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Diary of an excuse hound: Pie charts make us hungry for pizza
In this episode of The BOFH, the Paper Folder and I continue the tradition of creating fake data for our monthly management report. As we send fabricated numbers to the Boss, he pastes them into his report and sends it to higher-ups. We have tried various excuses for our inaccurate data over the years, including blaming "The internet," "Y2K," "Blockchain implementation," "COVID," "Quantum computing," and "Privacy restrictions."
Our most recent excuse was "It's a COVID thing" before we switched to quantum computing and privacy restrictions. If pressed, we can always blame "Viruses," "Hackers," or "Zero day attacks." Our only asset during these scenarios would be the onions in our belts, which no one would notice. The BOFH is back with a query about a potential data error in the graph, specifically regarding the term "Terafloptules."
The PFY explains that the term is not a common usage and suggests using "Gigafloptules" instead, while providing a brief explanation of the term's origin.
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