Because city-destroying bombs couldn't be built by trial and error, computers were required to simulate the physics of detonation and blast waves.
Mr. Keith, the I.R.S. spokesman, said that as a result of a programming error, computers used to estimate the rebates did not account for a variety of tax credits that had lowered the tax bills -- and therefore the rebates -- of the 523,000 taxpayers who are receiving the faulty letters.
"You may forgive the odd customer service blip, but if errors, computer down time and staff incompetence become a more frequent issue then you are more likely to consider moving to a new provider even if the rates you are currently receiving are above average," says Andrew Hagger of MoneyComms.
If you use your laptop on your lap, or leave it plugged in all the time, you may well be cruising for what some experts call Picnic (Problem in Chair Not in Computer) or ID-10t (idiot) errors — computer problems caused by clueless users.
8.1 The obligations of the City as expressed and agreed to herein are not subject to release or discharge due to any contingencies, including, but not limited to, clerical errors, computer failures, late mailings or the failure to comply with reporting due dates or other scheduled due dates due to adverse weather, acts of God, acts of third parties or compliance with court orders.
To identify the presence of registration errors, computer data of all patients discharged with the diagnosis 'essential hypertension' (ICD 401.9) were also analyzed which showed the presence of one patient with malignant hypertension.
Figure 7 The responding to errors (computer-induced errors): (a) no errors, (b) errors and the difference between the two parity values p ̄ u i and p ̄ l i. Figure 8 gives the error detection performance versus the setup threshold.
In addition, nurse chart reviewers assessed medical records for medical errors and a computer error detection program was utilized.
The audit shows that the N.S.A. considered most of the incidents to be errors — "operator error" or "computer error".
In order to verify the obtained semi-analytical expression of error probability, computer simulations were done using the system model presented in Fig. 1.
"Then, if you consider human error and computer errors, it's not at all unreasonable to think that a leak would not be detected or at least detected and acted upon quickly," said Stansbury.
