Google Scientists Successfully Split The Bill

theodp writes "Yes Virginia, there is a Techdirt reader at Google. It took a little public teasing, but Google has quietly fixed the formula bugs in its YouTube-hyped Shared House Expenses spreadsheet template, which can now correctly split roommates' bills three ways (before and after). And so ends another episode of life imitating The Onion."

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Aug 14th, 2008 @ 3:38am

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Aug 14th, 2008 @ 7:01am

by Josh
Does it work in an Italian bistro, or is that Somebody Else's Problem?

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Aug 14th, 2008 @ 7:35am

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by Anonymous Coward
As long as you don't move the French Bread too often, and don't clean the red wine stain on the seat to your left--then there a good chance it'll work in an Italian bistro... ;)

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Aug 14th, 2008 @ 8:43am

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by Dinsdale Pirahna
Love the Douglas Adams reference by the way.

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Aug 14th, 2008 @ 8:07am

Wow they really are geniuses
by Anonymous Coward
The scientists at GOOGLE made 1 minus 1 actually equal 0 . . . my god what amazing things might they accomplish next

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