The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Not That Kind of Chicken

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2019-06-28

"I probably wouldn't pick that picture, but technically, Google isn't wrong," wrote Dan K.

9 comments - Last comment @ 2019-07-02

Classic WTF: Emergency Faxes

by Mark Bowytz in Feature Articles on 2019-06-25

One of my first teenage jobs was to work as an office assistant. As this was the 90s, that meant I had to use and understand a fax machine. I… did not. The fax machine forever was a dark mystery to me, something that required strange incantations to work. As our summer break continues, at least I never caused this much trouble with the damn thing. Original --Remy

As far as technologies go, faxing is ancient. It predates the telephone by over a decade and, despite vast advances in scanning and email technology, the fax still remains a standard form of communication.

When a transmission goes out, the occasional telecommunication ‘hiccup’ or line noise can corrupt the fax. Most modern fax machines have some rudimentary error handling that will alerts the user that the fax should be resent.

40 comments - Last comment @ 2020-01-23

MathOverflow

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2019-06-21

"I just logged in to StackOverlflow and gained two rep points! Wow, let's see who vot... uhmm... -20 +5 +10 +10 equals 2?" Ryan R. writes.

18 comments - Last comment @ 2019-06-25

Do You Speak United States?

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2019-06-14

Mark wrote, "A Computer Science Degree + a New York certification + ability to speak United States?...I'm the perfict fit!!"

21 comments - Last comment @ 2019-06-20

Just Don't Look Too Closely

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2019-06-07

"Balmuda's marketing has a lot to say about their products in Japan...just not in Japanese...or really in Latin either for that matter," writes Michael.

25 comments - Last comment @ 2019-06-25