[R] Completely off topic, but amusing?

[Bert Gunter]

Folks:

Thought that many on this list might find this amusing, perhaps even a bit
relevant. Hope it's OK:

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WASHINGTON - The government's estimate of the number of Americans without
health insurance fell by nearly 2 million Friday, but not because anyone got
health coverage. 
	
The Census Bureau
<http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Census+Bureau>  said it has
been overstating the number of people without health insurance since 1995.
The bureau blamed the inflated numbers on a **12-year-old computer
programming error**.[emphasis added -- BG]
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So what does "validated software" really mean? (Rhetorical question -- no
reply sought). 

Cheers to all,

Bert Gunter
Genentech Nonclinical Statistics
South San Francisco, CA 94404