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photon · 03-04-2014, 08:49 PM

Just means a computer system had one left over after doing some calculations that included rounding, like if you normally would be owed $x and then some other things happened and there was other things in the system offset that by $x but the way the calculations rounded the totals ended up not offsetting when they were intended to. Super easy to do when calculating with floating point numbers in computers, programmers have to take measures to do proper cash calculations and not get this kind of thing.

Later the automatic cheque run goes ahead and the $0.01 cheque gets cut. No one goes through a cheque run one by one, that's the whole point of having an accounting system.

Calling it insensitive is a little silly since being insensitive implies some intent, when this looks just like a bug in the accounting system.

03-04-2014, 08:49 PM	#4
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Just means a computer system had one left over after doing some calculations that included rounding, like if you normally would be owed $x and then some other things happened and there was other things in the system offset that by $x but the way the calculations rounded the totals ended up not offsetting when they were intended to. Super easy to do when calculating with floating point numbers in computers, programmers have to take measures to do proper cash calculations and not get this kind of thing. Later the automatic cheque run goes ahead and the $0.01 cheque gets cut. No one goes through a cheque run one by one, that's the whole point of having an accounting system. Calling it insensitive is a little silly since being insensitive implies some intent, when this looks just like a bug in the accounting system. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.