rubl
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Post by rubl on Oct 10, 2020 8:40:01 GMT 7
"A decades-old lesson on not inserting Excel where it doesn't belong A Register reader's sense of déjà vu triggers a bonus column Who, Me? These are interesting times and, in light of recent events, The Register has elected to break from tradition with an out-of-band Who, Me? to show that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Our tale comes from a reader we shall call "Jim", not because of the Regomiser, but because this writer has fond memories of the television series Yes, Minister from back in the day (although the fictionalised events of the show have long been trumped by reality). Jim's story takes us back to the early 2000s, when then PM Tony Blair's administration was in charge of things in the UK. ... "There are supposed to be 90,000-odd personnel in the report, but we're only getting around 65,000." It sounded suspiciously close to one of those magic numbers in IT. "Would the exact number of personnel you're getting be 65,536?" Jim asked carefully. ..." www.theregister.com/2020/10/07/who_me/
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