau, on 01/10/2008, -1/+1Ha, when you put "everthing" in quotes I thought I "got it"... meaning I thought you were talking about a word that starts with a p and ends with an n, and is connected by or. I wouldn't want to lose that you see.
    • mahktr, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2Stupid computer can't even spell correctly. I really doubt they're going to take over the world someday.
  • Azm0dAn, on 01/09/2008, -12/+1Submit it to worsethanfailure.com
  • Dunhamzzz, on 01/09/2008, -4/+205Dugg for effectiveness. Id rather backup then type all the crap at the bottom out.
    • tekhna, on 01/09/2008, -9/+60Than. You'd rather back up than type.
      • braudio, on 01/09/2008, -3/+55Backup. You'd rather backup than back up.
        • teh_techie, on 01/09/2008, -8/+3Fail. Backup is a noun or adjective, not a verb. You CREATE a BACKUP.
        • 9storeyfiretrap, on 01/09/2008, -4/+1@ Bruadio

          Who gives a *****?
        • UrlorJkron, on 01/09/2008, -4/+1It can be spelled with or without the space. Also, backup can be used as a verb. It's the act of creating a backup.
        • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -4/+1actually thats backing up data.

          I just backup my data. Its not an action. You Fail.
          • UrlorJkron, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1Future tense:
            I'll backup my data later.
            Also for 2nd person:
            Backup that hard drive before installing that.
      • strictnein, on 01/09/2008, -3/+20Well, in this case "then" could still be correct. As in, he'd like to backup his data then type that out.
        • ajchavar, on 01/09/2008, -1/+26correct syntactically but probably not in context, since its unlikely he wanted to do both, and very likely he wanted to just backup.
          • funkytaco, on 01/09/2008, -2/+1Well, obviously he didn't want to backup, he's just too lazy to type out that phrase.

            Once again, the grammar Nazi has us on a tangent.
      • Rhonwyn, on 01/09/2008, -2/+4How do you know? Maybe he's going to do a backup, then type all the crap at the bottom just to spite the programmer!
      • Dunhamzzz, on 01/09/2008, -0/+3I meant I'd rather back up, THEN with all the energy I've gained from waiting for the back up to complete, type out all that crap.
  • saadghauri, on 01/09/2008, -4/+17QGYH2, providing service to humanity by posting digg articles to reddit and reddit articles to digg.
  • Tokyosexwhale, on 01/09/2008, -4/+116Not my ENTIRE Parts Inventory! I've been collecting parts for so many years!
    • cawpin, on 01/09/2008, -4/+3If by "parts" you mean songs and software, then yes, I have been.
    • MarkOfTheDead, on 01/09/2008, -1/+11Stop bragging, that's how Dahmer got caught.
    • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -1/+1Since when was cataloging your music collection something you got locked up for? If it is I'm going to go disorganize my vinyl collection RIGHT NOW.

      I have so much software around from 1990 on that I dare a database to try and catalog it!!
  • martinherrera, on 01/09/2008, -11/+7they are still NOT going to back it up, i guarantee it. The only way to make a user back something up, is to do it for them unfortunately
    • doctechnical, on 01/09/2008, -0/+21There's another way: failure.
      Back in the day when "Backing up" was supposed to be done daily and took at least half an hour of the user shuffling floppies, most users conveniently "forgot" to do it. So one day I get a call from a customer, turns out she had a habit of shutting her PC off *before* exitting the application, so over time the database became more and more corrupt to the point of it being utter garbage. I spent an hour on the phone talking her through every scheme and recovery procedure I could think of, but in the end there was only the dreaded question left:
      "When was the last time you did backups?"
      "Uh, about seven months ago."
      "Well, you're *****."
      That was actually my response - it didn't get me any tact awards, but it was the truth. I told her there was going to be an awful lot of data entry in her future as she re-typed all the customer data into the database.
      But she'll never forget to backup again. Once bitten, twice shy.
      • anyk3y, on 01/10/2008, -0/+0Confucius say you can give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, If you teach him how to fish he will eat every day.
  • dannyapplesauce, on 01/09/2008, -29/+3Welcome to yesterday's reddit
    • simpleid, on 01/09/2008, -2/+14first duplicates, then stories are too old, now it's reddit 'has it first'. stfu.
    • simondotcalvin, on 01/09/2008, -2/+9Yeah, seriously... If reddit's so goddamn cool, go to why don't you toodle on over and stop making stupid comments on digg, ya mongoloid?
    • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -1/+1reddit looks like it was made by an even lousier designer than craigs list. oh wait neither have design.... just a bunch of disorganized text on a screen.
  • woohhaa, on 01/09/2008, -7/+118That Ipod Nano advertisement on the right side today is going to make me kill myself.
    • Gantos, on 01/09/2008, -3/+11I already had the razor blade to my wrist when I read your post. Thought I was the only one going nuts. Made me laugh. Thanks -- you just saved my life!
    • strictnein, on 01/09/2008, -1/+13I actually contacted Digg about it at about midnight last night. Got a response about 5 minutes later asking for a screencap. Sent them screencaps and complete source for the two pages I got them on. Yeah, I was kind of bored.

      Since then, they seem to be appearing more frequently...
      • Cyber_Akuma, on 01/09/2008, -0/+19"Since then, they seem to be appearing more frequently..."

        Great Job...
      • woohhaa, on 01/09/2008, -0/+8Now they know the advertising is working and have proceeded to double up their efforts.
      • 9storeyfiretrap, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2You got doomswitched.
    • Bizarrkley, on 01/09/2008, -3/+89Get Firefox with Adblock and be done with it.
      • bjornski, on 01/09/2008, -0/+37So simple, isn't it?

        And yet they refuse.

        Let them suffer with their ads.
      • woohhaa, on 01/09/2008, -7/+2I use firefox but know nothing of this Adblock you speak of.
      • woohhaa, on 01/09/2008, -3/+5Thanks yall. I am now educated in the ways of adblock.
        Digg looks so naked w/o all those ads.
      • Ajenthavoc, on 01/09/2008, -0/+9It's kinda funny really. Yesterday night I watched Transformers and forgot to turn off my speakers before going to bed. Well I have developed a morning routine of surfing digg during breakfast and this unfortunate morning my daily mood (which usually starts out high) was immediately impaired thanks to that wonderful ad blaring though my action-movie-volume-set speakers.

        While I've known about adblock for a while, due to principle, I never installed it. I always figured that since running the site isn't free, I should check out the ads I find interesting and 'contribute'. Even despite the vastly annoying, epileptic inducing "YOU ARE VISITOR 999999999 AND HAVE WON A PRIZE!!!!!" ads, I stuck to my principles. This, though, was the concrete block that crushed the camel's everything. The second an ad gets that intrusive, I'm gonna take measures to protect my mental well being. I'll probably never end up visiting another digg ad again.
    • endlessoul, on 01/09/2008, -4/+10Want a solution to those ads?

      1. Download Firefox.
      2. Download AdBlock.

      Simple.
      • Peterix, on 01/09/2008, -0/+15Or AdBlock Plus. It's even better.
        • d3matt, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2And be sure to subscribe to one of the filter lists. That way you don't have to manually block things. It's all done for you.
        • Syphon8, on 01/09/2008, -0/+3filterset.g ftw
      • xxNIRVANAxx, on 01/09/2008, -1/+3I was kinda waiting for:

        3. ????
        4. PROFIT!!
      • MeatBiProduct, on 01/09/2008, -1/+2no thats how advertising works nirvana, not blocking it lol.
    • grimstar, on 01/09/2008, -5/+4Let us not forget about AdBlock for Safari too!
      • ghamal, on 01/10/2008, -1/+3i hadn't heard about that. I'll have to try it. I think Safari is actually more stable, faster, and better looking than Firefox. Especially in the digg comment pages where I'm always getting that annoying script that locks up firefox for about 15-30 seconds. But I can't live without Adblock plus.
    • selrahc, on 01/09/2008, -2/+5Firefox: Adblock
      Opera: Right click and click on "Block Content..."
      Anything else: Use a custom hosts file, or one from somewhere like http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
      • shawn1122, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1If using Opera, add "http://ads1.msn.com/*" without the quotes to the blocked content dialog. It should remove all of the ads on digg. You can also get to the Block Content dialog by going to Tools > Advanced > Blocked Content...
      • elmafudd, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1Safari: Adblock Plus
    • MarrowMan, on 01/09/2008, -3/+4Adblock will save your family from hours of detective's questions about your online activities. Your porn will get confiscated, and your parents will think you were an even bigger perv then they already thought you were. Save us all some trouble, and do what the above 9000 replies state.
    • RaiKitsune, on 01/09/2008, -5/+2These idiots that don't know how to configure their browser to not show advertisements are making me want to kill myself.
      If you want to act like a retard, do so without annoying everyone else.
    • Qumahlin, on 01/10/2008, -1/+3Digg has ads? Quite honestly I've used Firefox and adblock for ages and I really can't remember the last time I saw a website with ads. Sometimes the occasional flash ad or context tag slips through, but adblock lets you customize so they never come through again. After reading this post I just might have to open up my vanilla copy of IE7 and browse the internet for a bit to see what sites are truly supposed to look like :P
    • markstory, on 01/10/2008, -1/+1Digg has ads? I honestly didn't know. Camino is some good stuff.
  • VeritasAequitas, on 01/09/2008, -1/+5I have to say that is awesome, though I can't imagine ever seeing anything like that on a main stream app, it's pretty funny for in house stuff.
  • pauldy, on 01/09/2008, -3/+3That is some funny stuff extremely unprofessional but funny none the less.
    • Qumahlin, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2There is no professional way to inform a user that they are a jackass for not backing up DAILY a system that is integral to their business. You might as well make the message funny since i'm more likely to remember after reading that and laughing then I would be when I read "Your data has not been backed up in xx days please backup now or type nobackup to continue"
  • papatrpt89, on 01/09/2008, -0/+6That is a fantastic idea! It also gives me an incredible urge to hook up my external and back up my data...
  • R3j3ct, on 01/09/2008, -0/+29I had to plug up a keyboard and monitor into our alarm monitoring server the other day and when I logged into the system the greeting message was something along the lines of "Have fun ***** with our system"

    This is a computer that probably only has someone log in directly to it like that maybe twice ever after install, all other connections are remote connections.
    • mebrad, on 01/10/2008, -3/+1LOL!!! That was hilarious!
    • TheShad0w, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1Before I left my last company (a game company) I built into the chat system that when ever one specific user logged in that all his text got translated into pig latin. Was hilarious when they called me up asking how I hid it in plain sight
  • Khast, on 01/09/2008, -1/+8In a business atmosphere, backing up should not be an option. I have had numerous hard drives fail on me over the course of 12 years. Yeah, there is services which can recover data on a crashed hard drive, they are expensive, and can't always get everything. So, you have your entire business inventory on your computer, and it crashes one morning? Your business depends on this data to run, do you: A) call tech support, who will probably ask if you backed your data up. B) run out and buy new HDD, only to find it doesn't have the data you need to run your business pre-installed. C) Not to worry, you backed your data up, and after a trip to the local big box mart, you successfully reinstall the data, and get back to business.
    • Khast, on 01/09/2008, -0/+5Another point, S.M.A.R.T. enabled drives can only tell you if the drive heads become out of allignment, or any servos are starting to show wear. It doesn't protect against: Head Crashes, Virii, Malicious Code, the User, and the Windows environment.
      • strictnein, on 01/09/2008, -1/+9Virii is not a word. Repeat after me: Viruses.
        "Thus the plural virii is that of the nonexistent word virius."
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus
        • Tetraca, on 01/10/2008, -1/+2It's acceptable for computer virii, just like we can say boxen and mouses in computing instead of boxes and mice. If you want to be a smart ass you can say virus with a long 'u' instead of a short one.
    • forcedfx, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4SMART is basically useless.
    • jim1977, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3RAID. Look into RAID, sir.

      This is what it's for. You need some of that and automatic backups.
  • vibrokatana, on 01/09/2008, -1/+6hmm, this should be mandatory for all computer users.
  • Metropolis, on 01/09/2008, -2/+26I would hate to get that error drunk.
  • PurgueFlantar, on 01/09/2008, -3/+5Mirror or transcription please =D
    • thelem, on 01/10/2008, -1/+0Full message text:

      GRAVE WARNING!!!!

      It has been 19 days since your last backup. Backups are so important that if you continue, you are almost sure to experience a tremendous amount of heartache and pain. Think about what it would be like to re-key your entire Parts Inventory!!! If you were to experience a problem with your system, you would be required to re-create all data updated since your last backup. Do not allow yourself to be one of the horror stories that are told about dealers who lose everything and have no backups!! Make a backup now!! Do not wait until later! Do it now! If you have a problem you will be very unhappy and your quality of life will be very low! There is nothing Lightspeed can do to help.

      Type I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING WITHOUT BACKUP
  • madjack3, on 01/09/2008, -2/+62I once wrote a program that, when someone did something on a Saturday said "Wow, working on a Saturday, Huh?".
    And two years later, after I was at a different job, got a call from a friend who said it made her day when she saw it. Pretty cool.
  • TheTSArt, on 01/09/2008, -0/+3If I found that kind of thing in an important program I used, I'd be really worried what else might pop up someday.

    Besides, what if I'm using a real backup program, and not just my parts inventory backup function?
    • doctechnical, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2Then your real backup program should set the archive attributes accordingly and the inventory program would know a backup had been done.
    • burrgrinder, on 01/09/2008, -0/+0If you were using that program, in all likelihood you wouldn't have a choice that you were using it.
  • rameznabel, on 01/09/2008, -6/+2this is kosher software
    • bjornski, on 01/09/2008, -3/+1It does have that sound to it, doesn't it?
    • farboo, on 01/09/2008, -3/+0You mean you can't use it after sundown on Friday?
  • Stoneleprecon, on 01/09/2008, -12/+1Is this reddit ?
  • humbled, on 01/09/2008, -2/+16What's with all the hate for the people who wrote this warning message? Sometimes the things that irritate us are those that ring truest in ourselves...

    I'd actually give kudos to the developers here. The message could probably be worded better, but the tone is fine. A lot of places, big to small, don't necessarily even realize the importance of backups- or sometimes even the existence. Failure to back up is the fault of the operator, but that does not stop software vendors for being blamed.

    +1 to this company, not the other way around.

    That is, assuming this isn't all faked.
    • banmaster, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2Backups should be totally automatic. You simply can't rely on your clients/customers to do regular backups because THEY WON'T, even after they've had a catastrophic system failure and lost everything.
      Writing stupid messages like this one (if its actually real) is time that should have been spend it #1 making your software less sucky at not losing data, and #2 creating an auto-backup module.
    • phatpenguin, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1Automatic backups have equal if not greater chance of failing as user initiated backups. At least user initiated backups help the customer stay aware there are backups.

      Scenario:
      Hard drive crashes and they have automatic backups

      IT pro: Windows is reinstalled. Lets restore your data from the backup
      Client: Backup?

      IT pro checks backup software

      IT pro: It says here your backups have been failing for months, and the backup log goes to your email!
      Client: Yeah it kept spamming me, so I moved it to my junk mail filter.
  • Huangism, on 01/09/2008, -8/+0i say he has a virus lol
  • winmywii, on 01/09/2008, -15/+41. Install Visual Basic
    2. Create fake program with stupid error message
    3. Submit to digg
    4. ???
    5. I would finish this but after reading about 10,000 of them I still do not know where this comes from.
  • kamotegirl, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1dugg :) Maybe this should also be in MS products as well...
    • bjornski, on 01/09/2008, -1/+2No. I don't want to read about the "Microsoft is FORCING me to back up my data! Those bastards!" threads.
    • analogkid01, on 01/09/2008, -4/+0I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY USING VISTA.
  • BillGod, on 01/09/2008, -0/+185Ha thats lightspeed. It is a parts catalog / inventory system for RV,Motorcycle / ATV shops and the likes. I used to work for that company. As soon as i started to read the error I said.. hey I know that error. and yes you have to type in I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING. We used to get computers back from customers for repair that said its been 300+ days... that means they had to type that EVERY day to log in.
    • merreborn, on 01/09/2008, -0/+47...and when they lost their data, they *still* complained to lightspeed.
    • blackanode, on 01/09/2008, -0/+7Yeah I use to work as a service writer for a ATV shop and thats what we used. I think I remember getting that screen once, god I hated lightspeed sometimes.
    • bjornski, on 01/09/2008, -1/+23And did they get mad when their machines were ***** up?

      How much of a ***** did they feel like when you told them "It's been over 300 days since you backed it up. Didn't you see the warning as you typed in the sentence EVERY SINGLE DAY?"

      God, I used to love working customer service just for those moments.
    • Santad, on 01/09/2008, -1/+3"We used to get computers back from customers for repair that said its been 300+ days... that means they had to type that EVERY day to log in."

      Or it means that their computer broke 300+ days ago and they had just gotten around to sending it in for repairs.
    • neodorian, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1I used to work at a cafe and we used an OSX based inventory/POS called Lightspeed. Is that the same thing?
    • ThreeDee912, on 01/09/2008, -1/+7Reminds me of writing lines on a school chalkboard as punishment for something.
      I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING.
      I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING.
      I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING.
      I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING.
      I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING.
      I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING.
      I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING.
      ...
    • andyduncan, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3Which actually brings up the point that it's a poorly designed screen, it should present you with two options: 1: backup now or 2: type a ridiculously long message.

      The way it is, the options are A: Type a ridiculously long message or B: Type a ridiculously long message and then perform a backup.
    • cffury13, on 01/10/2008, -1/+1Isn't it also a porn website?
  • Ossuary, on 01/09/2008, -8/+1That. Is. Awesome.
  • tgc1, on 01/09/2008, -2/+8You might say that is annoying, but unless you've ever lost a heap of data you'll gladly recall that every time you think of not backing up your *****. Oh holy ***** was I mad when I first lost a big chunk of my projects. All the fury in hell couldn't make you imagine the anger that went through me that day.

    BACKUP YOUR *****.
    • banmaster, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1Easier said than done!
      I have almost 5Tb worth of storage and although its not all used (60%) its still a real pain to even think about backing that ***** up (let alone the expense in media).
    • tgc1, on 01/10/2008, -0/+0If in doubt you can always just go to a robotic cartridge (tape) based backup system. It's bloody expensive but it'll do the trick. Otherwise you can go buy a truckload of DVD-Rs and spend the next 10 years backing up. I dunno.
  • squeeeze, on 01/09/2008, -1/+2Although it's funny, it's true. Today it's so easy to make backups and they help you so much. Can't understand why there are people who don't save their stuff.
  • grannyklump, on 01/09/2008, -0/+12The company I work for uses this same application. It is used for motorcycle dealerships and this is a legit error. We see it every once and a while because the owner of the company likes to do the backups and sometimes he doesn’t do it.
    Obligatory comment-this software is a load of crap. Horrible...
  • greendalek, on 01/09/2008, -11/+2Pics or it didn't happen.

    Oh, wait...
  • mikehill33, on 01/09/2008, -24/+2Spam. buried as SUCK.
  • Ninnux, on 01/09/2008, -5/+2I can has Hyperbole?
  • theendlessnow, on 01/09/2008, -1/+12After 30 days the message changes....

    YOU TWIT! I'm shutting the system down. You're going to lose it all anyway. If you try to reboot the system, the backup system will automatically get invoked. System will not come back until you complete the backup operations. Why... oh why didn't you listen to me earlier? Sheesh... moron.
    • Firehed, on 01/09/2008, -0/+9That's only good if it does it in the voice of the turrets in Portal.
    • Keimatsu, on 01/10/2008, -1/+1Dugg for using "twit".
    • Jacobdd, on 01/10/2008, -1/+0Good news. I figured out what that thing you didn't backup did. It was a Morality Core they installed after I flooded the automotive parts center with a deadly neurotoxin to make me stop flooding the automotive parts center with a deadly neurotoxin. So get comfortable while I warm up the Neurotoxin Emitters.
  • maotx, on 01/09/2008, -0/+15And on the Windows' side of things, I still think this is my favorite wtf error that I've experienced:
    http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6xruxy0&s=1

    Odd thing is that the printer already had paper in it...
  • rmanla, on 01/09/2008, -0/+5Must backup my pc's now or the computer program will find me....
  • noahw, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4Bandwidth limit on this image will probably be exceeded.
    Mirror: http://echopic.com/c34
  • flexprimo, on 01/09/2008, -0/+7If the backup isn't done after this message, the following day he'll have to write "I AM ACTING AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DATA OWNER BY PROCEEDING WITHOUT BACKUP" on the blackboard 100 times after work.
    • sushixl011, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1I didnt back up for about 2 weeks last week. I had just finished my grad school apps and was in the process of sending them out when my hard drive dies. for all of you that have the first gen macbook, back up asap...apparently its a prevalent problem in this model.
    • Zorf, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1that reminds me of the simpsons...
    • karlaredor, on 01/10/2008, -0/+1yeah, reminds me of Bart Simpson to be more specific hehe
  • BradMW, on 01/09/2008, -3/+1So when techies fear-monger to push their agenda it's OK? Just not politicians? I'm patiently waiting for the "clarification."
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