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Stormtrooper 404 Error: No, This Isn’T the Page You’Re Looking for

Range — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:22:00 +0000

This 404 page made me laugh. It’s from the 501st Legion’s website. What’s the 501st Legion? It’s a Star Wars costume organization, but not just any Star Wars costume organization, the world’s definite Imperial costume organization. This means Jedis and padawans are not allowed.

OK, so technically speaking, this isn’t a stormtrooper. It’s a sandtrooper. Still, it makes a lot more sense using stormtrooper than sandtrooper. Those pesky stormtroopers, they’ve been had so many times by Jedi that it’s only fair that they have their own little page to make fun of this situation.

Getting a 404 error isn’t fun, but this makes it a lot easier to take. Everyone should have a funny 404 page.

[via Mashable via Leet Lady]

“Black Lines of Death” on the Wii, Just in the Time for the Release of the Black Wii

Lambert Varias — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:54:22 +0000

the bbps‘ Marc DeAngelis is one unhappy Wii-owner. His friend pointed out several black vertical lines that flickered on and off the screen while they were playing. His friend added that that same thing happened to him; he had to have his console’s GPU replaced. So DeAngelis did what anyone with a problem would do: surf the ‘net and see if anyone else was having the same problem. Sure enough, DeAngelis found forums complaining about the GPU overheating as well as the symptomatic black lines. Here’s a sample picture from the Gamespot forums:

Note the lines below the coins and on the tree leaves. Here’s a closer look (but with a different game):

Unfortunately for him, DeAngelis’ Wii is already out of warranty, so he’ll have to pony up the money for repairs. If you’ve seen the same black lines while using your console, better have it replaced before anything worse happens. The Gamespot thread is nearly 2 years old, so I’m wondering if this only applies to a batch of Wii consoles or if it’s a problem all Wiis will eventually have.

Error Message of the Day

Technabob — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:00:31 +0000

My previous all-time favorite error message was “Transaction Cannot Start in Firehose Mode,” but I think I have a new one to top the list. Apparently this error occurs when there isn’t anything wrong.

The head-scratcher of an error message simply reads “Error: No error occurred.” This gets me wondering why this message doesn’t appear every time an error doesn’t occur. Heck, it should be the norm in all applications. Then, the absence of an error message would mean that something really went wrong. Seems like a good idea to me. Maybe it could be part of the Web 3.0 standard.

It’s all part of my evil plan to make millions selling pop-up blocking software to prevent these buggers. Whoops, did I say that out loud?

[via TechEBlog]

Ironic Image of the Day: Airport Security

Technabob — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:12:47 +0000

I’m sure this is no indication of the level of security in airport computer systems…

…but it sure doesn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy about flying.

Keep up the good work!

[via flickr via DevicePedia]

Never Put Your Money in This Bank

Technabob — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:15:33 +0000

I’m always wondering about those suspicious looking automatic teller machines you see in every little bodega and convenience store these days. You know… Will my ATM card get eaten? Will they steal my PIN number? Will it wipe all the money out of my bank account?

Apparently, the Russian bank which owns this ATM either didn’t bother to activate the copy of Windows installed on its internal computer, or is running a bootleg copy of the operating system. Either way, its done nothing to instill confidence in my use of ATMs.

It’s bad enough that so many our our financial transactions run through such an insecure and unstable operating system as Windows, but this has gotta take the cake.

Now I don’t know much about the liquidity of the banks in Russia, but I’d say to steer clear of this one for sure.

[via EnglishRussia via The Raw Feed]