Reply to post: Re: whoops - wrong disk

Typical '80s IT: Good idea leads to additional duties, without extra training or pay, and a nuked payroll system

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Re: whoops - wrong disk

"Computer commands are often ambiguous."

Not just computer commands. My first vacation job was at British Aerospace, in the Systems Reliability section, collating statistics on failures in aircraft. (Everything is collated from light bulb failure to total loss of aircraft.)

Well, one incident report explained that the service manual for a fuel valve stated:

"Remove the valve. If it is worn, replace it."

So the engineer replaced it, right back in where it came from.

The aircraft crashed.

Manual amended to state:

"Remove the valve. If it is worn, replace it with a new valve."

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