Google Scientists Successfully Split The Bill

from the with-some-help dept

theodp writes "Yes Virginia, there is a Techdirt reader at Google. It took a little public teasing, but Google has quietly fixed the formula bugs in its YouTube-hyped Shared House Expenses spreadsheet template, which can now correctly split roommates' bills three ways (before and after). And so ends another episode of life imitating The Onion."
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Filed Under: errors, math, spreadsheets, templates
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    Blatant Coward, 14 Aug 2008 @ 3:38am

    Yay!

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    synflud, 14 Aug 2008 @ 4:24am

    How dumb....

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    Josh, 14 Aug 2008 @ 7:01am

    Does it work in an Italian bistro, or is that Somebody Else's Problem?

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      Anonymous Coward, 14 Aug 2008 @ 7:35am

      Re:

      As long as you don't move the French Bread too often, and don't clean the red wine stain on the seat to your left--then there a good chance it'll work in an Italian bistro... ;)

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      Dinsdale Pirahna, 14 Aug 2008 @ 8:43am

      Re:

      Love the Douglas Adams reference by the way.

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    Anonymous Coward, 14 Aug 2008 @ 8:07am

    Wow they really are geniuses

    The scientists at GOOGLE made 1 minus 1 actually equal 0 . . . my god what amazing things might they accomplish next

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