Nov. 6, 2022 - Foresight

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Jan

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." — Douglas Adams

Wolf is the embodiment of this struggle X3

Anubis • 10/31/2022

Oops

Anubis • 10/31/2022

A program is only as sharp as the programmer(s) that wrote it... Wolf is a Blue Screen of Death

OmegaWolf • 11/06/2022

I would say both. He idiot proof it and proved he’s an idiot.

CarlK • 11/06/2022

A sledge hammer would have been just as effective in making it unusable, and much cheaper than the epoxy. On the other hand, he could have just used a secure password to keep Tor out.

Shockwave07 • 11/06/2022

How did November 6th comic end up before the write a comic from November 2nd?!

Wolf somehow did wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff.

Rocketroo • 11/06/2022

Oh Sweet Wifi, we hardly knew ye.

Ephesus • 11/06/2022

Yep, it’s idiot-proof now; as in, proof he is an idiot :3 This also reminds me of a tumblr post I saw recently. Said something like, “being smart hasn’t stopped me from being a complete idiot” and, I feel that in my core.

Jo Li KMC • 11/06/2022 • edited

This is what's known as "overdoing it". It's kind of like how Microsoft and especially Apple treats their customer base. "If they can't use it, they can't break it!"

I know. Low-hanging fruit. Still, as a life-long Windows user (and DOS, before that), it makes me sad to see all the "power user" functions slowly bleeding out of subsequent revisions of the operating system. You can barely mess with the contents of C:, these days, without getting confirmation prompts or "access denied" – and I don't mean C:\Windows.

LionkingCMSL • 11/06/2022

What Wolf also forgot is that a router needs its cooling vents to be open. Electronics do not like heat and even if he didn't forget the cables the router wouldn't have lasted long.

I remember a saying that went something like this: "You make something 'idiot proof'', but some damn idiot will find a way to break/misuse it."

Kangaar Foxfire • 11/06/2022

"The outcome was never really in doubt..." https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/2/21/Spy_cheers07.wav

Adam • 11/06/2022

When they decided to put the starer to an engine "INSIDE" the engine, I knew then and there that the idiots was the ones trying to idiot proof cars. Which ironically is like what wolf is doing for most of his life it seems. o.O

Mr. Stargate • 11/06/2022

Wolf, a master of finding what does not work.

William • 11/06/2022

Laughed at the last pic.

Niall Shapero • 11/06/2022

Debugging is the process of taking bugs out. So, programming is therefore the process of putting bugs in.

Reese • 11/06/2022

well, there are many reasons why he's an idiot right now, but one of them might be his saving grace, because it looks like he didn't properly mix the 2-part epoxy resin before applying, so it might be possible to extricate the router once the parts that did mix set.

Willy Pete • 11/06/2022

One of Murphy's Laws states that you can't make something fool proof because fools are so damned clever. I imagine it works that way with idiots too.

Panther • 11/07/2022

I'd say ze two choices are , Wolf . You'd be a genius if someone had lighted on ze bulb ^_^"

Verp • 11/07/2022

I recall how easy it was to operate the Mac Classic. Then I tried to use Macroshaft's user interface, the substandard everyone stoops down to and found it intuitive thuh wai Inglish iz funetik. I bit later, I tried to use a public early Mac PC and found it was the worst of Apple and PC computers combined into one horrible mess. Later, I tried another public Mac and found it a bit more intuitive, but kept running into the Rainbow Mint Candy of Doom as the Mac would try to do what I thought was a straightforward task and sit for minutes as the RMCD spun pointlessly, trying to give the impression of the computer actually doing something. When Steve Jobs was no longer there to point out when things got less intuitive, the Macs then when on their own strange tangent. I think user interface designers loose track of how logical normal people think and design the interface to fit the machinations of code we users don't have the privilege to see. Most software engineers are clueless geeks.

Kirsten Wolfess • 11/07/2022

Welp.... Not only did Wolf permanently seal the router, the epoxy, when it was in liquid form, most likely leaked in and destroyed the modem regardless. So, at this point, the cables are pointless regardless.

Leak • 11/07/2022

"How many licks does it take to get to the WiFi router-y center of a terribad epoxy-based brainfart from Wolf?" is left as an exercise for the reader...

Kamarre • 11/07/2022

Another issue i see that show he is smart but an idiot, that thing has a very high chance to over heat as well when there is no air flow.

eldestdawn • 11/08/2022

Wolf is a typical example of a "high intelligence, low wisdom" character. Intelligence is how much you know, wisdom is how well you use your knowledge. Wolf has a lot of knowledge but uses it extremely poorly most of the time.

Hurley • 11/08/2022

Wolfie-boy, that's not what's meant when they talk about potting circuits...

And ventilation won't be the problem anyway. 2-part epoxy gets HOT as it cures. Depending on the resin, like skin burning or even boiling water kinds of hot. That poor box was toast whether the cables were installed or not.

Khenan • 11/08/2022

Do you really want us to answer that Wolf?

S'aaruuk • 11/09/2022

I once had some 'fast-cure' 2 part epoxy I mixed too much of at once get so hot that it started boiling, hissing and out gassing a LOT of smoke/fumes!!!

I had to use WELDING GLOVES to take the super hot container outside whilst holding my breath as best I could.

Spider Watcher • 11/10/2022

I have to say both. Of couse knowing Wolf he might be able to get his paws on some acid.

ndrvr • 11/10/2022

@Jan how idiotproof is the epoxy?

@Leak i'd say ... 42 licks ^^.

Tir_Amahn • 11/11/2022

Idiot proofing is the greatest evil software engineers have ever thrust upon us. Let the idiots break their shit, I want control over what I do and don't want to be asked 12 times if I really want to do what I told it to.

FreeFlier • 11/11/2022

When you idiot-proof something, you get better idiots . . . which is the last thing you need.