Why can't we have error messages like that?

[altenbach]

All we get is insanities and automatic reports. Why do we never hear about trained monkeys?

I was just using the YouTube video editor when I got the following message.

Now it all makes sense!

[natasftw]

You should check the error reports in the summer.  Isn't that when NI has the monkeys, or is it interns, around?

[thoult]

That would have been viciously stamped out by my employer as being too 'unprofessional' 😞

The last quality audit made me remove the stickers saying "Please do not feed the robot".

[MathieuSteiner]

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thoult wrote:

The last quality audit made me remove the stickers saying "Please do not feed the robot".

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Reminds me of: And yet, it moves

One actually shouldn't feed the robot 😄

[Hornless.Rhino]

Because "an unknown error has occurred" is good enough apparently.

[JÞB]

I once inherited a "Richly Obfuscated" piece of code the would often pop-up a one- button dialog with the message "Something is wrong - and the developer does not understand why"

Amazingly, my hair grew back

[jcarmody]

I wrote something, a long time ago, that converted a boolean array into a number and popped up a message with just that.  It helped me troubleshoot the software but, every once in a while, a confused operator comes to me to report a "5" or something.  I giggle every time.