Alltime10s...2015.12.22---花費數百萬美元的10個錯別字

Alltime10s...2015.12.22---花費數百萬美元的10個錯別字

0:0310. Tropical Fruit-Pants
0:11In 1872, one misplaced comma cost the U.S. Government $2 million. To put that in perspective,
0:18today that comma would be worth over $50 million.
0:22The tiny error was made in the US Tariff Act, instead of making tropical ‘fruit-plants’
0:27[that’s fruit hyphen plants, meaning plants that bear fruit] exempt from tariffs, the
0:29act used the wording ‘fruit, plants’ [that’s fruit comma plants]. That rogue comma mean
0:34all tropical fruit and plants were free from charge.
0:38The government did eventually correct the typo, but until after two years of lost revenue.
0:43Source: Business Insider, International Business Times
0:4509. Japanese Sock Exchange
0:48The Japanese Mizuho [mitz-uh-ho] Securities Co, a division of the second largest bank
0:53in Japan, lost millions in a typo related error in 2005.
0:58While trying to sell shares of a recruiting agency on the Japanese Stock Exchange, the
1:02bank accidentally listed 610,000 shares as costing 1 yen each, rather than each share
1:09costing 610,000 yen. No one seemed to notice the fact that 610,000 shares was actually
1:1641 times the number available, either.
1:19In less than a day, the company lost a quarter of a billion dollars - equivalent to the entire
1:25profit it had made that year.
1:27The mistake was attributed to ‘fat-finger’ syndrome; a term in the stock market for a
1:32huge accidental blunder.
1:34Source: CBS News, Financial Times
1:3608. Airline Rickets
1:38In 2006 Alitalia Airlines accidentally listed business-class flights from Toronto to Cyprus
1:44at $39, instead of $3,900. Two thousand quick-thinking travelers took advantage of the mistake, booking
1:53tickets as fast as they could.
1:55When the airline tried to cancel the tickets, they suffered a massive backlash from their
1:59customers. Worried about their reputation Alitalia decided to cut its losses and allow
2:04the budget ticket holders to fly; a move which improved public relations, but cost the company
2:09somewhere in the region of $7.2 million.
2:12Source: Daily Mirror, CBC, National Post
2:1407. The Brutish Government
2:17The British Government accidentally listed Taylor & Sons Ltd., rather than Taylor & Son
2:22Ltd. as a failing business approaching liquidation.
2:24This extra ‘S’ in the name of the report caused a confusion between the failing company
2:30and a respected engineering firm, which saw it’s clients back out of deals, its suppliers
2:34cancel contracts and creditors withdrawing their agreement.
2:38Two months after the typo report the 134-year-old family business was bankrupt, with 250 people
2:45losing their jobs. Seen as a direct consequence of the British Government’s mistake Taylor
2:50& Sons were awarded nearly $14 million in compensation in 2015.
2:55Source: Daily Mail, Metro
2:5706. Buying and Soiling
3:00Between 1993 and 1994, stockbroker Juan Pablo Davila lost $206 million on the stock market
3:07because of a simple typo.
3:09The trader accidentally entered the shares he wanted to sell into the buy column on his
3:14computer and lost $30 million. After realizing his costly mistake, Davila went on a buying
3:21and selling spree, making 5,000 transactions with 23 brokers in less than 6 months - risking
3:28up to $1.8 billion but finally losing a total of $206 million.
3:33He eventually served 3 years in prison for his dubious financial prowess.
3:38Source: LA Times, NY Times, ISLA 1997
3:4105. Everyone’s A Weiner
3:42In 2007, a car dealership thought it would be a great idea to drum up some customers
3:48by sending out lottery tickets to locals. The idea was to send out 50,000 tickets with
3:53just one winner of a $1,000.
3:56Unfortunately, the marketing company responsible for making the tickets made a huge mistake.
4:01They printed all 50,000 tickets as grand prize winners - essentially giving away $50 million.
4:09Rather than pay out the fortune, the dealership apologized and offered $5 Wal-Mart gift cards.
4:14Source: UPI, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
4:1704. Lockheed Martini
4:20When Lockheed Martin agreed to produce a military transport aircraft for an unnamed air force,
4:25thought to be UK, Italy or Australia, they signed a very specific contract.
4:31As the deal would require several years of manufacturing, the agreement stated that the
4:35cost the planes would increase alongside inflation.
4:39Unfortunately the formula that worked out the cost of the aircraft had a typo in it;
4:43a comma that was one decimal place in the wrong direction. This typo would cause Lockheed
4:49Martin to lose $70 million, as they were locked into the contract, and the customer, whoever
4:54it was, wouldn’t agree to adjust the error.
4:57Source: The Indian Express, CNN
4:5903. Googol
5:02Typosquatting is a controversial practice where people register slightly misspelled
5:06versions of popular websites to generate hits and revenue, and, according to a Harvard study
5:11in 2010, it can be very lucrative.
5:14Researchers found that whenever someone types in the wrong address to go to a website, which
5:18is about 0.7% of the time, they are normally redirected to a site covered in advertisements.
5:25Going to ‘typo’ websites happens over 70 million times a day, costing the correctly
5:30spelled domain tons of cash. In fact, as Google supply more than half the ads on the typo
5:36sites, its estimated the search giant earns a whopping $500 million from the practice.
5:42Source: New Scientist, Benjamin Edelman - Harvard University, The Register
5:4502. Yellow Mages
5:47In 1988 a Californian travel agency posted an advert in the Yellow Pages for ‘Exotic
5:53travel’, but unfortunately a typo led to it advertising ‘erotic travel’ instead.
6:00The agency’s reputation was destroyed, losing 80% of its existing customers and gaining
6:05next to no new business because of the advertisement - aside from prank calls and heavy breathing
6:12perverts.
6:13Yellow Pages allegedly refused to issue a correction so the travel agency sued, and
6:18won $18 million on the grounds of gross negligence.
6:21Source: AP Newswire, The Daily Mirror
6:2301. NASA Rackets
6:27On July 22, 1962 the Mariner 1 space probe exploded shortly after liftoff, in one of
6:33the most expensive typo related incidents in history.
6:38NASA investigators concluded that the omission of a single hyphen in the guidance software
6:43had led to a series of false course correction signals. The rocket was then deliberately
6:48detonated to prevent the rocket crashing down in a populated area.
6:51Political pressure to get the rocket in space was blamed for the rushed preparations; leading
6:56to the typo’s presence. The rocket was worth between $80 and $150 million.
7:03Source: Wired, NASA, Reliability in Scientific Research by IR Walker


0:03 10.热带水果裤
0:11在1872年，人们放错了位置的逗号花费美国政府$ 200万美元。为了把在视角，
0:18今天逗号将价值超过$ 5000万美元。
0:22是在美国关税法的微小的错误，而不是使热带“水果植物”
0:27 [这就是果连字符的植物，这意味着见效植物]免除关税，在
0:29行动中使用的措辞“水果植物”[这就是果逗号植物。流氓逗号意思
0:34所有热带水果和植物均没有收费。
0:38政府并最终改正错字，但直到两年的收入损失之后。
0:43来源：商业内幕，国际商业时报
0:45 09.日本的袜子兑换
0:48日本瑞穗[mitz-UH-110]证券有限责任公司，第二大银行的一个部门
0:53在日本，损失了数百万的错字相关的错误在2005年。
0:58虽然挂羊头卖狗肉的招募机构股票在日本证券交易所，
1:02银行意外地上市的610000股的成本1日元每个，而不是每股
1:09成本610000日元。似乎没有人注意到一个事实，即610000股实际上
1:16 41倍的可用次数，无论是。
1:19在不到一天的时间，该公司损失了十亿美元的四分之一 - 相当于整个
1:25获利就做了这一年。
1:27这个错误的原因是“胖手指”综合征;在股市中的术语
1:32巨大的意外失误。
1:34来源：CBS新闻，金融时报
1:36 08.航空公司佝偻病
1:38 2006年，意大利航空公司航空意外地上市的企业级从多伦多到塞浦路斯的航班
1:44 $ 39，而不是$ 3,900只。两千思维敏捷的旅客采取了错误，预订的优势
1:53门票尽可能快，因为他们可以。
1:55当航空公司试图取消门票，他们遭受了巨大的反弹，从他们的
1:59顾客。担心自己的声誉意大利航空公司决定减少其损失，并允许
2:04预算票持有者飞;这改善公共关系，但花费了公司的举动
2:09某处的$ 7.2万元。
2:12来源：每日镜报，CBC，国家邮政局
2:14 07.粗野政府
2:17英国政府意外地上市泰勒父子有限公司，而不是泰勒父子
2:22公司作为一个失败的企业接近清盘。
2:24在该报告的名称，这个额外的“S”引起了失败的公司之间的混淆
2:30和尊敬的工程公司，看到它的客户回来了的交易，其供应商
2:34取消合同，债权人收回他们的同意。
2:38错字后两个月报告的134年历史的家族企业已经破产，有250人
2:45失去工作。被视为英国政府的错误泰勒的直接后果
2:50父子是在2015年获得了近$ 1400万的赔偿。
2:55来源：每日邮报，地铁
2:57 06.购买和污迹
3:00 1993年至1994年，证券经纪人胡安·巴勃罗·达维拉输掉了$ 2.06亿股市
3:07因为一个简单的拼写错误。
3:09该交易员不小心进入了股票，他想杀跌就买他列
3:14计算机，失去了$ 3000万美元。意识到他的代价高昂的错误后，达维拉继续买进
3:21和销售大礼包，使23券商5000交易少于6个月 - 冒险
3:28高达$ 1.8十亿，但最后共$器206万美元损失。
3:33他最终服3年监禁，他半信半疑的财务实力。
3:38资料来源：洛杉矶时报，纽约时报，1997年ISLA
3:41 05.每个人都是韦纳
3:42 2007年，汽车经销商认为这将是一个伟大的想法，以招徕一些客户
3:48通过发送彩票当地人。当时的想法是派出50000票与
3:53只有一个胜利者的$ 1,000。
3:56不幸的是，营销公司负责制作的门票做了一个巨大的错误。
4:01他们打印的所有50000门票大奖得主 - 根本上给远$ 5000万美元。
4:09而不支付了财富，经销商道歉，并提供$ 5沃尔玛礼品卡。
4:14资料来源：UPI，拉伯克雪崩 - 杂志
4:17 04.洛克希德·马提尼
4:20当洛克希德·马丁公司同意以生产军用运输机的一位不愿透露姓名的空军，
4:25被认为是英国，意大利和澳大利亚，他们签署了一份非常具体的合同。
4:31由于该交易将需要数年制造的，协议指出，
4:35花费飞机将增加沿着通货膨胀。
4:39不幸的是计算出飞机的成本公式曾在这一个错字;
4:43一个逗号，这是在错误的方向小数点后一位。这错字会导致洛克希德
4:49马丁失去了$ 7000万，他们被关入合同，与客户，谁就
4:54它是，不同意调整的错误。
4:57资料来源：印度快报，美国有线电视新闻网
4:59 03.固高
5:02注册近似域名是一个有争议的做法，人们寄存器稍微拼错
5:06热门网站版本产生点击和收入，并且，根据哈佛大学的研究
5:11在2010年，它可以是非常有利可图的。
5:14研究人员发现，每当有人类型错误的地址去一个网站，
5:18是约0.7％的时间，它们通常重定向到包括在广告的网站。
5:25去'错字的网站每天发生超过70万次，在正确的成本核算
5:30拼写域名现金吨。事实上，谷歌提供一半以上的广告上的错字
5:36网站，它预计这家搜索巨头的收入从实践高达$ 5亿美元。
5:42来源：新科学家本杰明·埃德尔曼 - 哈佛大学，登记册
5:45 02.黄法师
5:47 1988年，加利福尼亚的旅行社张贴在黄页的广告为“异国情调
5:53旅游“，但遗憾的是一个错字导致它的广告”色情旅游“代替。
6:00该机构的声誉遭到破坏，失去了80％的现有客户和获取
6:05旁边没有新的业务，因为广告 - 除了恶作剧电话和沉重的呼吸
6:12变态。
6:13黄页据称拒绝进行修正，以便旅行社起诉，并
6:18赢得了$ 1800万重大过失的理由。
6:21来源：美联社社，每日镜报
6:23 01.美国宇航局球拍
6:27 7月22日，1962年水手1号太空探测器不久爆炸升空后，在一
6:33最昂贵的错字历史有关的事件。
6:38美国航空航天局研究人员得出的结论是遗漏一个连字符的指导软件
6:43已导致一系列假当然校正信号。火箭当时故意
6:48引爆，以防止火箭在人口稠密地区轰然倒下。
6:51政治压力，以获得太空中的火箭被指责为冲筹备工作;领导
6:56对错字的存在。火箭是值得的$ 80和$ 1.5亿美元。
7:03资料来源：有线，美国航空航天局，可靠性科研用红外沃克