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'Computational Error' Causes Problems at The Emmys
by tryme1 @ 30.08.07 - 18:41:56

What has been described, mainly by the accountants responsible - Ernst and Young - as a "computational error", has resulted in an ITV nomination for the International Emmys to be withdrawn.

It appears that the error in the ballot count resulted in the wrong names of nominees for the news category.

While it must be galling for ITV to lose their nomination (particularly as they were replaced by the BBC in the same category), I'm fascinated by the phrase "computational error".

In mathematics, a computational error does have a very specific meaning. However, here, Ernst and Young are just using it as a less obvious synonym for "we added up the numbers wrong".

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