The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Clbuttic Journalism

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-04-25

"The Wall Street Journal was a little late in 'target'ing April Fool's Day," writes Ryan.

50 comments - Last comment @ 2014-05-08

Social Insecurity Number

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-04-18

"Adding an account on Mint.com, it asks for the last 4 digits of my SSN and for the first 3 digits," John A. wrote, "Seriously? There are only 100 combinations left to guess the full SSN!"

65 comments - Last comment @ 2014-05-01

Visit Scenic NON-STATIC METHOD

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-04-11

"I was hoping to take a trip to Hong Kong, but NON-STATIC METHOD seems to be a good value," writes Ryan.

60 comments - Last comment @ 2014-04-21

Best of Email: (Un)Helpful Support, An Epic Opportunity, and more!

by Mark Bowytz in Feature Articles on 2014-04-10

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

Perfectly Safe to Open This (from Alex)

84 comments - Last comment @ 2014-04-17

Exceptional Date Formatting

by Mark Bowytz in CodeSOD on 2014-04-09

The Java-based application that Dan M. supports does something that is frequently accomplished by applications the world over - based on the value of a passed string containing a valid date, convert it to datetime. Simple stuff. Java even has built-ins to make this task even easier.

Well, the developer behind the below code decided to take the idea of date conversion using Java's built-ins and run with it ...way off of the reservation.

74 comments - Last comment @ 2017-11-11

Not All Birthdays are Created Equal

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2014-04-04

"Apparently Microsoft realizes that my chosen birthdate is fake," Chris D. writes, "I can have the 2nd of January, though."

57 comments - Last comment @ 2014-05-22