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Hall Of Technical Documentation Weirdness

An anonymous reader submits: "Generally speaking, with the exception of Tina on Dilbert, technical writers aren't very funny. This is something of a rare and unintentional exception. This guy has assembled a bunch of examples of bizarre technical illustration. There's only about 15 at the moment, but he's collecting further examples."

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  1. This cooks socks. by RMH101 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    In Hull.

    How come this got accepted when all the Really Cool Stuff (tm) I put in didn't?

  2. Story Moderation by KrunZ · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Seriously, when do we get moderations on stories? It would be very helpful with Redundant, Interesting, Funny aso


    -5, move along sir, nothing to see here

  3. Re:Others by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Condom Wrappers: May not protect you from the filthy faggot diseases carried by Rob Malda.

  4. Andrew Tanenbaum -Structured Computer Organization by Nexzus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fourth Edition
    It's a great book, and Tanenbaum really knows his stuff, but sometimes he would put some really stupid jokes in the text.

    And this line from page 21 of "E-Commerce and E-Business Infrastructure" by Chaudhury/Kuilboer cracked me up the first time I read it.

    "For brick and mortar companies, the challenge is to incorporate Web-based channels into existing operations so as to maximize synergy" which reads straight out of 1999.

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