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rmstein@ieee.org
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:51:35 +0800

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/26/woman-gets-284-billion-electric-bill-wonders-whether-its-her-christmas-lights/

I'm shocked, shocked to learn this brand outrage incident occurred from a production defect escape into our maze of technology traps. Must be a feature. At least First Energy cops to the fault. This incident would make a good April Fools risks contribution, if the event wasn't true.
It should qualify for "Ripley's Believe It or Not" as the most erroneous bill amount ever submitted to a consumer. Good thing First
Energy uses 64-bit arithmetic to totalize their bills. [RMS]

[Also noted by Bernhard Riedel:
$284.46 electricity bill turns into $284,460,000,000.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42489666
PGN]


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