OpenOffice does not print on Tuesdays
Summary
An anecdotal look at a quirky printing bug where OpenOffice stops printing on Tuesdays due to a mismatching in the Unix file command's pattern detection. The issue arises when the CreationDate in a PostScript file begins with Tue, causing it to be treated as an Erlang JAM file and skipped by the printer. The article uses this story to illustrate the fragility of file-type matching across many patterns and the importance of robust handling.