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Engineering Degree From Cereal Boxes

How does stupid stuff like this happen? Engineering degrees from cereal boxes?

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/confused-photocopiers-randomly-rewriting-scanned-documents/

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It is unlikely an engineers were involved. Most software people aren't engineers.

It also sounds like some of the errors might character recognition issues. If you use character recognition in a price list you are taking a chance.
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Does NASA use Xerox copiers?
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The culprit is JBIG2

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Hopefully, access and door logs are being reviewed to find the source.
Or, just chalk it up to 'the past' and forget about it.

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I got my degree at the bottom of a few thousand cases of beer......had to collect the UPCs and mail em in
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I got my degree at the bottom of a few thousand cases of beer......had to collect the UPCs and mail em in
You too?
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How does stupid stuff like this happen? Engineering degrees from cereal boxes?
you mean stupid stuff like not being able to post a clickable URL? or what?


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