Stupiracy
(noun) A confluence of errors, oversights, poor judgements, and/or lacks of foresight by unrelated parties that is so maddeningly frustrating you'd swear there was a larger plan or higher power at work that was designed against you.
Combination of "stupidity" and "conspiracy"
Combination of "stupidity" and "conspiracy"
My new Blu-ray wouldn't play because of some new encryption techniques that are wholly unnecessary. So I had to update my media player, the media player told me that wasn't enough, I had to update the drive's firmware. The manufacturer doesn't have a way for me to browse products, so they need a model number to identify a support page. The model number Windows identifies the drive as is not recognized by the manufacturer, so I have to physically look at the drive. The model number is located on the TOP of the drive, which is quite literally the hardest part of the device to get line of sight to. I have to remove the drive in order to see the top, but the drive holders in the frame (which were designed to be quick release) have screws in them - screws which are too big for a small, thin phillips' head and too far down a too-narrow shaft for a larger phillips' head. After disassembling (read: breaking) the drive holders on the frame to see the top of the drive, it's the same model number Windows says it was and the manufacturer said it wasn't! Out of desperation I Google the model number, and lo-and-behold, it is produced by that manufacturer, but technically made by a subdivision - hence the confusion. I get the driver update, load the Blu-ray disc, fire up the media player - it works. BUT NOW I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH THE MOVIE!! It was all a stupiracy!