The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Ad Hacked

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-28

"This popped up after I exited from the game Combat Arms," Nathan notes, "the anti-hacking tool bundled with the game thinks its own post-game advertising is a hack."

60 comments - Last comment @ 2009-07-17

Very Little, Very Late

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-26

"I recently received this letter from my insurance company," Graeme writes "but I'm unsure how to clear my outstanding premiums. Should I just send a cheque for the amount stated and backdate it to the date due?"

83 comments - Last comment @ 2010-01-04

HEREEEEEEE I AM

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-21

"This came on in the middle of a commercial," writes Rob S., "and surprisingly, stayed up for a good five minutes or so."

73 comments - Last comment @ 2009-06-05

Multiple Message Messages

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-19

"I recently received two identical letters apologizing for multiple communications," wrote Corey A. Spitzer, "and I didn't even receive any of the voicemails the letters referred to. "

62 comments - Last comment @ 2009-05-22

Password... Protected!

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-14

"Dear Monster," wrote Eric, "why does it matter what words I use in my password?"

106 comments - Last comment @ 2017-05-22

The Long Flight Home

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-12

"It felt like a long flight," Matt commented, "but I did not realize it went half way to the moon."

61 comments - Last comment @ 2022-12-16

Password Pain

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-07

"The first time I logged into a new system, I was prompted to change my password," John said. "After I typed in what I thought was a perfectly acceptable password, this popped up."

81 comments - Last comment @ 2009-05-16

Curves Forgotten

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2009-05-05

"I saw this in the Mar/Apr 2009 issue of IT Expert magazine," notes Mike Edwards, "I wonder if Google is going for the 'artsy' look or the 'oh crap, we forgot to export fonts as curves when we sent in the artwork' thing."

87 comments - Last comment @ 2013-03-05

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