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The Therac-25 is part of the core curriculum in computer engineering, but I wonder if it's actually (in the grand scheme of things) hat bad of an incident. Comp
by yc-kraln 8y ago
The Therac-25 is part of the core curriculum in computer engineering, but I wonder if it's actually (in the grand scheme of things) hat bad of an incident. Compared with Facebook fomenting ethnic cleansing in Asia, the people who were hurt or died were very limited. Are there any new(er) examples which can show the dangers of a widely distributed, connected horror?
- fpgaminer 8y agoI'm not familiar with the Facebook incident you are referring to, but it doesn't sound like something caused by a bug? The article is about bugs; i.e. unintentional tragedies. If what you're referring to is not the result of a bug then it's off-topic (though perhaps not unimportant).
- aaron695 8y agoThe fact everyone knows it shows how safe computing is! Except how about the program that allocated shifts to doctors somewhere and needless put someone on who was tired.... so someone dies. Therac-25's biggest bug that kills is the fact it distracts morons from the real issues.