Government Money Problems Solved!

PilotMan · 07-23-2009, 12:30 AM

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/lo...ote-72109.html

Quote:

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.
Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours after the purchase and saw the 17-digit number — a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred dollars).
Muszynski told WMUR-TV that he spent two hours on the phone with Bank of America trying to sort out the string of numbers — and the $15 overdraft fee.
The bank corrected the error the next day.
Bank of America said the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.

SWEET!

Groundhog · 07-23-2009, 12:33 AM

Cigarette taxes are starting to get out of hand, though I guess this is bound to cut down the number of smokers out there.

Julio Riddols · 07-23-2009, 02:25 AM

"Bank of America said the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank."

Hehe.. Customer support.

Dutch · 07-23-2009, 07:55 AM

That also takes Obama off the hook for paying everybody's mortgage.

flere-imsaho · 07-23-2009, 09:02 AM

How the heck does an error like that happen, is what I want to know....

fantom1979 · 07-23-2009, 09:05 AM

if ($product == "cigerettes") {
$amountcharged = $23,148,855,308,184,500;
} else {
$amountcharged = $registertotal;
}

Dutch · 07-23-2009, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

How the heck does an error like that happen, is what I want to know....

When the subroutine compounds the interest, it uses all these
extra decimals places that just get rounded off. So to simplify
the whole thing it just rounds it down and drops the remainder into
an account that we own...

Oh, wait. Wrong error.

lordscarlet · 07-23-2009, 10:43 AM

Odd that NBC4 is just reporting this.. the story broke a week ago. It happened to 12,000 customers.

Autumn · 07-23-2009, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutch

When the subroutine compounds the interest, it uses all these
extra decimals places that just get rounded off. So to simplify
the whole thing it just rounds it down and drops the remainder into
an account that we own...

Oh, wait. Wrong error.

Nice.

07-23-2009, 12:33 AM	#2
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Cigarette taxes are starting to get out of hand, though I guess this is bound to cut down the number of smokers out there. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

07-23-2009, 02:25 AM	#3
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	"Bank of America said the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank." Hehe.. Customer support. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

07-23-2009, 10:43 AM	#8
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	Odd that NBC4 is just reporting this.. the story broke a week ago. It happened to 12,000 customers. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

07-23-2009, 07:55 AM	#4
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	That also takes Obama off the hook for paying everybody's mortgage.

07-23-2009, 09:02 AM	#5
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	How the heck does an error like that happen, is what I want to know....

07-23-2009, 09:05 AM	#6
fantom1979 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, Mi	if ($product == "cigerettes") { $amountcharged = $23,148,855,308,184,500; } else { $amountcharged = $registertotal; }

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