Radiolab (WNYC), “Oops”

June 28, 2010

Interview on WNYC’s “Radiolab” about unfortunate search-and-replace errors. Did you know Queen Elizabeth lays up to 2,000 eggs a day? (June 28, 2010)

You come up with a great idea. You devise a brilliant plan. You control for every imaginable variable. And once everything’s in place, the train hops your carefully laid tracks. Oops. In this hour of Radiolab, unintended consequences abound.

(Show page, download)

Previous post:

Next post: