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  • LCHIEN
    Internet Fact Checker
    • Dec 2002
    • 20969
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999
    #1

    Shocking news

    Click image for larger version Name: electric bill.JPG Views: 1 Size: 9.1 KB ID: 832379
    In more ways than one, I suspect.

    Pennsylvania Woman Shocked By $284 Billion Electric Bill
    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mary-horomanski-284-billion-electric-bill_us_5a4270a1e4b025f99e185372
    "My eyes just about popped out of my head," Erie resident Mary Horomanski said.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions
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    • cwsmith
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2005
      • 2741
      • NY Southern Tier, USA.
      • BT3100-1
      #2
      Better to be absolutely absurd than have it just be a couple hundred too high! Still, this must of got all of her attention, I'm sure.

      Funny that such calculations happen on occasion. Like this afternoon when I drove past the local Walgreen's and the temperature said it was - 715 F.... I knew it was cold, but certainly not that. Unfortunately the traffic at that time of the late afternoon was such that I couldn't stop and grab my camera.

      CWS
      Think it Through Before You Do!

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        • Slik Geek
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2006
          • 672
          • Lake County, Illinois
          • Ryobi BT-3000
          #3
          You'd think their software would have bounds-checking, where above a certain amount it gets flagged for manual inspection?

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            • LCHIEN
              Internet Fact Checker
              • Dec 2002
              • 20969
              • Katy, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 vintage 1999
              #4
              Originally posted by Slik Geek
              You'd think their software would have bounds-checking, where above a certain amount it gets flagged for manual inspection?
              lazy programmers. Or maybe the Titanic syndrome - unsinkable code.
              Loring in Katy, TX USA
              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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