This stupid ODBC driver is working completely differently on my new laptop. I can't work out why.
Gah. I hate that. Sometimes ODBC will work differently on different computers for no discernable reason. All I can suggest is check the ODBC version, and maybe reinstall the driver.
ION, Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he received a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday.
Yahaya Wahab said he disconnected his late father's phone line in January after he died and settled the 84 ringgit ($23) bill, the New Straits Times reported.
But Telekom Malaysia later sent him a 806,400,000,000,000.01 ringgit ($218 trillion) bill for recent telephone calls along with orders to settle within 10 days or face legal proceedings, the newspaper reported.
It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death.
"If the company wants to seek legal action as mentioned in the letter, I'm ready to face it," the paper quoted Yahaya as saying. "In fact, I can't wait to face it," he said.
NASA's Centennial Challenges. Win much dosh, be major geek.
nearly???
I'd probably just laugh. Then I'd call the phone company and ask if they could put me on a payment plan - maybe $1 trillion per month....
Listen to accents of the world. I don't like the Jamaican accent. It's surely accurate in intonation, but she's talking way too slowly. Plus, it's just one of our accents. But it's not like the rest of the Caribbean is better represented.
It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death.
So, wait, they're accepting the possiblity that someone actually ran up a $218 trillion bill in two months?
Gwyneth's second childe not named after fruit.
So, wait, they're accepting the possiblity that someone actually ran up a $218 trillion bill in two months?
2.4 billion dollars a minute is not a very good rate. I'd get a different phone company.
they're accepting the possiblity that someone actually ran up a $218 trillion bill in two months?
Y'know, if you ask Scott McClellan, he'll tell you that the deficit is mainly due to Jenna and Barbara blabbing away when home for Thanksgiving.
So, wait, they're accepting the possiblity that someone actually ran up a $218 trillion bill in two months?
So you're saying there aren't too many $2,523,148,148-per-minute phone plans?
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