Nearby users error!

November 19, 2007 2:11 PM

Wolof has seven Nearby users. Of the seven, two (naturesgreatestmiracle and twirlypen) have error! instead of Nearby users.

I thought it might be because they have longitude set to one decimal place but it doesn't seem to be a problem for mule. How are their MetaFilter transceivers set to transmit and not receive?

posted by tellurian to Bugs at 2:11 PM (30 comments total)

This was just a ploy to get everyone to look at Wolof's profile picture, isn't it?
posted by sephira at 2:13 PM on November 19, 2007

I bet it's because they keep trying to force the water to go down the drain in the 'proper' direction thus screwing with the order of things.
posted by ericb at 2:20 PM on November 19, 2007

Wolof ate them.
posted by klangklangston at 2:24 PM on November 19, 2007

(The error is that it's impossible to locate them relatively when THEY ARE IN HIS BELLY.)
posted by klangklangston at 2:27 PM on November 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

Naw, their error was in not watching Wolf Creek before going to meet the neighbor.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 2:36 PM on November 19, 2007

Huh. How weird.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:57 PM on November 19, 2007

More floating point fun. Should be fixed now.
posted by pb (staff) at 3:02 PM on November 19, 2007

Well, I feel a certain "nearbyness" to Wolof, even though he's thousands of miles away. Aah, the magic of the internet.

(I bet he would've eaten me too, though, by now, if I lived in his physical vicinity...)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:23 PM on November 19, 2007

I'll see if I can trap that error and make it go away for now.
posted by mathowie
You had it transported to Australia? The Fatal Shore lives on.
posted by tellurian at 3:25 PM on November 19, 2007

The error is that they are living in Adelaide, South Australia.

Strikes out at her home town
posted by gomichild at 8:06 PM on November 19, 2007

Can you make me nearby to Wolof, while you're at it? I desperately want to have a beer with him and have a My Kid Is Cuter Than Yours contest in person.
posted by middleclasstool at 9:49 PM on November 19, 2007

Wolof *wishes* he could eat me.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 9:51 PM on November 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

mandymanwasregistered - are you drunk and out of batteries AGAIN?
posted by gomichild at 9:53 PM on November 19, 2007

Oh god, so lonely.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 10:12 PM on November 19, 2007

*mails Real Doll*
posted by gomichild at 11:36 PM on November 19, 2007

What's wolof gonna do with a real doll?
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 11:47 PM on November 19, 2007

my guess is he'll eat it.
posted by taz at 11:52 PM on November 19, 2007

He told me he was burying them in Belair National Park for kicks.
posted by gomichild at 12:00 AM on November 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

Many have tried to come close to the mighty Wolof, but none can touch him. Welcome to the Error-dome, mortal kind. Abandon all hope.
posted by Abiezer at 12:23 AM on November 20, 2007

Wolof and I were supposed to get together to have a beer when I moved to Adelaide almost 2 years ago. After seeing that picture, I am really regretting that we haven't done so.
posted by naturesgreatestmiracle at 1:51 AM on November 20, 2007

Learn well, lovesick nerds, that linking a pic of Sean Connery in a nappy to your profile — as I did four days ago — will attract an astonishing variety of offers from the gender of your choice, and most likely the other one too.

OK, back to your regularly scheduled rationalist bashing of people burying statues of St Joseph in their front yards. I got carpet to munch and wet cats to flay.
posted by Wolof at 2:54 AM on November 20, 2007

If you go out drinking with Wolof remember to wear your bum protection pads!
posted by gomichild at 4:57 AM on November 20, 2007

He has always been a thinker who touches on the fundamentals.
posted by Abiezer at 5:49 AM on November 20, 2007

sorry to be on topic, but I've had persistent Lat/Long error issues basically forever. I used to have a big ERROR! message that displayed on my user page, but now my (apparently correct, per the geocoder website) Lat/Long coordinates plant me in the middle of Kazakstan (I'm not kidding, look here.
posted by anastasiav at 10:54 AM on November 20, 2007

anastasiav, your longitude should be -70.xxx, not 70.xxx.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:56 AM on November 20, 2007

He told me he was burying them in Belair National Park for kicks.

Fool. Every croweater knows the bodies go in Mt Crawford Forest.
posted by Jimbob at 3:32 PM on November 20, 2007

Dude Wol ain't got no car he has to take the train.
posted by gomichild at 7:42 PM on November 20, 2007

He'd need to bring a fresh change of nappies for such a trip.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 8:41 PM on November 20, 2007

Fortunately I don't need a ticket for the Real Doll.
posted by Wolof at 8:42 PM on November 20, 2007

Because you obvs ate it instead of me.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 8:43 PM on November 20, 2007