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The Windows 98 license actually did forbid using Windows in nuclear power plants (along with other high risk areas). That was due to some interaction with the J

by yk 1y ago

The Windows 98 license actually did forbid using Windows in nuclear power plants (along with other high risk areas). That was due to some interaction with the Java license and I always considered it a very fortunate fluke.

btown 1y ago
"It looks like you're trying to insert some control rods. Would you like help with that?"
- rising-sky 1y ago
  nuclear_power_run_book.doc
  - arthurcolle 1y ago
    K://nuclear_power_run_book FOR NEW JOINERS (v2 copy).docx (3) (SHARED)
  - btown 1y ago
    In all seriousness, it’s only a matter of time before an LLM makes a critical error in language-translating (or even being used to write) a reference manual for an industrial process, and escapes the attention of regulators. One can only hope that that process is not nuclear…
    - fernmyth 1y ago
      Hey, remember that time we used "an organic" kitty litter instead of "inorganic" kitty litter and the resulting explosion cost a half-billion dollars to clean up? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#2014_container_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#20...
    - johncolanduoni 1y ago
      I’m not sure we’ll notice an increase of these kinds of things. There was a case well before AI where a process chemist replaced propylene glycol with ethylene glycol in over-the-counter medicine and a bunch of people died.
  - aledalgrande 1y ago
    File corrupted, bad sector
  - johncolanduoni 1y ago
    I’m sure it’s printed out and put in a 3-ring binder, but why wouldn’t the instructions for “what to do when the primary coolant loop pressure drops” be in a Word document somewhere?
- yieldcrv 1y ago
  funny, except now it will be Ani as the avatar to Grok Unhinged
netsharc 1y ago
The same thing with QuickTime (remember QuickTime, and trailers.apple.com?).. Ah, where did that carefree time go, where we had the time to read licenses...
zamadatix 1y ago
Reference for those curious: https://archive.org/stream/microsoft-windows-98-second-edition-oem-x05-29232/Microsoft%20Windows%2098%20Starts%20Here%20End-User%20License%20Agreement%20%5BX03-46748%5D_djvu.txt?utm_source=chatgpt.com#:~:text=the%20operation%20of-,nuclear,-facilities%2C%20aircraft%20navigation https://archive.org/stream/microsoft-windows-98-second-editi...

by yk 1y ago

btown 1y ago

"It looks like you're trying to insert some control rods. Would you like help with that?"

rising-sky 1y ago
nuclear_power_run_book.doc
- arthurcolle 1y ago
  K://nuclear_power_run_book FOR NEW JOINERS (v2 copy).docx (3) (SHARED)
- btown 1y ago
  In all seriousness, it’s only a matter of time before an LLM makes a critical error in language-translating (or even being used to write) a reference manual for an industrial process, and escapes the attention of regulators. One can only hope that that process is not nuclear…
  - fernmyth 1y ago
    Hey, remember that time we used "an organic" kitty litter instead of "inorganic" kitty litter and the resulting explosion cost a half-billion dollars to clean up? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#2014_container_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#20...
  - johncolanduoni 1y ago
    I’m not sure we’ll notice an increase of these kinds of things. There was a case well before AI where a process chemist replaced propylene glycol with ethylene glycol in over-the-counter medicine and a bunch of people died.
- aledalgrande 1y ago
  File corrupted, bad sector
- johncolanduoni 1y ago
  I’m sure it’s printed out and put in a 3-ring binder, but why wouldn’t the instructions for “what to do when the primary coolant loop pressure drops” be in a Word document somewhere?
yieldcrv 1y ago
funny, except now it will be Ani as the avatar to Grok Unhinged

netsharc 1y ago

The same thing with QuickTime (remember QuickTime, and trailers.apple.com?).. Ah, where did that carefree time go, where we had the time to read licenses...

zamadatix 1y ago

Reference for those curious: https://archive.org/stream/microsoft-windows-98-second-edition-oem-x05-29232/Microsoft%20Windows%2098%20Starts%20Here%20End-User%20License%20Agreement%20%5BX03-46748%5D_djvu.txt?utm_source=chatgpt.com#:~:text=the%20operation%20of-,nuclear,-facilities%2C%20aircraft%20navigation https://archive.org/stream/microsoft-windows-98-second-editi...