Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[V8mate]

People who persist with using an underscore in place of a space in filenames.

[Fastdruid]

V8mate said:

People who persist with using an underscore in place of a space in filenames.

Conversely people who use a space annoy me.

Space is considered one of the IFS so it affects scripts and have to perform all sorts of jiggery pokery to ensure that files with spaces aren't treated as multiple files etc.

[matchmaker]

This really only came to me last night - why do the names of so many diesel cars always include an "i"? It's not as if you can have a diesel engine that doesn't have fuel injection?

[Fastdruid]

matchmaker said:

This really only came to me last night - why do the names of so many diesel cars always include an "i"? It's not as if you can have a diesel engine that doesn't have fuel injection?

I *think* it's because anything with an "i" was seen as the faster/better version so the "i" was added to "spice up" the diesels.

[MartG]

matchmaker said:

This really only came to me last night - why do the names of so many diesel cars always include an "i"? It's not as if you can have a diesel engine that doesn't have fuel injection?

Not strictly true

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbureted_compressi...

[V8mate]

matchmaker said:

This really only came to me last night - why do the names of so many diesel cars always include an "i"? It's not as if you can have a diesel engine that doesn't have fuel injection?

Because sexy, innit.

The spread of diesels came hot on the heels of he universal move from carbs to fuel injection on petrol engines. These were regarded as 'sporty' and 'high performance', so I daresay manufacturers wanted to instil some of that into their new oil burners. Comfort car buyers with the knowledge that in spite of burning crude oil in their cars, they were still sexy like their petrol counterparts.

Probably.

[Halmyre]

matchmaker said:

This really only came to me last night - why do the names of so many diesel cars always include an "i"? It's not as if you can have a diesel engine that doesn't have fuel injection?

VW explain it thusly:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbocharged_direct_...

[McAndy]

Fastdruid said:

I *think* it's because anything with an "i" was seen as the faster/better version so the "i" was added to "spice up" the diesels.

That's also my guess.

[McAndy]

V8mate said:

People who persist with using an underscore in place of a space in filenames.

Easier to write code that doesn't have to deal with gaps.

[V8mate]

McAndy said:

V8mate said:

People who persist with using an underscore in place of a space in filenames.

Easier to write code that doesn't have to deal with gaps.

Code schmode.

Regular filenames: mp3s, Word and excel docs, etc.

The code for Windows is long since written; people don't need to use underscores anymore.

[Old Tyke]

File names look worse with & in them than they do with _ .

[deckster]

McAndy said:

V8mate said:

People who persist with using an underscore in place of a space in filenames.

Easier to write code that doesn't have to deal with gaps.

Conversely, people who write code that doesn't deal with spaces in filenames correctly, whether through negligence or laziness. It's not that much of an effort and every OS I've used in the last 25 years has allowed spaces, so just get over it.

[The Don of Croy]

Antony Moxey said:

The seemingly inexorable march of the phrase 'rocking up' instead of 'arriving' on PH, and also the near universal, particularly from professional sportsmen, and even more particularly from those that partake in two wheeled activities professionally, use of the adjective 'super' instead of 'very'.

"We're super glad you rocked up"

I think I'll retire to the withdrawing room and replay some calming VHS tapes of William Rees Mogg's greatest speeches.

(But am otherwise in agreement)

[Voldemort]

Self service machine giving two 5 pence pieces for 10p change

[NWTony]

Films that are too dark so you can barely make out the picture, I suspect it's meant to be arty and moody but to me it's just annoying.

[Cotty]

Voldemort said:

Self service machine giving two 5 pence pieces for 10p change

Whats wrong with talking to a human.

[Jefferson Steelflex]

The increasing number of people who seem intent on keeping right when walking towards you on the pavement, thus forcing you to run/walk with your back to traffic about a mm from the kerb.

[227bhp]

I believe this may have been done before, but ill fitting glass doors on toilets, wtf is that all about?
We were staying in a self catering apartment and while i'm hunched over cleaning up after dropping the kids off at the pool, she's looking across from the open fridge asking if I want a beer. Noo, just nooooo!

[jamoor]

Places that don't take card
Places that have humans doing seemingly trivial things, such as fast food shops taking orders.

[Moonhawk]

jamoor said:

Places that don't take card

I really notice that now after spending 6 months working in Iceland. Everywhere in Iceland takes card (and mostly contact less).

Even the waffle van parked up outside Hallgrímskirkja (the big church on the hill in Reykjavik) took card.