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| 263181 | 2004-08-19 09:04:00 | www.linuxquestions.org | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 263182 | 2004-08-19 09:08:00 | Re: Made millions. Could be an urban myth, supposedly a computer programmer who had some control over a Bank's finances where incremental transactions like rounding up and rounding down were just lost into the ether, wrote a program where upon all the fractional increments were deposited into a created account which every now and again he fleeced. Made many millions as the story goes before being found out and prosecuted, don't know what happened to him. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 263183 | 2004-08-19 09:36:00 | hte bank programmer story is probably an urban myth, see here for the "salami" technique (www.snopes.com) (not an Italian dance floor technique) | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 263184 | 2004-08-19 10:34:00 | You've all got it wrong. It's the change you should get when purchasing 2 items from the red shed where everyone gets a bargain. macpen | macpen (6025) | ||
| 263185 | 2004-08-19 11:44:00 | > Re: Made millions. > > Could be an urban myth, supposedly a computer > programmer who had some control over a Bank's > finances where incremental transactions like > rounding up and rounding down were just lost into the > ether, wrote a program where upon all the fractional > increments were deposited into a created account > which every now and again he fleeced. Made many > millions as the story goes before being found out and > prosecuted, don't know what happened to him. Its even more then an urban myth,its a movie. |
metla (154) | ||
| 263186 | 2004-08-19 11:46:00 | > Could be an urban myth, supposedly a computer > programmer who had some control over a Bank's > finances where incremental transactions like > rounding up and rounding down were just lost into the > ether, wrote a program where upon all the fractional > increments were deposited into a created account > which every now and again he fleeced. Made many > millions as the story goes before being found out and > prosecuted, don't know what happened to him. Bwahahaha Office Space |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 263187 | 2004-08-19 12:34:00 | That movie is hilarious. | kiki (762) | ||
| 263188 | 2004-08-19 20:55:00 | I hate to come in late but, for the post-decimalisation generation, the phrase is probably an update of put in my twopennyworth; twopennyworth being considered a paltry or insignificant sum - the first recorded use of the word occurring in 1850 or thereabouts . I liked Scouse's explanation linking it to the cost of mail at 2c an ounce . However, if that is correct it may well have originated with the phrase twopenny post, this being a postal service that operated in London (1801-1839) by which letters etc were conveyed at an ordinary charge of twopence each . All of the above being courtesy of the Shorter Oxford Dictionary . It is interesting to note that in its definition of the various phrases containing twopenny there is a graphic illustration of inflation over the years: twopenny upright slang a prostitute |
Raymondo (5284) | ||
| 263189 | 2004-08-19 21:04:00 | addendum The above rolls much more easily of the tongue if you use the recognised and preferred pronunciation of tuppence |
Raymondo (5284) | ||
| 263190 | 2004-08-19 23:41:00 | "Buckman" reminds me of being at school. I hate it. Just my $10 worth (my opinions are automatically worth much more. Yeah, I know its not fair, but that's life). | Biggles (121) | ||
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