The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

FBI Error

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2010-04-30

"The HP Windows 7 installer software that came with my shiny new HP is somewhat quirky, and most of the time ends up with this 'FBI error'," writes Peter, "while I fail to see why FBI error should be my problem (as I reside in European country, where FBI has no jurisdiction), I would like to help it anyway, just to get it over with the installation. But I simply don't know how to 'Restart The Order'."

89 comments - Last comment @ 2010-06-11

A Bit Excessive

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2010-04-23

"I got quite the surprise when I tried to leave the car park at the Orchard Centre in Coventry," Matt Outram wrote, "luckily the guy 'in the machine' agreed that this was a bit excessive and let me go."

111 comments - Last comment @ 2010-04-30

Wi(red)Fi

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2010-04-16

"I spotted this in Pembroke, Ontario," reports Karl Zimmerman, "does this sign imply that Canada has a somewhat different 802.11 standard from everyone else?"

109 comments - Last comment @ 2010-04-27

Avoiding Continuums Bits

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2010-04-09

"I was trying to log into my bank's website when I got this message," L Bakker writes, "am I supposed to call their system admins and relay the message? And what part of displaying my transactions needs Audio? The other funny part is the "Restart Session" link just sends you right back to the same script that generated the error in the first place."

109 comments - Last comment @ 2024-11-17

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FBI Error

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