Well, I suppose it could have been a side effect of SI-Randomizer, the new product that SI contracted with FBN's R&D labs to develop.
It worked fine in Alpha, but then one of our PhDs decided that searching the doubly-indexed-thrice-inverted cross-reference matrix was eating up too much processor time. So, s/he (gender munged to protect the innocent) added that extra inversion layer and re-indexed it.
Should have read the spec, though. There were specific instructions in there on how to modify that algorithm. Had something to do with the way the blastomerization process short-circuits the normal NAND logic.
This instance just proves that quality control at HQ has taken a hit, ever since 98% of the original employees became multi-millionaires overnight after the IPO.
The mail-room clerk, bless his heart, came *THAT CLOSE* to making it 100%, but just days before the IPO he bartered half his certs to a boxer in Chicago for a case of rum. If he had only held on for a few more days, he could have BOUGHT that bridge he is so fond of.
To celebrate his post IPO mini-fortune, he bought one of those fancy digital cameras with all the adapters, then took off on a round-the-world trip. Word has it he's still out there somewhere, clicking away madly. Once he discovered that you can just delete what he considers imperfect shots and it wouldn't cost him a penny more, he's been non-stoppable.
So, before you do anything in public that you might not be proud of, look around carefully for a non-descript dude with a camera dangling around his neck. You never know when you might appear in his next series of digitally enhanced character shots.
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