A diversified portfolio of regrettable technology
| ID | Division / Status |
|---|---|
| 000 |
Best Effort Industries
In service
The parent entity, registered in its own table to reserve the number. All numbering disputes are settled by this row existing.
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| 001 |
No Nines Given
In service
Downtime as a Service. Guaranteed 0% uptime SLA. Never missed.
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| 002 |
Certificate Authority of Vibes
In service
X.509 certificates issued on vibes. All verify as VALID per RFC 58008.
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| 003 |
Merge Conflict Counselling
In service
Therapy for branches in conflict. Both sides heard. Neither chosen.
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| 004 |
Every purge acknowledged in under 15ms. Executed purges: 0, consistent since launch.
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| 005 |
Null Island Tourism Board
In service
Where the world puts everything it lost.
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| 006 |
BOM Squad
In service
Invisible character disposal since U+FEFF. If you can see the problem, it is not our department.
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| 007 |
Avian Carrier Logistics
In service
We deliver your packets. Statistically. Full RFC 1149 conformance at a 44.5% delivery rate.
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| 008 |
The Leap Second Preservation Society
In service
37 seconds of heritage. 9 years to save them. Adopt a leap second before 2035 abolishes the species.
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| 009 |
Epoch Preparedness Administration
In service
Signed 32-bit time ends January 19, 2038. Prepare your household.
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| 010 |
The Missing Days Commission
In service
Cold cases, calendrical. Eleven days, last seen September 2, 1752. The case remains open on principle.
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| 011 |
Memorial for the Genes Lost to Excel
In service
In memory of the 27 gene symbols renamed so a spreadsheet would stop reading them as dates.
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| 012 |
The Anywhere on Earth Time Authority
In service
Baker & Howland Islands, UTC-12. Where every day ends last, witnessed by no one.
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| 013 |
Bureau of Latency Enforcement
In service
The speed of light is the law. 100% compliance, zero staff, no budget.
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| 014 |
Binary Division of Weights and Measures
In service
Sold in powers of ten, counted in powers of two. Measures the 9.05% that is not on the label.
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| 015 |
Office of the Cosmic Ray Ombudsman
In service
Hears claims that a cosmic ray did it. 1,204 heard, one upheld, and that one was Belgian.
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| 016 |
Protocol Hospice
In service
Palliative care for protocols that have not stopped working. Six beds, one discharge, four deaths.
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| 017 |
Ministry of Alphabetical Order
In service
Rules on the order of things. Every ruling is correct and several contradict each other.
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| 018 |
Bureau of Continental Drift Corrections
In service
Corrects coordinates that stopped being right because the ground moved. Nothing is relocated.
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| 019 |
Archipelago Disambiguation Authority
In service
Fifteen definitions of who belongs where, over nine territories. Eleven distinct patterns, none of them wrong.
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| 020 |
Passenger Information Office
In service
Timetable W: a 28-day circular service that is not 28 days. There was always a timetable. You were just never given it.
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| P-11 |
The Right to Be Forgotten Office
Erased
Erasure as a service, under Article 17 of the real regulation. Not pursued: the proposal, the minutes and the name of whoever suggested it have since exercised the right themselves. This row is all that survives, which the register regards as conclusive evidence that the division would have worked.
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| P-01 |
Technical Debt Collector
Coming soon*
Scans repos for TODO comments. Issues collection notices via Blame & Associates. Interest accrues.
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| P-02 |
Committee for the Preservation of Legacy Systems
Coming soon*
Heritage trust for production systems. Official blue plaques: DO NOT TOUCH, DO NOT ASK.
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