The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

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by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-02-28

Stephanie F. writes, "Not sure what this survey will be about, but I look forward to taking it!"

73 comments - Last comment @ 2014-05-12

Split Second Load Balancing

by Mark Bowytz in CodeSOD on 2014-02-27

In case you're not familiar with the concept of a load balancer, the purpose of having one is to spread requests across multiple, identical servers associated with it so as to give the requester the best possible experience. As an added bonus, you can take a box out of load, patch/fix/update it, and throw it back into the fray as the other servers, if you're doing things correctly, can temporarily handle the additional load.

Bottom line - load balancers are cool ...but it can be complicated and/or expensive to implement what is often a hardware based solution. So what can you do? Well, for starters, you could code your own.

126 comments - Last comment @ 2017-03-09

Thoroughly Undefined

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-02-21

"I saw this while trying to scan and deposit a check into my bank account," Esteban wrote, "I'm not sure what to tell customer service."

97 comments - Last comment @ 2014-04-03

Please Remit Nothing Immediately

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-02-14

"I want to change my payment plan with Orange Mobile and get a new phone," writes David, "However, I can't even log in (or pay them) until I hand over 0.00GBP. I give up."

115 comments - Last comment @ 2024-03-01

Best of Email: A Bad Opportunity, Bad English, Bad Math & More!

by Mark Bowytz in Feature Articles on 2014-02-12

Don't forget, The Daily WTF loves terrible emails. If you have some to share, mail in your mail!

Unique vacancy you say? (from Michael H.)

123 comments - Last comment @ 2014-04-14

While Supplies Last

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-02-07

"In the inventory section, it says they have 1 quadrillion units of crab rangoon in stock," writes Michael, "With that many, you'd think that crabs would be extinct."

55 comments - Last comment @ 2014-03-12

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