Revised Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

DBarefoot writes "Last August, my Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness was submitted to Slashdot. Some folks found it at least mildly amusing, and I received a bunch of submissions of documentation weirdness from Slashdotters and others. So we've just posted an updated version of the Hall, with more than twice the images and easier navigation."

Comments

Yowzers

[Anonymous Coward]

That is pretty weird. But not as weird as some stories I've read here.

This one brought back memories

[Concerned Onlooker]

I've actually seen this one first hand. It's in the instructions for the heating packet for MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). I had taken my girlfriend out to Joshua Tree National Park where another friend of mine met us. I had taken the trouble to bring along a wok and all the ingredients for stir fry but my friend had brought along a box of these MREs filched from his recent stint in the service.

The kicker is that my (ex) girlfriend decided she'd rather have the MREs. I mean, come on, even bad stir fry is better than an MRE, and I know from first hand experience. Except for that one time I found a Band-Aid in my Buddha's Delight....

Mirror (site looking like its about to buckle)

[Zardus]

There's a mirror here. Enjoy.

...is a lot like sex

[ControversialPosting]

It sends you on wild goose chases for years, trying the silliest of things, eventually leading to the point where you give up and do it yourself.

Documentation for international audiences

[wine]

This is a funny article that featured on slashdot a couple of years ago. I describes the differences in culture one has to pay attention to while writing technical documentation for international audiences. For instance:

And while Italian and French users were very happy with printer documentation that included pictures of naked women with slim, strategically placed tinted bars showing how colors were reproduced, Esposito doubts that particular manual will be used anywhere else.

The posting

[Mr_Silver]

Revised Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness
Posted by simoniker on Thursday April 01, @08:26AM from the you-only-live-twice dept.

DBarefoot writes "Last August, my Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness was killed by Slashdot. Some folks found it at least mildly amusing that a poor server should die in such agony, and I received a bunch of submissions of documentation weirdness from Slashdotters and others. Given that I've run out of spoons to gouge my eyes out, I've decided that I might as well kill the server for a second time."

Re:You are horrible racist little turd.

[david.gilbert]

Although they don't write documentation ;-)

That is because they are programmers, not because they are Indians. ;-)