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Article #16351Sticky Fingers In The Information Age
From: Andrew - Palfreyman
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:22
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:22
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welcome to 1993, era of sophistication and computers etc. if you haven't yet checked out comp.risks, you may enjoy it. here is a recent, typical and bizarre extract. Subject: Dutch chemical plant explodes due to typing error In the first half of this year the chemical factory Cindu exploded causing several deaths and a chaos. It was confirmed yesterday that a simple typing error led to this tragic accident. Apparently the computerised chemical processing installation was fed with data in which a comma was placed at a wrong digit, causing the wrong amount of chemicals to be mixed in the installation. This led to an enormous explosion and the closure of the factory. The Dutch news said that the responsible person has been found and he will be charged with negligible conduct causing death.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!lordSnooty From: lordSnooty@cup.portal.com (Andrew - Palfreyman) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: Sticky Fingers In The Information Age Message-ID: <73285@cup.portal.com> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 19:22:31 PST Organization: The Portal System (TM) Distribution: world Lines: 17