Comments on: MSKBHahaha

MSKBHahaha

srboisvert — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:59:19 -0800

Funny Microsoft Knowledge base articles. Cookies Lost After Upgrading to Windows XP, Calculator Does Not Reliably Subtract Two Numbers in Windows, etc...

By: malphigian

malphigian — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:15:03 -0800

That second one ( 12.52 - 12.51 = 0.0099999999 ) isn't actually as funny as it might sound. You'd get similar results from most code doing floating point arithmatic. The concept is called underflow and is a result of how computers do math with floating point numbers. No, I don't understand the details either, but wikipedia has more, if you're so inclined.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:39:47 -0800

real and not so real.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:54:20 -0800

Define "funny"

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:13:49 -0800

"The putt-putt shadow in world two above the teddy boom pod is wrong." NOW they tell me! I could've saved thousands of dollars in therapists' fees.

By: ook

ook — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:15:41 -0800

KB Article 34191 Funny Knowledge Base Articles Not Actually All That Amusing SYMPTOMS When you click the above links referring to Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. Windows XP Professional, or other Microsoft products, expecting Funny, you will find an unexceptional collection of bug reports instead of the Funny. CAUSE This issue occurs because most of the reportedly amusing Knowledge Base articles depend on one of the following as the source of the Funny: * Puns based on the names of common system tools or components, e.g. "SATAN," "Shiva", or "lost cookies." * Bug reports referring to games software, which would be amusing if they did not refer to games software, e.g. "user commits suicide." * Perfectly straightforward bug reports for which the source of Funny is known only to the author of the list, e.g. floating point underflow, localization errors. RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack from one of the preceding and/or following MetaFilter threads. One of them must surely contain the Funny.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:49:31 -0800

Q172668: Barney Fun on Imagination Island Error "ERROR: Barney Not Found." That's not a bug, it's a feature.

By: toby\flat2

toby\flat2 — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:40:04 -0800

If something is modded '5: Funny' on slashdot, you can be fairly sure it isn't.

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:56:03 -0800

hmm , the outlook express upgrade that wipes your contacts list , the activesync upgrade for your mobile that crashes your hard drive. hilarious.

By: AaRdVarK

AaRdVarK — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:09:56 -0800

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=131109

By: CrunchyFrog

CrunchyFrog — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:52:02 -0800

Summary In the scientific mode of the Microsoft Windows Calculator application, the square root button (sqrt) disappears. Solution: If you don't know how to get a square root with a "raise x to the power of y" button, you have no business using a scientific calculator. Go back to the kiddy pool.

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 02:15:05 -0800

I saw this the other day on del.icio.us. Check out this one. Hilarious.