[math-fun] bug lists non-well-ordered; roll over, Peano
"Hi, I'd like to report a bug." "Could you please describe it?" [Describes bug.] [Clattering of keys.] "I'm sorry, but that bug has never been reported before." "I'm reporting it now." [With stronger accent] "I'm sorry, but you must be mistaken; that bug has never been reported before." {Sigh.] "But there has to be a first time report for every bug." [Clattering of keys on the Peano.] "You must be doing something wrong." [Hangs up.] ------ Next time, I think I'll try to get closure through open & closed sets.
You gotta laugh ... Is that an actual incident? What call-centre/conglomerate/bureacracy? WFL On 5/22/16, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
"Hi, I'd like to report a bug."
"Could you please describe it?"
[Describes bug.]
[Clattering of keys.]
"I'm sorry, but that bug has never been reported before."
"I'm reporting it now."
[With stronger accent] "I'm sorry, but you must be mistaken; that bug has never been reported before."
{Sigh.]
"But there has to be a first time report for every bug."
[Clattering of keys on the Peano.]
"You must be doing something wrong."
[Hangs up.]
------ Next time, I think I'll try to get closure through open & closed sets.
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I've had that happen more than once, up to the hanging-up part. Soon when we got to that point I asked to compare credentials. Then nobody hung up again, but usually escalated the call to a more experienced techie. —Dan
On May 21, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
You gotta laugh ...
Is that an actual incident? What call-centre/conglomerate/bureacracy?
WFL
On 5/22/16, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
"Hi, I'd like to report a bug."
"Could you please describe it?"
[Describes bug.]
[Clattering of keys.]
"I'm sorry, but that bug has never been reported before."
"I'm reporting it now."
[With stronger accent] "I'm sorry, but you must be mistaken; that bug has never been reported before."
{Sigh.]
"But there has to be a first time report for every bug."
[Clattering of keys on the Peano.]
"You must be doing something wrong."
[Hangs up.]
------ Next time, I think I'll try to get closure through open & closed sets.
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Conjecture: some senior manager has had the inspiration to use the number of currently unsolved reported bugs as a performance indicator. All his managerial-level subordinates promptly instruct their minions at the call-centre to stop accepting reports of further ones. Simples! [ This principle is of wide applicability to similar industrial domains. Peano it ain't, Parkinson it might possible be. ] WFL On 5/22/16, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
I've had that happen more than once, up to the hanging-up part.
Soon when we got to that point I asked to compare credentials.
Then nobody hung up again, but usually escalated the call to a more experienced techie.
—Dan
On May 21, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
You gotta laugh ...
Is that an actual incident? What call-centre/conglomerate/bureacracy?
WFL
On 5/22/16, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
"Hi, I'd like to report a bug."
"Could you please describe it?"
[Describes bug.]
[Clattering of keys.]
"I'm sorry, but that bug has never been reported before."
"I'm reporting it now."
[With stronger accent] "I'm sorry, but you must be mistaken; that bug has never been reported before."
{Sigh.]
"But there has to be a first time report for every bug."
[Clattering of keys on the Peano.]
"You must be doing something wrong."
[Hangs up.]
------ Next time, I think I'll try to get closure through open & closed sets.
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Could people post here the name of the company or product? It would be helpful in making future purchases. -- Gene From: Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [math-fun] bug lists non-well-ordered; roll over, Peano Conjecture: some senior manager has had the inspiration to use the number of currently unsolved reported bugs as a performance indicator. All his managerial-level subordinates promptly instruct their minions at the call-centre to stop accepting reports of further ones. Simples! [ This principle is of wide applicability to similar industrial domains. Peano it ain't, Parkinson it might possible be. ] WFL On 5/22/16, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
I've had that happen more than once, up to the hanging-up part.
Soon when we got to that point I asked to compare credentials.
Then nobody hung up again, but usually escalated the call to a more experienced techie.
—Dan
On May 21, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
You gotta laugh ...
Is that an actual incident? What call-centre/conglomerate/bureacracy?
WFL
On 5/22/16, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
"Hi, I'd like to report a bug."
"Could you please describe it?"
[Describes bug.]
[Clattering of keys.]
"I'm sorry, but that bug has never been reported before."
"I'm reporting it now."
[With stronger accent] "I'm sorry, but you must be mistaken; that bug has never been reported before."
{Sigh.]
"But there has to be a first time report for every bug."
[Clattering of keys on the Peano.]
"You must be doing something wrong."
[Hangs up.]
------ Next time, I think I'll try to get closure through open & closed sets.
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