[Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

[Bob Warren]

Garrett Hylltun wrote:

 >Have you ever dropped a stack of a thousand or so punch cards!?  That
was the last time I ever dropped a stack.  Took me weeks to put the
stack back in order before I could run it through the reader.

Yes, and worse. On one occasion I was feeding in trays and trays of 
cards that represented free gifts to the clients. Although I was always 
very methodical and careful when doing this, somehow, I don't know how, 
I fed in a tray (or more?) of cards twice. As a result, about 10,000 
customers got their rather expensive gifts in duplicate! Needless to 
say, proper statistical controls were implemented by my department 
afterwards. It turned out to be quite didactic.

Bob