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Nice anecdote, but that's a rather uber-sensational title - not in a good way.
by yuvadam 14y ago
Nice anecdote, but that's a rather uber-sensational title - not in a good way.
- cfinke 14y agoAgreed; I expected it to be the story of Therac-25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25) It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987, in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation, approximately 100 times the intended dose. These accidents highlighted the dangers of software control of safety-critical systems, and they have become a standard case study in health informatics and software engineering.
- swanson 14y agoIt's linked to in the first paragraph.