Google Scientists Successfully Split The Bill

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

Yay!
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synflud, Aug 14th, 2008 @ 4:24am

How dumb....
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Josh, Aug 14th, 2008 @ 7:01am

Does it work in an Italian bistro, or is that Somebody Else's Problem?
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Anonymous Coward, Aug 14th, 2008 @ 7:35am

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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Wow they really are geniuses
Anonymous Coward, Aug 14th, 2008 @ 8:07am

The scientists at GOOGLE made 1 minus 1 actually equal 0 . . . my god what amazing things might they accomplish next
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Dinsdale Pirahna, Aug 14th, 2008 @ 8:43am

Love the Douglas Adams reference by the way.
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