I'mma throttle me sum developers.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

Dear Dev Team,

Please make the following error message, and all those like it, less I-really-need-a-date, and more informative:



Thx,

The ones who have to explain this crap.

(original post deleted and recreated due to my asshattery in not editing the company logo out for want of not getting canned)

Comments

[mari-yagami.livejournal.com]

It still looks like your employer is feeling cuddly tho' ;)

[toxico.livejournal.com]

There are a few people here that need a hug...

Re: Then I guess I have to repeat my witty remark.

[mari-yagami.livejournal.com]

... around the neck.

[asbvyibvkbcikac BUNNY!]

wtf subject line? O.o

[mari-yagami.livejournal.com]

Re: wtf subject line? O.o

[toxico.livejournal.com]

...and that's when I asked the subject line "Please don't go."

Then I guess I have to repeat my witty remark.

[kestrelct.livejournal.com]

"Please, Dave, don't leave me."

What the hell is the actual *meaning* of said error?

Re: Then I guess I have to repeat my witty remark.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

In a nutshell, his actual login account is an alias of the account he was trying to delete, so it's asking him to not delete himself.

[twistedsyx.livejournal.com]

Best error ever.
Reminds me of that episode of the simpsons where the robot comes out of the building on fire saying something like, "Why, why was I programmed to feel pain"

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Our X-Box OS has a great error when it can't find a workgroup on the network:

Error:Success

[plutherus.livejournal.com]

Heh.
In PVCS version 5.0, the toolkit used had a few standard routines for messages: error, warning, information. There was a bug where occasionally the wrong one would be used.

I got many calls from users confused about "Error: The Operation Completed Successfully."

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Ack.. That's a real bitch of an error for support to explain :)

[jecook]

Who knows.

maybe the programmer was high/stoned on [illegal drug] and was listening to Ozzy Osbourne and put in somthing silly like this...