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Reminds of the story of Major Major from Catch 22 who was promoted due to a computer bug to the rank of Major and outranked everyone in flight school
by breppp 1y ago
Reminds of the story of Major Major from Catch 22 who was promoted due to a computer bug to the rank of Major and outranked everyone in flight school
- nimish 1y agoIirc it was due to a literal computer finding it funny, back when computer was a job title and not a machine.
- notpushkin 1y ago“Actually, Major Major had been promoted by an I.B.M. machine with a sense of humor almost as keen as his father’s.” Apparently not!