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$8M Revenue Shortfall Blamed on Bad DB Entry
SierraPete writes "Yahoo! News reports that an improper database entry, most likely caused by an external user, has created an $8 Million USD revenue shortfall for a northwestern Indiana county because a house that was supposed to be valued at $121,000 showed a value in the database at $800,000,000. There's no specific suggestion that this erroneous entry was done maliciously, but it is leading to big problems in the local governments as they try to figure out how to drop that much money out of their respective budgets. As an aside, how would you like to be in the homeowner's shoes when he opens up his mail box and finds an $8M property tax bill? I'm sure there was a trip to the emergency room or the dry cleaners involved."
Why is this a big story?
The masses are the crack whores of religion.
Who, exactly, is this "society" you speak of? I would be happy to write him a check. And people who use a thing should pay for it. We don't take up a collection so I can golf every week, why should we take up a collection so you can feel good about being a parent?
A modern day witchhunt.