Maseth's mother, Cheryl Harris, said wiring problems are a problem for U.S. troops in Afghanistan as well.

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Airbus's A380 super-jumbo was severely delayed mainly because of wiring problems.

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A380's wiring problems did not become apparent until June 2006.

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And, more often than not, these problems are caused by faulty wiring, old, overloaded servers and from ignoring essential database maintenance.

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But the 500km of wiring in the two halves did not match up, causing huge problems.

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There's a lot of faulty wiring this time round, technology that seems as flawed as its inventor, but if his problems are largely of his own making Tony remains supremely unfazed, always primed with a quip and a smirk.

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