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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."
This absolute-waste-of-time webpage gets slashdotted and my hundred of gems never saw the light of day?? waaaaah!
Mirror be gentle to my host plz ;-)
Why Maddox is better than your kids
I know that this page should have been funny, but for some reason, I'm not laughing. And I'm even familiar with the works of Pablo Neruda.
.com web awards that are featured on his site. Hooray for Gerald!
I kind of expected something like "Engrish" or the often funny Airtoons (but it's probably only funny for those of us that fly a lot). Or even, the hasn't-been-updated-since-the-millennium Kibo and his amusing criticisms of font use or Gerald Holmes, which has outlived the silly
Insert simplistic political, ideological, or personal proselytization here.
At least I thought this was rather funny, but perhaps I am just very childish.
Christian Engström, Former Member of the European Parliament 2009-2014 for The Pirate Party, Sweden
The group of fat people was thrown out of court because it lacked merit.
I hate liberals. If you are a liberal, do not reply.
Just in case you want to be prepared:
The instruction manual to japanese toilets
They didn't want customers calling them up complaining about missing pages. So, if every blank page had an acknowledgment of the fact that IBM really, truly meant to leave that page unfilled by black text, then the customer could be assured that it wasn't a printing error.
Check out the back page of a Consumer Reports magazine. They have great examples of silly ads, bad technical documentation, and veiled attempts at what can only be explained as attempts to rip people off. They are far more entertaining and funny than this list, which is not very funny or entertaining.
I'd have a web link but Consumer Reports website is a subscription based site you have to pay to get into.
"All great wisdom is contained in .signature files"
Actualy, peanuts aren't nuts at all, they're legumes. But the rest of your reasoning is correct, some people have violent allergies to nuts but nothing else.
No, I don't want a free iPod
Hello city boy. Ever been out of there?
1. Ever seen anything growing under a nut tree (assuming we are talking walnut or similar)?
2. Peanuts are dug from the ground so this means disrupting any tree roots that are there.
Baker's Law: Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it
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> Their job isn't to humor us on how this toaster can kill you when soaked in water while plugged in - it's to be serious and prevent injury and death in many cases.
If The Boomer Bible taught me anything, it's that a funny cautionary message can often be more memorable than a "serious" one.
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Documentation of Cerwyn-Vega products tends to be (often intentionally, but sometimes not) quite amusing.
Caveat Emptor is not a business model.