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Re: The 38 Billion Dollar Question

  • Subject: Re: The 38 Billion Dollar Question
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:29:36 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Netscape
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__/ [ BearItAll ] on Wednesday 21 March 2007 11:33 \__

> Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I just read in the CNN scrolling text that a computer at Alaska's
>> Department of Revenue wiped out a $38 billion account.
>> 
>> -Ramon F Herrera
> 
> I just emailed them and said I would like to withdraw my $38 billion and
> they wrote back saying 'The computer says no'.

They called Microsoft in. Why no backups? And why a single click away from
formatting the drive?

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