We all know by now that Scott Thompson's resignation from Yahoo came from an "inadvertent error" in that he lied on his resume about having a computer degree. So, is there an "advertent" error?

Probably so. After all, I'm occasionally inadvertently correct.

PS: Who's this Scott Tompson guy? I really haven't a clue!

Well, it's in the link. However, he was the Yahoo CEO (for 5 months) who lied that he had a computer science degree. It was quite easily found out as his university didn't even offer that degree when he was there. I couldn't understand why he'd lie about it.

He seems to have redefined "inadvertent error" to mean "lie". His "inadvertent error" was in getting found out.

I can't see that there can really be an "advertent error". An error is a mistake; if someone makes an error on purpose it can't really be called an error.

You would have thought the folks at Yahoo! would have been smart enough to check his credentials before hiring him.

As for his inadvertent error, I would think it actually was advertent.

(Oops! I inadvertently claimed a Ph.D. in biophysics from M.I.T.--Sorry!)

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