I was in a Sun class when I heard of the following error message. It
seems that at some point in the far past the AT&T gurus working on UNIX
put in some error messages in Latin -- they were all error messages that
you should NEVER see, but were meaningful... The class instructor knew
Latin and had a former fellow employee call him up and ask if he could
translate the following:
Ecce! Hodie natus est pro geminus radicus!
The friend was trying to port Unix to a Burroughs mainframe (don't ask
me why!) and upon being told the translation of the message, realized
what he had done: "Behold! Unto us is born a twin to root!". I've been
told that a few years later all the Latin error messages were removed.
Rich W
----------------------------
On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 14:24 +0000, shadow wrote:
> God, we need more error messages like this. It will make half of the
> users out there THINK about what they are doing. The other half it will
> piss off to no end. It's win-win.
>
> http://www.thedailywtf.com/images/200608/wtf2.jpg
>
>
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
%20and%20upon%20being%20told%20the%20translation%20of%20the%20message,%20realized%0A>%20what%20he%20had%20done:%20%22Behold!%20Unto%20us%20is%20born%20a%20twin%20to%20root!%22.%20%20I've%20been%0A>%20told%20that%20a%20few%20years%20later%20all%20the%20Latin%20error%20messages%20were%20removed.%0A>%20%0A>%20Rich%20W%0A>%20----------------------------%0A>%20On%20Fri,%202006-08-11%20at%2014:24%20+0000,%20shadow%20wrote:%0A>%20>%20God,%20we%20need%20more%20error%20messages%20like%20this.%20%20It%20will%20make%20half%20of%20the%20%0A>%20>%20users%20out%20there%20THINK%20about%20what%20they%20are%20doing.%20%20The%20other%20half%20it%20will%20%0A>%20>%20piss%20off%20to%20no%20end.%20%20It's%20win-win.%0A>%20>%20%0A>%20>%20http://www.thedailywtf.com/images/200608/wtf2.jpg%0A>%20>%20%0A>%20>%20%0A>%20%0A>%20---------------------------------------------------%0A>%20PLUG-discuss%20mailing%20list%20-%20PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us%0A>%20To%20subscribe,%20unsubscribe,%20or%20to%20change%20%20you%20mail%20settings:%0A>%20http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss%0A>%20%0A>%20 "Reply to this message")
(text/plain)