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Times Online: Fat fingered typing costs a trader’s bosses £128m

Fat fingered typing costs a trader’s bosses £128m (via Drudge). Wow. But the headline is misleading. He reversed two fields... it wasn't a case of typing an extra 0 or anything.

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DJ Hannibal wrote:

That's terrible. I feel for that poor guy.

∴ DJ Hannibal | 9-Dec-2005 11:40am est | #8822

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