Archive for February 6th, 2008
What a nice model of furniture
Also from The Register is this story of a data quality boo boo on the Marks and Spencer website (the offending page has been removed from the site, but el Reg kindly kept a screenshot).
The text of an on-line catalogue entry described an item for sale, emphasising its “modern curves, soft-look styling and hardwood […]Super Tuesday - Gloomy e-voting Wednesday
The Register has highlighted not one but two potential information quality problems with the ballots being cast in the pre-Presidential primaries in the US.
Firstly, Democrats Abroad decided to support Democrats living overseas by letting them vote on-line. This sounds like an excellent idea, this ‘electronic voting’. However, there seem to have been some concerns with […]Irish bank sends debtor details to wrong addresses
The Irish Examiner reports today that a leading Irish bank accidentally sent details on defaulted loans to the wrong address. Two letters were sent to the one address - which was the wrong one. The contents of the letters contained the correct name and address information for the account holders (it appears from the media […]
IQ Trainwrecks are kind of like buses..
…none for ages then a lot of them at once.
Yesterday and today have been bumper days for trainwreck reporting in the media. From the two culled from Damien Mulley, and one suggested by Nick Thomas to the ones I’ve picked up on today, it looks like February will be a busy month on the […]
