The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Mid-Stream Switch

by Ellis Morning in CodeSOD on 2015-11-25

Submitter James writes: "I'm working on a project that has as one of its components a Microsoft App for Excel 2013. My team lead wrote most of the app up to this point, and I'm adding features. While exploring her code, I ran into this little gem (in JavaScript):"


function ClearData() {
    var spn = document.getElementById("spntest");
    spn.innerHTML = "";
    var def = $.Deferred();

    var arBlankMiddle = new Array();
    var arNull = new Array();
    arNull.push(0);
    spn.innerHTML = "";
    for (var i = 1; i <= 50; i++) {
        arBlankMiddle.push([0]);
    }
    spn.innerHTML = "";
    var arBlank = new Array();
   // arBlank.push(arBlankMiddle);

    arBlank = [[""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""], [""]];
    spn.innerHTML = "";
    $.when(writeData("A1:A50", arBlank), writeData("B1:B50", arBlank), writeData("C1:C50", arBlank), writeData("D1:D50", arBlank), writeData("E1:E50", arBlank), writeData("F1:F50", arBlank), writeData("G1:G50", arBlank), writeData("H1:H50", arBlank), writeData("I1:I50", arBlank), writeData("J1:J50", arBlank), writeData("K1:K50", arBlank), writeData("L1:L50", arBlank), writeData("M1:M50", arBlank), writeData("N1:N50", arBlank)).done(function (res1, res2, res3, res4, res5, res6, res7, res8, res9, res10, res11, res12, res13, res14) {
        spn.innerHTML = "";
        def.resolve();
    });

    //$.when(writeData("A1:A50", arBlank)).done(function (res1) {
    //    def.resolve();
    //});

    return def.promise();
}

Your Recommended Virus

by Ellis Morning in Feature Articles on 2015-11-12

In the early 2000s, Fernando was the Network Operations Manager for a wireless ISP known for its comprehensive customer support. They had techs who’d install the necessary gear, and consultants who’d arrive onsite to reconfigure computers, routers, firewalls, and everything else, until the customer was completely up and running. A small team of developers could even custom-build any small software apps a customer might ask for.