“My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#1

Post by inception44 » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 7:48 AM UTC

“My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)
digitalrepublik.com

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#2

Post by haecceity » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 8:36 AM UTC

If the car didn’t start then how did he come back the next day to get more ice cream? Surely he waited a bit and the car would start. And the timing issue would be obvious from here?

I’m also worried about his health. Should he really be having ice cream everyday?

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#3

Post by ralfd » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 8:55 AM UTC

haecceity wrote: post #2

If the car didn’t start then how did he come back the next day to get more ice cream? Surely he waited a bit and the car would start. And the timing issue would be obvious from here? I’m also worried about his health. Should he really be having ice cream everyday?

The engineer also wouldn't wait until the next day to test again.

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#4

Post by nottorp » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 8:57 AM UTC

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cone-of-silence/

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#5

Post by bartkappenburg » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 9:04 AM UTC

On a related note: The case of the 500 mile email [0]

[0] https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#6

Post by lgeorget » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 9:05 AM UTC

I had a similar problem on my previous car. It would start again without issue after stopping if the pause was shorter than 15min or longer than half an hour but there was a spot in between where the car had cooled down too much and not enough at the same time to start. It's nice to see it was not just a fancy from an old car and to know the reason.

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#7

Post by klaustopher » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 9:09 AM UTC

This story comes up once every few months if we get a really, really weird bug request from support. Issues like „the customer says, the app automatically buys something while he is sleeping. Please investigate where our app has automatic buying“ and we just sit there and stare at this in awe

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#8

Post by ars » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 9:11 AM UTC

The point of this story is not the ice cream, it's to take user reports of bugs seriously even if they make no sense or you can't reproduce them.

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#9

Post by ksbakan » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 9:11 AM UTC

Why do sites use this crappy scrolling override. I's infuriating and makes navigating the article a pain.

Re: “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)

#10

Post by guessmyname » Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 9:12 AM UTC

Maybe not important, but I would have put (2010) in the title.

The article was posted on May 10, 2015 but the story is from 2010.