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What do you call it when a software patch creates more bugs than it solves?
One issued by AOL, that's what. I let my mouse hover over one of my idle buddies in AIM to see how long they've been idle...check this out...pay attention to the online and idle times...;)
Things like this make me glad i don't use their browser.
maybe its just that the program has gotten so complex it knows how long they have been sitting around doing nothing, even if they arent logged on.
i know, i know... i shouldnt be defending AOL...
>>so complex
yeah...sure.
If by complex you mean unmaintanable mounds of code. I remember 2 betas ago they had hacked the update so bad that when you signed on or reopened the window and it refreshed your buddy list it actually showed the file download window (downloading data for the current list from the server). Those guys are so hilarious.
>maybe its just that the program has gotten so complex it knows how long they have been sitting around doing nothing, even if they arent logged on.
Actually it does do that. It is not a glitch. The idle time records the amount of time your computer has gone with no input at all from you, the user. Many times people have their computers set up to automatically log on to AIM at certain points in time, or when certain things happen, such as booting up or other things, and so when the computer logs the user onto AIM, without any user input, and the user has already been idle for a little while, it is possible that the idle time will be longer than the online time.
THAT'S JUST SILLY. Next we'll be saying the sequence of bits currently stored in my RAM resembles the DNA of frogs (resulting in mutant frogs jumping out of my processor)
ROTFLMFAO!!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Shadow12345
THAT'S JUST SILLY. Next we'll be saying the sequence of bits currently stored in my RAM resembles the DNA of frogs (resulting in mutant frogs jumping out of my processor)
omg thats funny
what i love most about aol is they're DOM for javascript, in different versions they support if differently. They own netscape yet they support the DOM the same way IE does...i think they changed it in version 8 but i don't know....morons....hell would freeze over if they could write one decent peice of software.
Code:if(waldo.hateaol) {
waldo.webbrowser.open("trillian.cc");
waldo.webbrowser.download(trillian);
}
that prog rules!!!
I'm afraid to use it, alswyas thought it had bugs etc...anyone had trouble?
so far i havn't
how logn ahve you had it?
liek an hour. Its so cool cause it has an irc client in it. Trillian takes a little getting used but but it rules
maybe i'll check it out
Been using trillian for more than a year, never a problem on aim/icq/or msn
yeah, trillian is neat, though i had no idea so many people used it.
the thing that got me origionally about it was that i used to use ICQ a lot, and trillian allows me to talk to people on my ICQ list using a more AIM style chat window, and also allowed me to have my AIM list and ICQ list combined together to form one 'master' buddy list.
Same here, i was on a uo shard called Dragoness. Everyone used icq so i needed it, but hated its interface, then they got me into trillian.Quote:
Originally posted by ...
yeah, trillian is neat, though i had no idea so many people used it.
the thing that got me origionally about it was that i used to use ICQ a lot, and trillian allows me to talk to people on my ICQ list using a more AIM style chat window, and also allowed me to have my AIM list and ICQ list combined together to form one 'master' buddy list.
you play UO?? sweet!
thats the whole reason i got ICQ in the first place.
i played OSI for a couple years, and then played on a lot of free shards. i eventually found the alter realm (www.thealterrealm.com) which im sure youve heard of if you do much shard jumping. it sucks now and lately ive just started playing again on a shard called icrontic (www.icrontic.net). i think im pretty burnt out on the game in general, but its like crack...
i think ICQ can safely be considered the worst Instant Messanger ever made(period)
what on earth is UO?
Ultima Online. I read a comic once on icq:
g = guy one
g2 = duh
c = computer
g: "Ok, now i will guide our plane and its passengers to the ground, open the landy gear."
c: BEEEEEEEEEP
g2: "What the hell?! A message on icq!! NOOOOOO"
c: *bombing noises and explosions*
g: "I find it sickening that a program created by aol was the cause of our un-timely deaths."
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Originally posted by Shadow12345
THAT'S JUST SILLY. Next we'll be saying the sequence of bits currently stored in my RAM resembles the DNA of frogs (resulting in mutant frogs jumping out of my processor)
Damn am I the only one who DOESN'T think that's funny? I dunno...computer jokes just never make me laugh....[nasally voice]"So I was sitting around up-linking my flux capacitor, when a MOBO signal appeared on the LEDS! OMFGLOLMSADJSAJLK!!!!!!!"[/voice]
dont worry ken, i dont really find it funny either....i like computer jokes....i just dont find that one funny...
[off topic/flame] kens been a real nice little man lately, do you need to get laid perhaps?maybe you got your peepee cought in your zipper?well these arent our problems. so stop taking them out on everyone else on this board[/off topic/flame]
Don't try to get around the filter
-Govtcheez
Need to get laid? Pshaw! Haven't you heard about me, kermi3, and the box of crayons? And l@d and I have been fooling around with FAQ submission sex for longer than I can remember...Quote:
Originally posted by Cgawd
[off topic/flame] kens been a real -------- lately, do you need to get laid perhaps?maybe you got your peepee cought in your zipper?well these arent our problems. so stop taking them out on everyone else on this board[/off topic/flame]
And I'm deeply sorry for offending you by not finding a joke that you didn't even create funny. I should really know better.
im sticking up for everyone elseQuote:
so stop taking them out on everyone else on this board
And I'm sure they appreciate it.Quote:
Originally posted by Cgawd
im sticking up for everyone else
nice little man-A thoroughly contemptible, detestable person.Quote:
And I'm sure they appreciate it.
Sarcastic-having or marked by a feeling of bitterness and a biting or cutting quality.
i guess that makes you a sarcastic nice little man, your parents will be proud
You've been warned
-Govtcheez
The definitions! They sting!
Well at least we know you can put two words together to make a phrase...p-h-r-a-s-e.....::pats cgawd on the head:: there there, now. Tomorrow we learn about the number system!
cgawd - getting around the filter by using 13375P33K to respell your messages doesn't work.
Ladies, ladies - be careful, peoples' posts will begin to turn pink.
The final judgement on the funnyocity is that Shadow's joke was mildly funny and RoD's joke was lame. Thank you.
yeah no kidding
this was about a lame aim patch remember?? anyone who wants to flame aol have at it.
::looks down at feet:: yes sir, govtcheez, sir.
(ps: Is it hard stopping a funny flamewar? :))
i dont like all the 'fluff' it has got. and the unsquare window.. sends chills down my spine
LOL! I can seriously imagine that!Quote:
....[nasally voice]"So I was sitting around up-linking my flux capacitor, when a MOBO signal appeared on the LEDS! OMFGLOLMSADJSAJLK!!!!!!!"[/voice]
I love computer jokes. Its what sets us apart from the people who have lives. Actually, I sort of have a life, but the part of me that has a life will ultimately destroy the side that has a serious life. For eg, one side is making go to a party this friday which will cause the other half of me to stagger into work the next morning (@ 9:00am) really wasted, hence destroying my carear at Woolworths (yay)
life?
Life: The art of doing something other than program and look @ pornQuote:
Originally posted by TheUnheardHuman
life?