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Is this an oops?

Discussion in 'General Announcements' started by WF3J, Mar 11, 2018.

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  1. WF3J

    WF3J XML Subscriber QRZ Page

    Somebody getting a little wild on programming the ARRL home page this morning? Spotted this:


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  2. AG6QR

    AG6QR Premium Subscriber QRZ Page

    On the article about Daylight Saving Time, I see a photo of a clock face, where you show some text that is mildly inappropriate.

    I looked at the html source code for that page, and found the following code for that image.
    HTML:
    <img src="/img/65x70/News/Big Ass Clock Face.jpg" alt="Big Ass Clock Face" />
    So it looks like, when you loaded the page, for some reason the image of the clock face wasn't available. Could've been a temporary network glitch or something. So the browser did what it was supposed to, and dutifully displayed the alt text in place of the image.
     
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  3. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    Good catch!!

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
  4. K8ERV

    K8ERV QRZ Member QRZ Page

    My face looks better not filled in too---

    TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo
     
  5. KA9JLM

    KA9JLM Ham Member QRZ Page

    The ARRL got hacked.

    The website got cracked. :rolleyes:
     
  6. N6QIC

    N6QIC Ham Member QRZ Page

    All looks ok here,
    help1.jpg

    Any good web designer should know better that to use a controversial file names for an image.
     
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  7. AE7BT

    AE7BT Ham Member QRZ Page

    The operative word here is “mildly” innapropriate. It is only “controversial” to some, not to me. I do not use this phrase in conversation, just as I would never call anyone “Dude” lest they think me a dumbass (ooops!). On the continuum of offensive things one might encounter online or on the air this barely registers. Are there not bigger battles to fight?
    “Big ass <fill in the blank>“ is a common colloquialism: the FCC does even not consider it profane (you’ll hear it on Network TV shows, not that I watch them anymore). So, how far do you demand others must bend to accommodate your sensibilities? Remember that there is always going to be someone out there more Prissy than you are.
     
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  8. KN1M

    KN1M Ham Member QRZ Page

    There are some among us now, who when hearing or reading some words, would need puppies or bunnies to pet, before being able to proceed with their lives.
     
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  9. AE7BT

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    I do not need a reason to pet my puppy. The bunny may be petted or may go in the stewpot, depending.
     
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  10. N6QIC

    N6QIC Ham Member QRZ Page

    Puppies or bunnies to pet, Sounds great. Ill bring the kids, Thanks :)
     
  11. K2CD

    K2CD Premium Subscriber QRZ Page

    Maybe they meant this? QSL sure via buro. It will arrive sometime. . . maybe.

    Burro_clock.png
     
  12. KA1BSZ

    KA1BSZ Ham Member QRZ Page

    just to clear things up and let you NEWBIE HAMS and OLDER HAMS know.........KA1BSZ/VT....Notice the VT??? Do you know what the VT stands for??? VT stands for VERMONT. I have been a ham for over 40 years and never had a problem with signing /VT until recently...It seems that a few people think I'm in INDIA....Well the prefixes for India are VTA-VWZ. If you LOOK at my call and LOOK at what I sign, you'll see that there only 2 letters after the slant bar. So just for you newbie hams, I will sign KA1BSZ/VT FN33 I guess that will throw you off too...ok the FN33 is the GRID SQUARE ID. There is a chart in many ARRL publications that tells you where you are in regards to the GRID SQUARE ALLOCATIONS. Then some times I'll sign KA1BSZ/M; CQDX KA1BSZ/M; or I could sign CQ KA1BSZ/VT/M/FN33/QRO. ( The M stands for MOBILE and the QRO stands for HI POWER.)
     
  13. W3UC

    W3UC Ham Member QRZ Page

    the dude.jpg Lets see who gets it...
     
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  14. KF5FEI

    KF5FEI Ham Member QRZ Page

    "Lunar" clock ??

    Love it when some smart-a person puts an inappropriate whatever in their code, and it pops up at the most inopportune time.
     

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