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{{a|systems|{{image|bad apple|jpg|}}}}{{dpn|/bæd ˈæpl/|n| | {{a|systems|{{image|bad apple|jpg|}}}}{{dpn|/bæd ˈæpl/|n|}}One of those mischievous human imps occupying unobserved crevices in the great steampunk machine who, by human frailty, ruins the best-laid plans of the machines. Bad apples need not be mendacious, ill-spirited or even conscious, but often are. [[Bernie Madoff|Bernard Madoff]] was a bad apple, but so was the [[GameStop]] share rally, and Citigroup’s archaic [[Citigroup v Brigade Capital Management|loan servicing software]]. | ||
On the conventional wisdom, [[bad apple]]s are the last remaining fly in the ointment. They alone keep us from the sunlit uplands of financial services utopia that our collected labours have surely earned. Once the last one has been rooted out, all will be well. | On the conventional wisdom, [[bad apple]]s are the last remaining fly in the ointment. They alone keep us from the sunlit uplands of financial services utopia that our collected labours have surely earned. Once the last one has been rooted out, all will be well. | ||
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*[[Rumours of our demise are greatly exaggerated]] | *[[Rumours of our demise are greatly exaggerated]] | ||
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