I got this error while submitting a survey online. In addition to being singularly unhelpful (not a unique trait for error messages), and grammatically incorrect ('all your bases are belonged to us?'), it's rudely possessive in tone. Who says my 'bases' belong to them? Maybe I might just want them....whatever they are.
Would anyone venture a guess .....?
This sounds like a parody of the website Engrish.com. Very funny, albeit rather politically incorrect. I'd hate to see how my feeble attempts at Japanese would translate.
Posted by: drsharna | Jul 24, 2007 at 01:32 PM
I've heard this phrase bantered about but couldn't place it. Just did a Google search and came up with this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
Posted by: Lanora | Jul 28, 2007 at 07:32 AM
That line is pretty popular in the 'geek' community. Mostly, I've seen hackers and crackers using this phrase. I wonder what was the site that popped up this message, that too when you were submitting a survey.
It can either be a sign of a humorous attempt OR the site was defaced.
- Avi
Posted by: Avinash | Jul 29, 2007 at 03:32 PM
Thanks Avinash and Lanora --
I'm now the wiser on this one :)! - heida
Posted by: Heida | Jul 30, 2007 at 05:13 PM
My glasses are woefully outdated. I thought it said "All your bones are belonged to us!" the first two times I read it.
Okay - that wasn't very helpful was it?
Posted by: fantasy writer guy | Aug 04, 2007 at 03:04 PM