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by Mike Masnick


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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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  1. Aug 14th, 2008 @ 3:38am
    by Blatant Coward

    Yay!

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  2. Aug 14th, 2008 @ 4:24am
    by synflud

    How dumb....

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  3. Aug 14th, 2008 @ 7:01am
    by Josh

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

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  4. Aug 14th, 2008 @ 7:35am

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    by Anonymous Coward

    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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  5. Aug 14th, 2008 @ 8:07am

    Wow they really are geniuses

    by Anonymous Coward

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

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  6. Aug 14th, 2008 @ 8:43am

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    by Dinsdale Pirahna

    Love the Douglas Adams reference by the way.

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