tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post1691578799721124026..comments2024-03-29T11:57:40.881+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Getting my sums rightRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-46942925990219275152012-06-27T07:27:57.519+01:002012-06-27T07:27:57.519+01:00Arquinsiel,
I have had numerous incidents in the ...Arquinsiel,<br /><br />I have had numerous incidents in the past (in particular when using MS Access) when things that were supposed to work just did not do so in the way that was expected. In some instances we never found out why.<br /><br />I suspect that it is all a result of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws" rel="nofollow">Clarke's Third Law</a> coming into play.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-47686340978199770922012-06-26T23:01:55.142+01:002012-06-26T23:01:55.142+01:00While I was in MS there was a disturbing amount of...While I was in MS there was a disturbing amount of times I was told that a relatively simple procedure was impossible due to some form of magic. It's almost like common sense is abandoned when entering the building.Arquinsielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858295232803685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-86246671484898839672012-06-26T14:32:38.912+01:002012-06-26T14:32:38.912+01:00Jim Duncan,
Your explanation certainly fits the b...Jim Duncan,<br /><br />Your explanation certainly fits the bill, and would be yet another prime example of MS software 'behaving as expected'.<br /><br />Now it has happened once I will be on the lookout for it if it ever happens again.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />PS. For some reason best known to Blogger, it placed your comment in the 'Spam' folder!Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-20547896479412536292012-06-26T10:25:47.812+01:002012-06-26T10:25:47.812+01:00Hi Bob
Having used Excel from before it was gener...Hi Bob<br /><br />Having used Excel from before it was generally released the most likely explanation for your miscalculated formula would be a non-printing character inadvertantly inserted which was handled differently after the MS upgrade.<br /><br />I'm surprised MS never added a check for non-printing characters in formulae as standard. I've seen it many a time.<br /><br />Now that you may have experienced it it will probably never happen to you again.<br /><br />Jim<br /><br /><br />JimJim Duncan Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14114076455087495681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-89263698991306868942012-06-26T06:56:45.736+01:002012-06-26T06:56:45.736+01:00Arquinsiel,
The problems caused by this 'glit...Arquinsiel,<br /><br />The problems caused by this 'glitch' with the RBS Group's computer system has affected whole swathes of society ... and I suspect that it has made many people even more wary of this bank group in particular and banks in general. The ordinary people at the bottom end of the banking 'food chain' are the ones who will suffer most ... and are likely to get the least when it comes to any form of compensation.<br /><br />My own accounting problems also seem to have been the result of some form of ‘glitch’ … and I am still at a loss to understand why. In retrospect the only thing that I can think may have caused the ‘glitch’ is the fact that the original spreadsheet was created in an earlier version of MS Excel and that a recent automatic upgrade of MS Office may have triggered the problem. I will never know … but it is the sort of thing that sometimes happens with software.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-67324018241740958902012-06-26T01:08:22.897+01:002012-06-26T01:08:22.897+01:00Happily I haven't been affected by this but a ...Happily I haven't been affected by this but a few friends are living on whatever they can find in the back of the fridge until payday. We get paid monthly in most jobs here, so they're really stretching to make ends meet.<br /><br />Re: accounting problems.<br /><br />Doing all that work prevents the accounts being out by 45 or 4,500 or 4,500,000 POUNDS somewhere down the line. This is a small scale example of someone avoiding the problems RBS are having. Also, having worked for MS in the past, "sometimes it just happens" is apparently a valid explaination for most of this stuff.Arquinsielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858295232803685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-62240998559056059832012-06-25T22:46:18.809+01:002012-06-25T22:46:18.809+01:00Tim Gow,
I wish that I could say that I shocked b...Tim Gow,<br /><br />I wish that I could say that I shocked by your story ... but I am not.<br /><br />I understand from a news item I saw today that the problem arose with the CA-7 batch scheduling software that is used by RBS Group. It had been updated ... and it was the update that caused the problems.<br /><br />'<i>Yer pays yer money</i> (in this case it is rumoured to be rupees) <i>and yer gets what yer paid for</i>.'<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-9032501398911361232012-06-25T22:16:04.079+01:002012-06-25T22:16:04.079+01:00I too have fallen victim to the RBS issues - I tra...I too have fallen victim to the RBS issues - I transferred a sum of money from another account last week and tried to make a payment from the RBS account today, but guess what? RBS can't locate the money!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.com