B10[mg]

As someone who occasionally messes with websites, I know the struggle of error handling. If you do exactly as the programmer intended the software to be called, there is no problem. But, there's always the l-user factor.

How far does one have to go to explain what exactly went wrong? I'm all for brief information, for I am just a lazy guy.

Today I was looking at http://forum.pocketinfo.nl, a forum on PDAs and other gadgets. When I tried to search, I got this error:

It translates to this:

System Notice

You aren't logged in, or you don't have the permissions to view this page. This could be due to one of the following reasons:

1. You aren't logged in. Enter your name and password in the fields and try again.
2. Possibly, you lack the appropriate permissions to view the page. Are you trying to alter someone else's post, use administrative tasks or to use another protected system?
3. If you're trying to post, there's a possibility that the administrator has disabled your account, or it's still waiting on activation.

Well, it's always nice that they state I'm not logged in, due to the fact that I didn't log in.

Clearly the programmers went to far with this error handling. And they weren't too clever. The difference between a lack of user permissions and not being logged in at all shouldn't be too hard to figure out... Why then not just say "You aren't logged in yet" instead of all this craziness?

Oh well, it's always fun to see useless repetitive error messages, like this.

I always notice new stuff way too late, but also know some people are even worse than me, so this is to them ;-)

Yesterday I've seen some parts of Ghostrider. (yes, you can download parts here and there too). It's about an insane guy with a death wish, or so it seems. On a bike (motorcycle, not bicycle) he's racing throughout Europe, doing the most crazy maneuvers thinkable. Going around Paris in 12 minutes? No problem ... Often the speed goes past 300km/h. And yes, it's hard for cops to cope with that speed.

Anyways, the two cameras on the bike (front and back) are fun, but after a while, it gets pretty boring.