Comments on: HadOneJob: photos of monumental cockups http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: karl_jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1658716 karl_jones Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1658716 Loki at work! Loki at work!

]]> By: heckblazer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657745 heckblazer Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657745 If it's a bound document, I couldn't tell you since I've never seen nor prepared that. If the document isn't bound it's likely because the blank page is a placeholder and the different color makes it easy find it to replace it with the final page. If it’s a bound document, I couldn’t tell you since I’ve never seen nor prepared that. If the document isn’t bound it’s likely because the blank page is a placeholder and the different color makes it easy find it to replace it with the final page.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657647 Felton / Moderator Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657647 Alternate title:  <i>Nuns on the Run</i>. Alternate title:  Nuns on the Run.

]]> By: kobrakai http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657625 kobrakai Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657625 Is it irony that whoever put this together had just one job: make a navigable web site and they cocked it up. Is it irony that whoever put this together had just one job: make a navigable web site and they cocked it up.

]]> By: LintMan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657605 LintMan Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657605 Try a different browser.  IE was black screen, but Firefox worked fine.  I'm not sure why a simple gallery needs to be so complex. Try a different browser.  IE was black screen, but Firefox worked fine.  I’m not sure why a simple gallery needs to be so complex.

]]> By: chris young http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657526 chris young Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657526 i just get a black screen i just get a black screen

]]> By: freshyill http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657522 freshyill Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657522 Yeah that one with a bottle of Pepsi in the cooler with bottles of Coke was a real riot. Yeah that one with a bottle of Pepsi in the cooler with bottles of Coke was a real riot.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657499 Petzl Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657499 Just keep clicking. The video is <i>awesome</i>, and worth the extra effort. Just keep clicking.

The video is awesome, and worth the extra effort.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657473 Wreckrob8 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657473 But why do they print 'This page intentionally left blank' on different colour paper to the actual text? But why do they print ‘This page intentionally left blank’ on different colour paper to the actual text?

]]> By: heckblazer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657460 heckblazer Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657460 I suppose I should add that the logic bomb of the phrase still amuses the heck out of me.  It's just not a mistake ;). I suppose I should add that the logic bomb of the phrase still amuses the heck out of me.  It’s just not a mistake ;).

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657447 chaopoiesis Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657447 Flaws and imperfection are the engine that drives life. It's all there in Darwin, when viewed from the right angle. Flaws and imperfection are the engine that drives life. It’s all there in Darwin, when viewed from the right angle.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657444 pjcamp Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657444 42 was teh awesome. 42 was teh awesome.

]]> By: Geoduck http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657431 Geoduck Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657431  The classic Infocom text-adventure game Zork I has this written on a wall at one point, as a homage to old computer manuals that did it.  The classic Infocom text-adventure game Zork I has this written on a wall at one point, as a homage to old computer manuals that did it.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657419 Gyrofrog Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657419 Today I did (I guess) the opposite: The one thing I was supposed to do right, I did it right - but everything around it was screwed up. Today I did (I guess) the opposite:

The one thing I was supposed to do right, I did it right – but everything around it was screwed up.

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657386 Itsumishi Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657386 Man, I can't wait to watch "The Habbit: An Unexpected Journey" it sounds like a very interesting film. Man, I can’t wait to watch “The Habbit: An Unexpected Journey” it sounds like a very interesting film.

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657384 Itsumishi Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657384 Ahh good old Dick Smith, who is absolutely outraged by all those famous Australian brands outsourcing all their labour and sending profits overseas except of course when it comes to his own massive electronics company which almost exclusively deals with Asian suppliers. Ahh good old Dick Smith, who is absolutely outraged by all those famous Australian brands outsourcing all their labour and sending profits overseas except of course when it comes to his own massive electronics company which almost exclusively deals with Asian suppliers.

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657381 Itsumishi Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657381 I saw the upside down walk signal and realised instantly it was a corner in Downtown Portland, OR where I recently visited. I checked my photos and yep, exact same corner.  I thought at first that it might have been a case of some merry pranksters flipping the cover upside down one night, but if that were the case the lights would be going on and off in the wrong sequence, which they weren't. I saw the upside down walk signal and realised instantly it was a corner in Downtown Portland, OR where I recently visited. I checked my photos and yep, exact same corner. 
I thought at first that it might have been a case of some merry pranksters flipping the cover upside down one night, but if that were the case the lights would be going on and off in the wrong sequence, which they weren’t.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657343 Halloween_Jack Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657343 Utter fail with the very first picture. The idea is that the handrail should be running parallel with the stairs, not at an angle to them, right? But if you look at the picture, it's obvious what happened: the screws on the upper attachment point broke, and so did the ones on the lower one, leaving the handrail to pivot on the middle attachment point. Looks like it would be a simple fix in less than five minutes (not counting the trip for new hardware). The creator of this site <i>had one job</i>... Utter fail with the very first picture. The idea is that the handrail should be running parallel with the stairs, not at an angle to them, right? But if you look at the picture, it’s obvious what happened: the screws on the upper attachment point broke, and so did the ones on the lower one, leaving the handrail to pivot on the middle attachment point. Looks like it would be a simple fix in less than five minutes (not counting the trip for new hardware).

The creator of this site had one job…

]]> By: heckblazer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657339 heckblazer Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657339 The text "This page intentionally left blank" is generally not a screw-up.  In important legal documents it's there so people can be certain that there isn't a page missing because it was unintentionally left blank. The text “This page intentionally left blank” is generally not a screw-up.  In important legal documents it’s there so people can be certain that there isn’t a page missing because it was unintentionally left blank.

]]> By: Pip_R_Lagenta http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657336 Pip_R_Lagenta Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657336 I have long been thinking about trying to document what happened in the neighborhood that my sister lived in twenty three years ago.  In that neighborhood, twenty three years ago, the city did many repairs to pipes that ran under the sidewalk.  All over the neighborhood, wherever they had to replace a bit of the concrete sidewalk, the new concrete has "lPPO" written in it.  "lPPO" on each new concrete patch-job everywhere in that neighborhood.  "And what is 'lPPO'?", you might ask.  Well, the job was done in 1990, you see.  Yes, "1990". I have long been thinking about trying to document what happened in the neighborhood that my sister lived in twenty three years ago.  In that neighborhood, twenty three years ago, the city did many repairs to pipes that ran under the sidewalk.  All over the neighborhood, wherever they had to replace a bit of the concrete sidewalk, the new concrete has “lPPO” written in it.  “lPPO” on each new concrete patch-job everywhere in that neighborhood.  “And what is ‘lPPO’?”, you might ask.  Well, the job was done in 1990, you see.  Yes, “1990″.

]]> By: crummett http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657310 crummett Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657310  I think the point of that was the stream of water was too strong to stay in the fountain. Or am I missing your subtle, ironic humor?  I think the point of that was the stream of water was too strong to stay in the fountain. Or am I missing your subtle, ironic humor?

]]> By: Heevee Lister http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657305 Heevee Lister Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657305 They'd be funnier if they weren't faked.  OK, maybe some of them are genuine, but so many are such glaringly obvious 'shops that viewing them exhausts my suspension of disbelief. Also, why does a simple photo album need Javascript to work? OK, I'll take off my curmudgeon cap now. They’d be funnier if they weren’t faked.  OK, maybe some of them are genuine, but so many are such glaringly obvious ‘shops that viewing them exhausts my suspension of disbelief.

Also, why does a simple photo album need Javascript to work?

OK, I’ll take off my curmudgeon cap now.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657297 GawainLavers Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657297 "Boys 8-20"?  This hipster skinny jean shit is getting out of hand. “Boys 8-20″?  This hipster skinny jean shit is getting out of hand.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657296 GawainLavers Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657296 If I had been a smarter kid I would have totally printing up lots of "Your the best teacher ever" cards. If I had been a smarter kid I would have totally printing up lots of “Your the best teacher ever” cards.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657283 franko Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657283 i think some of these are also a case of, "well, do we pay to have a new sign made, or do we just flip it and trust that people are going to be smart enough to understand what we're going for, here?" i think some of these are also a case of, “well, do we pay to have a new sign made, or do we just flip it and trust that people are going to be smart enough to understand what we’re going for, here?”

]]> By: ohbejoyful http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657276 ohbejoyful Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657276 I actually like all of the "one tile out of place" examples.  The Persian Flaw concept at work I actually like all of the “one tile out of place” examples.  The Persian Flaw concept at work

]]> By: Fred Swetland, IV http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657271 Fred Swetland, IV Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657271 I'm not the only one who keeps reading it as OneHandJob, right? Right? I’m not the only one who keeps reading it as OneHandJob, right?

Right?

]]> By: Hank http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657269 Hank Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657269 I once flew into LAX and when we got to the gate one of the stews opened the door on the wrong side of the plane. It makes a big 'whooooosh!' sound when the emergency slide deploys. I once flew into LAX and when we got to the gate one of the stews opened the door on the wrong side of the plane. It makes a big ‘whooooosh!’ sound when the emergency slide deploys.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657268 SomeGuyNamedMark Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657268 Some are also probably due to being badly rushed.  Like the out of place paving stone.  The wrong color got mixed in.  Do we lose time and dig it up or just finish and say "screw it". Some are likely not due to checking the work, like the upside down walk signal.  They put it in but no one bothered to step back and look at it. Some are also probably due to being badly rushed.  Like the out of place paving stone.  The wrong color got mixed in.  Do we lose time and dig it up or just finish and say “screw it”.

Some are likely not due to checking the work, like the upside down walk signal.  They put it in but no one bothered to step back and look at it.

]]> By: hyph3n http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/hadonejob-photos-of-monumenta.html#comment-1657205 hyph3n Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213401#comment-1657205 After a while, looking at these just gets depressing. After a while, looking at these just gets depressing.

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