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Huawei / Wind Mobile Connect Manager’s fuzzy math
HP’s Epic DFS fail
In hardware engineering lingo, DFS is “design for serviceability.”
The case of the dirty validator (why web filters suck)
Web developers, be warned! Your secret page-validating habit has been found out: This nonsense proudly brought to you by PurePages, providers of nonsense filters use by mmmuffins wifi at Toronto Union Station.
Fixing the mysterious “Element script is missing required attribute src” error
Suppose you're using the W3C validator to validate HTML5. Here's a sample document: <!doctype html> <html lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Hello</title> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> //<![CDATA[ var foo = 1; //]]> </script> </head> <body> </body> </html> Everything looks right, but you get this mysterious error: Line 6, Column 48: Element script is missing required …
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Tighten up those keys, team
Math is hard
HOWTO fix Photoshop’s missing Application Support files error
Sometimes you launch Photoshop and get this error: One or more files in the Adobe Application Support folder, necessary for running Photoshop, are missing. Please run the Photoshop installer and re-install Photoshop. This is the dialog of four lies: Lie #1: A file is missing. Lie #2. The file is missing from the Application Support …
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USPS attempts internet customer service, fails miserably
I found a broken link on USPS.com and reported it: If you go to “Web Tools Technical Guides”: http://www.usps.com/webtools/technical.htm And click on “Address Information (HTML)”: http://www.usps.com/webtools/Address-Information-v3-1.htm You get a “page not found” (404) error. File or Page Requested Not Found The file or page that you requested could not be found. The link you followed …
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TV Addicts takes the service out of “customer service”
From: DVD Customer Service Date: September 27, 2010 1:06:56 PM EDT To: Paul Schreiber Subject: Re: Jack & Bobby Dear User, We would like to inform you that the availability of a particular set can only be checked on our website while placing the order. Customer Support Team On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:01 …
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