Digital Whoops
A robot escaped from a testing area in Perm, a city not far from the Urals, and made it on to a busy junction, baffling passersby, but also disturbing traffic. …“The robot was learning automatic movement algorithms on the testing ground… Our engineer drove onto the testing ground and forgot to close the gates. So the robot escaped and went on his little adventure.…”
A mysterious email is showing up in the members' inboxes. The subject line says, "Remember Mary Cronin? Say hi to the newest class of '83 alum to join." Thing is, Mary Cronin, class of '83, didn't make it to her ten year reunion. Someone murdered her in April of 1992. Her killer has never been caught. Debbie McGrew, President of Westside's Alumni Association says, "It's extremely upsetting. You would think such a web service such as classmates.com would have a sophisticated data base or some sort of internal checks to make sure that the people trying to register with them are valid accurate grads of the high school they are representing ."
said the pump at the By-Pass Deli and Conoco service station at Stevens Drive and the Highway 240 Richland bypass registered only $26 for the fuel. But somehow the transaction was recorded on his debit card as totaling $81,400,836,908.... called customer service for PayPal, which is where he established the debit account.... "Somebody from a foreign country who spoke in broken English argued with me for 10 to 15 minutes.... Did you get the gas?' he asked. Like I had to prove that I didn't pump $81,400,836,908 in gas!"
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