I'm an idiot

[PeregrinFig]

So I'm starting to use Wiiflow, and just finished downloading a game and adding it to my HDD. I went to download the box for it, and it said it finished, but the box was garbled pixels, and after downloading it also messed up the boxes next to it and the rest just had no covers. So I turned off the Wii and pulled out my SD card to manually do it, but I wasn't able to find the box images Wiiflow uses. I just decided you know what, I am done with Wiiflow, GX seemed easier, so I went to delete the wiiflow folder off the card, and I had no Delete option. I started thinking 'WTF is wrong with my SD card?'. I pulled it out, and the lock switch was on.

Just wanted to share this failure with all of you.

 

[Sterling]

Been there, done that. None of us think any less of you for doing that.

 

[Rydian]

Spent five minutes a day ago poring over 20 lines of code to try to figure out why linebreaks weren't being properly echoed in a foreach() loop... only to find I had yet to actually enter the echo statement.

Not as bad, spent five minutes trying to figure out why a variable I was calling always came out as NULL, when it turns out it was placed ABOVE the variable it was referencing...

Also spending five minutes trying to figure out why a new function I made wasn't returning anything, only to find out I had never placed the return() statement inside the declaration...

 

[Forstride]

Not as bad, spent five minutes trying to figure out why a variable I was calling always came out as NULL, when it turns out it was placed ABOVE the variable it was referencing...

I actually lol'd...

The same thing happened to me though when I had a Wii and was using CFG USB loader. I was so confused...XD.

 

[Madridi]

Spent five minutes a day ago poring over 20 lines of code to try to figure out why linebreaks weren't being properly echoed in a foreach() loop... only to find I had yet to actually enter the echo statement.

Not as bad, spent five minutes trying to figure out why a variable I was calling always came out as NULL, when it turns out it was placed ABOVE the variable it was referencing...

Also spending five minutes trying to figure out why a new function I made wasn't returning anything, only to find out I had never placed the return() statement inside the declaration...

lol, this whole thing made me lmao.
It happens.. ALOT!

 

[giratina16]

Aha, once I spent 3 minutes looking for my DSi, I was going absolutely crazy. The thing that was really shameful was the fact that it was in my hand the entire time. I seem to do stuff like that quite often. I've been talking on my phone then I start panicking that I can't find it, only to realise 30 seconds later that I'm talking on it.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

Spent five minutes a day ago poring over 20 lines of code to try to figure out why linebreaks weren't being properly echoed in a foreach() loop... only to find I had yet to actually enter the echo statement.

Not as bad, spent five minutes trying to figure out why a variable I was calling always came out as NULL, when it turns out it was placed ABOVE the variable it was referencing...

Also spending five minutes trying to figure out why a new function I made wasn't returning anything, only to find out I had never placed the return() statement inside the declaration...

Oh what glorious fails. I wouldn't of had understanded (not a word) this had I not been learning c++ yesterday.

 

[tehnoobshow]

So I'm starting to use Wiiflow, and just finished downloading a game and adding it to my HDD. I went to download the box for it, and it said it finished, but the box was garbled pixels, and after downloading it also messed up the boxes next to it and the rest just had no covers. So I turned off the Wii and pulled out my SD card to manually do it, but I wasn't able to find the box images Wiiflow uses. I just decided you know what, I am done with Wiiflow, GX seemed easier, so I went to delete the wiiflow folder off the card, and I had no Delete option. I started thinking 'WTF is wrong with my SD card?'. I pulled it out, and the lock switch was on.

Just wanted to share this failure with all of you.

i lol'd and i recently made a topic about fails this would have been perfect for it...in fact why dont you add this fail to the topic

 

[ProtoKun7]

Not as bad, spent five minutes trying to figure out why a variable I was calling always came out as NULL, when it turns out it was placed ABOVE the variable it was referencing...

Wonderful

I wish I could think of a personal fail to post.

 

[BloodyFlame]

I remember my biggest fail. I was testing an HTML code and whenever I tried to check the result, nothing came up. After 10 minutes of trying to figure out the problem, I found out that I forgot to write at the beginning.

 

[Matthew]

I remember my biggest fail. I was testing an HTML code and whenever I tried to check the result, nothing came up. After 10 minutes of trying to figure out the problem, I found out that I forgot to write at the beginning.

Well I've just managed to write a PHP login script which so far has been loading for two minutes

Ok, I think I have managed to screw the database, thank goodness it recovers itself

Meh, lets just restart apatche

 

[Slyakin]

Psh, I remember a really stupid fail.

I would keep on getting the same variable until I realized that it was a+=b, and I was typing a+b.

Urg.

 

[Rydian]

Actually the HTML tags are optional.

 

[Matthew]

Actually the HTML tags are optional.

Not in Internet Explorer!

I wonder If I can write more unstable PHP

 

[Rydian]

Actually the HTML tags are optional.

Not in Internet Explorer!

I wonder If I can write more unstable PHP

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#edef-HTML
QUOTE

7.3 The HTML element
Start tag: optional, End tag: optional

IE8 at least recognizes HTML with no opening or closing tag. You must have fixed another typo at the same time.

 

[Matthew]

Offtopic: Does anyone else have a random quote sig?