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October 27, 2005
Gosh, My Computer Sent the Wrong Version
Do I believe this? I mean I believe Word's editing and reviewing features worked as designed. But surely not an extraordinary computer gaffe.
"The confidential changes were revealed by an extraordinary computer gaffe because an electronic version distributed by UN officials on Thursday night allowed recipients to track editing changes.
"The mistaken release of the unedited report added further support to the published conclusion that Syria was behind Mr Hariri’s assassination in a bomb blast on Valentine’s Day in Beirut. The murder of Mr Hariri touched off an international outcry and hastened Syria’s departure from Lebanon in April after a 29-year pervasive military presence."
Further down, the document even gave the time:
"Mr Annan had pledged repeatedly through his chief spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, that he would not change a word of the report by Detlev Mehlis, a German prosecutor. But computer tracking showed that the final edit began at about 11.38am on Thursday — a minute after Herr Mehlis began a meeting with Mr Annan to present his report. The names of Maher al-Assad, General Shawkat and the others were apparently removed at 11.55am, after the meeting ended.
Maybe we could call it an extraordinary human error? Or???
Posted by DavidK at October 27, 2005 08:42 AM | Permalink