The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Illinois Has Left the Universe

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2012-10-26

"Not only has my zip code seceded from the union, but it apparently has left the universe, as well," writes Mark, "I should really consider going to more neighborhood association meetings."

71 comments - Last comment @ 2018-01-08

Confessions: Hacker Proof Boolean

by Mark Bowytz in Feature Articles on 2012-10-25

"Years ago, long before I'd actually started programming, I spent my time learning about computers and data concepts by messing around with, believe it or not, cheat devices for video games," wrote Rena K., "The one I used primarily provided a RAM editor and some other tools which allowed me to tool around with the internal game files and I even get into muddling around with the game data all in the interest of seeing what would happen."

"As such, by the time my inflated hacker ego and I got into programming professionally, I was already pretty familiar with basic things like data types and binary. I was feeling pretty darn L33T."

104 comments - Last comment @ 2012-11-15

Not Good Enough for Paul

by Mark Bowytz in CodeSOD on 2012-10-24

"If I told you that I work for a primarily Microsoft coding shop that hires on non-Microsoft developers, you'd think that it would be an unending, seething mass of WTF code," writes Hank, "but really, it isn't."

"The new hires that the company brings on are usually eager to learn and their diverse backgrounds and experiences make our team more well-rounded overall."

183 comments - Last comment @ 2023-08-08

All Steam Edition

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2012-10-19

The number of Steam errors that get sent to The Daily WTF's Inbox is somewhat unnerving. So, naturally, the only thing to do is to turn a bunch of 'em into an all-Steam edition of Error'd!

90 comments - Last comment @ 2012-11-19

The Angry MD

by Mark Bowytz in Tales from the Interview on 2012-10-18

After a few weeks of searching, Steven M's job prospects were looking pretty grim.

So, in a bid to find more exciting work than his small hometown could offer, he packed up and moved to London.

164 comments - Last comment @ 2013-05-01

Sausage Mystery Ingredient

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2012-10-12

"I found that Tesco puts some interesting ingredients in their 'Half-Fat Pork Sausages'," writes Simon.

74 comments - Last comment @ 2013-06-19

The Secret Squirrel Club, a Gun, and More

by Mark Bowytz in Coded Smorgasbord on 2012-10-11

"I guess the developer wanted to make make sure that all his bases were covered!" wrote Ryan.

/// <summary>
/// Returns True if the input string is 
/// null, empty, "undefined", or "null".
/// </summary>
///

98 comments - Last comment @ 2014-01-21

Literal DVD Burner

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2012-10-05

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"I was looking for an external DVD burner for my notebook computer," writes John Snape, "I guess they took the design literally when they made this one!"

88 comments - Last comment @ 2012-12-20

Best of Email: Career Limiting Email, That's What the BCC Field is for, and More

by Mark Bowytz in Feature Articles on 2012-10-04

Don't forget, The Daily WTF loves terrible emails. Got one your self? Then mail in your mail!

Career Limiting Email (from Ben)

109 comments - Last comment @ 2013-01-30

Known Bad Code

by Mark Bowytz in CodeSOD on 2012-10-03

Juho was skimming around code, searching for a bug, when saw the following PHP code. In my opinion, its purpose was probably as a workaround for a bug in MySQL 5.0. I mean, I hope it was.

At least the original author knew it was bad code.

55 comments - Last comment @ 2012-10-11