New York Times Had a Mistake on Its Front Page Every Day for More Than a Century(theatlantic.com)

5 pointsby matthiasvvor 11 Jahren1 comments

New York Times Had a Mistake on Its Front Page Every Day for More Than a Century

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/-em-the-new-york-times-em-had-a-mistake-on-its-front-page-every-day-for-more-than-a-century/283076?single_page=true

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Turing_Machinevor 11 Jahren

So they started reusing issue numbers? That seems like a worse idea than just living with the mistake, because now you have two separate papers with the same number.

People usually cite newspapers by date, so it's not going to be a huge source of error, but still...