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This is one of the infamous incidents where software failure caused harm on humans. I am kind of fascinated about such incidents (since I learn so much by readi
by ZuLuuuuuu 6y ago
This is one of the infamous incidents where software failure caused harm on humans. I am kind of fascinated about such incidents (since I learn so much by reading about them), are there any other examples of such incidents that you guys know of? It doesn't have to result in harming human, but any software failure related incident which resulted in big consequences.
One another example that comes to my mind is the Toyota "unintended acceleration" incident. Or the "Mars Climate Orbiter" incident.
- crocal 6y agoGoogle Ariane 501. Enjoy.
- probably_wrong 6y agoIf big consequences is what you're after, I can think of three typical incidents: the "most expensive hyphen in history" (you can search it like that), it's companion piece, the Mars Climate Orbiter(which I see you added now), and the Denver Airport Baggage System fiasco [1] where bad software planning caused over $500M in delays. [1] http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086 http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086