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Black magic causing database server timeouts • Chirag Mehta • Dec 23, 2006
There's a list of suspects in this one: hurricane, pallets, shampoo...
Added: Apr 08, 2024
Source: chir.ag
Categories: Hardware, Networking
Microwave oven to blame for mystery signal that left astronomers stumped • Monica Tan • May 05, 2015
A facepalm 17 years in the making.
Added: Apr 08, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Categories: Hardware
The Roman Mars Mazda Virus • Roman Mars • Apr 11, 2019
"Ben loves podcasts, but he has a problem. When he tries to listen to one podcast in particular, his car stereo completely breaks."
Added: Apr 08, 2024
Source: gimletmedia.com
Categories: Software
The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining • Predrag Gruevski • Apr 01, 2024
Dad wants to get on Facebook, so we have to do another rain dance.
Added: Apr 02, 2024
Source: predr.ag
Categories: Hardware, Networking
Application crashes when I drink coke • Kaushik Raghavan • Oct 03, 2017
Not when drinking coffee though.
Added: Oct 09, 2023
Source: www.linkedin.com
Categories: Software
Crashes only on Wednesdays • Jani Patokallio • Jul 29, 2015
"...there’s always a logical explanation for it that you can find if you dig deep enough..."
Added: Oct 09, 2023
Source: gyrovague.com
Categories: Software, Hardware
GZIP exceptions, but only on hot or rainy days • Alex Yorke • Nov 11, 2022
Sorry, I can't unzip that file today. Hoping for better weather tomorrow.
Added: Oct 09, 2023
Submitted by: rakshazi
Source: alexyorke.github.io
Categories: Electricity
We had a unit test once which only failed on Sundays • qntm • Oct 16, 2015
Unit tests need a day of rest too
Added: Oct 09, 2023
Source: qntm.org
Categories: Software
How Space Weather Can Influence Elections on Earth • Becky Ferreira • Feb 17, 2017
"The real alien voter fraud is genuinely coming from outside our planet."
Added: Sep 27, 2023
Source: www.vice.com
Categories: Electricity, Hardware
100 Parking Tickets • NV • Jan 01, 2004
A Californian's clever license plate choice turns into a comedy of errors.
Added: Sep 24, 2023
Submitted by: nzealand
Source: 100parkingtickets.com
Categories:
CPU Core Speed stuck at 0.80GHz Latitude e7440 • Mahsoudi.Hamza • Apr 23, 2018
"C" is for CPU
Added: Sep 24, 2023
Submitted by: Georg v. Breitenbuch
Source: www.dell.com
Categories: Hardware
Excel, Email and Electricity • nspectre • Oct 30, 2018
'Twas a simple attachment that caused it.
Added: Sep 24, 2023
Submitted by: Nekhrimah
Source: old.reddit.com
Categories: Electricity,, Networking
How Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in my computer program • Franklin Chen • Jan 18, 2013
"THOMAS not found"
Added: Sep 24, 2023
Submitted by: Kamath
Source: franklinchen.com
Categories: Software
Instagram's Time Capsule Bug • Harley Hicks • Sep 24, 2023
This is a feature, not a bug.
Added: Sep 24, 2023
Source: harley.hicks.house
Categories: Software
Toyota Case: Single Bit Flip That Killed • Junko Yoshida • Oct 25, 2013
An extremely interesting case where software bugs can kill.
Added: Aug 06, 2023
Source: www.eetimes.com
Categories: Hardware, Software
The greatest bug I never fixed • Henning Koch • Apr 28, 2010
World of Warcraft can be a little too realistic sometimes.
Added: Aug 03, 2023
Source: blog.makandra.com
Categories: Video Games
Xenon Death Flash: a free physics lesson • Liz Upton • Feb 09, 2015
The Raspberry Pi 2 is camera-shy
Added: Aug 02, 2023
Source: www.raspberrypi.com
Categories: Electricity, Hardware
The curious case of the disappearing Polish S • Marcin Wichary • Feb 02, 2015
One keyboard bug three decades in the making
Added: May 07, 2023
Source: medium.engineering
Categories: Software, Hardware
Can't stream rock music, only classical • mikeash • Dec 14, 2012
Guess our decisions made for party music.
Added: May 04, 2023
Submitted by: Robin Reel
Source: www.reddit.com
Categories: Software, Networking
Putting The Cart Before The Bee • Nate Purkeypile • Aug 17, 2021
Some bugfixes just cause other bugs.
Added: May 03, 2023
Submitted by: Gargaj
Source: twitter.com
Categories: Video Games
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers • Raymond Chen • Aug 16, 2022
Couldn't handle the heat
Added: Apr 30, 2023
Submitted by: Calimero
Source: devblogs.microsoft.com
Categories: Software, Hardware
Sysadmin war story: “The network ate my font!” • Aleksey Tsalolikhin • Sep 13, 2017
The network is very hungry
Added: Apr 29, 2023
Submitted by: Aleksey Tsalolikhin
Source: verticalsysadmin.com
Categories: Networking, Hardware
Todd Howard on chickens reporting crimes in Skyrim • Owen Hill • Oct 05, 2011
Snitches get scritches
Added: Apr 27, 2023
Source: www.pcgamer.com
Categories: Video Games
Collateral Damage • Ralf Maximus • Apr 25, 2023
A field technician must use all their skills to solve the mystery of a label printer constantly crashing and discovers an unexpected source of interference.
Categories: Hardware, Electricity
Dwarf Fortress - The Mystery of the Dead Cats • Noclip • Jun 09, 2020
"I have a problem with my tavern. There's a bunch of dead cats in there, and I don't know why."
Added: Jul 01, 2021
Submitted by: lablab
Source: www.youtube.com
Categories: Software, Video Games
Print this file, your printer will jam • Ned Batchelder • Nov 24, 2008
"We were no strangers to jammed printers, but a particular file that could jam the printer? Yeah, right. It was crazy."
Added: Jul 01, 2021
Submitted by: Silas Reel
Source: nedbatchelder.com
Categories: Hardware
The NULL-byte Serial-Port Killer • khendron • Jul 21, 2020
Debugging hardware from paper recordings doesn't sound like my idea of a fun time.
Added: Jul 22, 2020
Submitted by: khendron
Source: www.reddit.com
Categories: Hardware, Networking
"the game thinks my companions are dead" bug • Taylor Swope • Dec 29, 2019
In which an Outer Worlds developer tries to fix a mysterious game-breaking bug.
Added: Jul 21, 2020
Source: twitter.com
Categories: Software, Video Games
iPhones Are Allergic to Helium • Kyle Wiens • Oct 30, 2018
Apparently your pocket computer has a slight allergy.
Added: Jul 21, 2020
Source: www.ifixit.com
Categories: Hardware
The Great Bug Hunt • Allen Pike • May 30, 2018
An infuriating bug eludes a group of Xbox game developers.
Added: Jul 21, 2020
Source: allenpike.com
Categories: Hardware, Video Games
The wrong error message • Andrew McFadden • Apr 12, 2015
When the developers create the first account on their newly launched service, they get a very unexpected error message.
Added: Jul 21, 2020
Source: fadden.com
Categories: Software
What's the hardest bug you've debugged? • Dave Baggett • Apr 24, 2015
Crash Bandicoot was innovative for many reasons, but they pushed the Playstation hardware a bit further than Sony expected.
Added: Jul 21, 2020
Source: www.quora.com
Categories: Hardware, Video Games
I Love the Smell of Popcorn in the Morning • Bruce Johnson • Nov 07, 2013
"For the most part, the upgrades happened without issue. New hardware would be ordered and installed by a local IT person, data migrated and business carried on as usual. Except for when it didn't. When this happened, corporate sent out James. A.K.A. 'The Cleaner'."
Added: Jul 20, 2020
Source: thedailywtf.com
Categories: Networking, Windows
A Story About 'Magic' • Guy Lewis Steele, Jr. • Feb 19, 1979
The story of the mysterious magic switch on the side of the MIT AI Lab PDP-10.
Added: Jul 17, 2020
Source: github.com
Categories: Electricity, Networking
Server 54, Where Are You? • InformationWeek • Apr 09, 2001
A long lost server is uncovered.
Added: Jul 17, 2020
Source: www.informationweek.com
Categories: Networking
The Best Debugging Story I’ve Ever Heard • Patrick Thomson • Dec 28, 2010
This one required calling in "The Expert".
Added: Jul 17, 2020
Source: patrickthomson.tumblr.com
Categories: Storage, Networking
Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? • Jaroslav Kucera • Nov 20, 2017
An old silly joke goes wrong.
Added: Jul 17, 2020
Source: unix.stackexchange.com
Categories: Command Line, Software, Linux
Debugging Behind the Iron Curtain • Jake Poz • Aug 19, 2010
A computer and a radioactive cow walk into a bar.
Added: Jul 16, 2020
Source: www.jakepoz.com
Categories: Networking, Storage
Openoffice can’t print on Tuesdays • Steve Paine • Apr 28, 2009
"My wife has complained that open office will never print on Tuesdays!?!"
Added: Jul 16, 2020
Source: bugs.launchpad.net
Categories: Hardware, Software, Linux
We can't send mail more than 500 miles • Trey Harris • Sep 24, 2002
The story that inspired this site! What do you do when someones tells you that your email server won't send emails further than 500 miles?
Added: Jul 16, 2020
Source: www.ibiblio.org
Categories: Email, Networking
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