Some machines are smarter than some people. Take for example the CNN video machine that placed an "X" over the face of Vice President Dick Cheney during a recently televised speech.
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CNN Apologizes for X on Cheney's Face
By Associated Press
Wed Nov 23, 2005
NEW YORK - CNN has apologized for a "technical malfunction" that briefly flashed a black "X" mark over the face of Vice President Dick Cheney during the network's coverage of a speech on Monday.
The "X" flashed twice, on the air for a total of one-seventh of a second, CNN said Wednesday.
The incident caused a brief sensation on the Web among people suspicious that it was a political commentary. But CNN said some of its machinery had a "momentary glitch" and no human operator was involved.
The "X" is something used by a computer to mark a space where one visual element is to segue into another, and is normally not seen by a viewer. The network likened its appearance to a computer that inexplicably freezes.
"We obviously regret that it happened and are working on the equipment to ensure it is not repeated," the network said in a statement.
Don't agonize, organize ... that's my mantra. Change won't happen unless you work to make it happen! But sometimes even your best efforts don't provide the results you were looking for. Or sometimes a situation is just so completely outrageous that all you can do is say ... YIKES!
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