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Tag idiocy

On Unions

[BBC] New Driverless Tube Trains Unveiled

“Finn Brennan from Aslef, the train drivers’ union, said they would always oppose automated trains because the single-track, Victorian infrastructure was designed to be negotiated by drivers.”

[WTF] … and not because it would mean that the next time you go on strike for being asked to put up with the same cuts the rest of the country has enjoyed for years we won’t need to negotiate with dickheads?

On Idiotic Headlines

[BBC]Flying Threat: Why are Killer Bees so dangerous?

[WTF] Clue’s in the name, dudes.

… or …

[BBC Editor] Great idea for a story. Hey, don’t we have some interns around to do the research on this one?

On Idiotic Headlines

[BBC] Inmate Dies in Botched Execution

[WTF] In what way is that botched?

 

On Aging Computer Equipment

[Agent] Hey, I found the drivers for that printer the customer’s wailing about.

[WTF] Lessee…

Those drivers were developed for Ultrix 4.3 . I remember using that. In 1994, on a Digital minicomputer.
Where on earth are they buying new flints for the printhead?

 

On Unrealistic Clients

[Client] I want insert project here cheap, I want it quick and I want it good.

[WTF] Hmm. Go away and pick any two of those. The third isn’t an option.

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