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...error resulted from a glitch in the software the Coop uses for billing, he said...
...firm for six years in the 1970s. "Andy Grove had no tolerance for people who were late or meetings that ran on without a purpose. It wasn't that he was a hard ass; it's just the nature of their business. There's no room for error...
...biggest iceberg came in 1994, when Intel released millions of flawed Pentium chips. The problem was small, an internal routing glitch that caused a mathematical error. Intel took solace from the fact that this occurred so infrequently that most users could leave their PCs on for years without running into a problem. Intel's hyper-rational, Grove-trained engineers told concerned callers not to worry unless they were planning to sweat some advanced astrophysics problems that weekend. The callers hung up and dialed CNN. And the New York Times. And the Wall Street Journal. Grove, who was on a Christmas...
SHAKY DEFIBRILLATORS Warning. Because of a software error, the implantable defibrillator Ventak AV may make the heart race. The device needn't be removed but should be adjusted by a doctor...
WASHINGTON: President Clinton surprised few Thursday when he announced his open-ended commitment of U.S. troops to the NATO effort in Bosnia-Herzegovina. "I honestly believed that in 18 months we could get this done," Clinton said. "I wasn't right, so I don't want to make that error again...