> a computer bug could send that money to the wrong account due to a solar ray
I think the original quote captures that with the qualifier "a management decision", which given that it was 1979 implies it's separate from other kinds of decisions being made by non-manager employees following a checklist, or the machines that were slowly replacing them.
So a cosmic-ray bit-flip changing an account number would be analogous to an employee hitting the wrong key on a typewriter.
I think the original quote captures that with the qualifier "a management decision", which given that it was 1979 implies it's separate from other kinds of decisions being made by non-manager employees following a checklist, or the machines that were slowly replacing them.
So a cosmic-ray bit-flip changing an account number would be analogous to an employee hitting the wrong key on a typewriter.