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Software doesn't short out and burn down your house, for example. Low voltage systems are a lot safer, but not immune to trouble. Even USB ports occasionally c
by astrodust 11y ago
Software doesn't short out and burn down your house, for example.
Low voltage systems are a lot safer, but not immune to trouble. Even USB ports occasionally catch on fire if there's a damaged cable or crossed pins.
- linkydinkandyou 11y agoActually, they're not because the current is so high. You can easily start a fire.
- astrodust 11y agoI mean mostly safer from electrocution. The risk of fire is still there.
- cadr 11y agoBut software might have a race condition that causes you to get zapped by a lot of radiation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
- astrodust 11y agoMost people don't have one of those in their house. Also a case could be made that it wasn't software that irradiated people, but the hardware. If there was the potential for danger, the hardware should have had a limiter built-in. We have fuses in equipment for much the same reason.