by skazka16 on 4/14/15, 5:44 AM with 50 comments
by swang on 4/14/15, 6:46 AM
Is al3x also g3gg0?
so a warning to everyone being pranked yesterday:
you are not prepared for serious shooting with magic
lantern, if this was a real problem to you.
why?
if you use ML for business make sure a failure, no matter if serious issues or not so serious (like yesterday) wont get you in trouble!
- take ML-free backup-cards with you
- make yourself confident with rescue procedures and how to temporary disable ML
- ML, especially "latest" versions can introduce troublesome behavior
yes, its cool that ML is being used in a lot of serious stuff. we really love that.
but we expect users to be prepared for the moment when ML is going nuts for some reason.
this day will come.
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=14850.msg14...There is also a picture in that thread (scroll up).
by jhardy54 on 4/14/15, 6:19 AM
by fabulist on 4/14/15, 6:23 AM
"Your camera is now bricked" isn't exactly the message I'd like to send to my users.
by kuon on 4/14/15, 8:36 AM
An easter egg should make the user smiles and make him/her feels good and that the developer cares about the software. That one is just mean.
While I can understand the developer making an error in not thinking it through and making the joke, the handling of the case on the forum should have been "I make a stupid joke, sorry, I'll make a fix right away, just rollback for now".
To the people saying it's free software and the user is entitled to nothing, I'll just ask: "Is it the world you want?" a world where there is no trust and only the fear of being sued for money?
by mcafeeryan92 on 4/14/15, 6:23 AM
by maaaats on 4/14/15, 6:49 AM
I install custom firmware on my Wi-Fi routers, my smartphone etc., never really thought about how it would affect me if it were to get bricked in the process.
by chavesn on 4/14/15, 8:26 AM
Yes, users should know what they are getting into.
No, the developer has no obligation to be held to a higher standard of reliability.
Yes, the developer can really do whatever they want.
With all that said, can we at least agree that this shows extremely poor judgment from an engineering and product sense? Not only is this a terrible way to achieve user trust, but it also doesn't make any users feel good. As a user, why would I want to use a product that wants to make a fool out of me and throw wrenches in a core feature for chuckles?
by yitchelle on 4/14/15, 7:20 AM
by InclinedPlane on 4/14/15, 8:44 AM
by carlob on 4/14/15, 9:02 AM
I understand it doesn't make much sense to have tm_mday start from 0, but then again even 3 as April seems weird, maybe they should all start at 1.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908775/xsh/time.h.ht...
by mTKUzaG3Kf on 4/14/15, 9:07 AM
Seriously, just how humorless and gullible do you have to be to not understand that this was an April Fools' joke?
First, BSoDs are specific to Windows OSes. OK, fair enough, non-tech people might not know this. But...
"Take a photo of a calendar, focusing on today's date."
If after reading this line you still don't understand that this is a joke, I feel sorry for you.
The "rand() % 1000 == 13" probably causes the "BSoD" every time for the OP because the RNG is not properly seeded, which is the real problem here.
I don't condone this joke or the developers' response, but I'm not going to blame them for anything either. The negativity in this thread, however...
by veidr on 4/14/15, 6:27 AM
But I was born in 1974, and I have never actually seen or heard a funny April Fool's joke in my entire life.
by rukuu001 on 4/14/15, 7:30 AM
If you're paid to take photos, roll up to a gig with all the gear you tested yesterday, and get this...good god.
by edandersen on 4/14/15, 9:49 AM
by gareth44 on 4/14/15, 8:37 AM
by minimaxir on 4/14/15, 6:27 AM
by Mithaldu on 4/14/15, 9:19 AM
by tempestn on 4/14/15, 7:47 AM
by SchizoDuckie on 4/14/15, 7:50 AM
by adultSwim on 4/14/15, 2:28 PM
Get over it. Seems pretty funny to me.
by nickysielicki on 4/14/15, 7:36 AM
by chrxss on 4/14/15, 8:17 AM
1st rule: be prepared fro April 1st 2nd rule: you cannot expect anything from free software on the internet, it is free after all
by happywolf on 4/14/15, 8:13 AM
Read it again: it is free. If you really need QoS, pay someone to develop and code review the firmware. I am not being a troll, some people just have so much self-entitlement on something that is free.