Amusing Error Messages

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Favourite Error Messages - FME

FME's error messages sometimes reveal the humourous side of our developers.

Baking donuts from xxx polygon(s)



  • And of course there is a close correlation between computer programmers and all things sci-fi...
READER_PIPELINE R_3::E00: Universe Destroyer(TestFactory)
SupplyAttributes failed due to Gamma Ray interference.



  • One thing we've learned is to expect the unexpected...
An annotation in the feature class 'XXX.XXXXXXXX_ANNO' could not be translated due to a very unlikely error.
FME encountered an error. Please contact support (http://www.safe.com/support/contact/form.php)



  • And sometimes we have to ask, well user - do ya' feel lucky?...


...for Doni Satya at Lagen Spatial, today is not your lucky day!



  • Of course, sometimes the developer's programming skills are better than their spelling...
Field count returned from FME is rediculously large



ERROR



Favourite Error Messages - Other Software

  • At least we don't have restrictions as drastic as Microsoft does...
Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276304)



  • ...or as enticing as Google:


Not an error as such, but Dmitri got this little gem while doing some research on 3D surfaces

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