except every single good thing we have is built upon failure. got a gsm phone? broadband? how about a modem? a pc? basic chemistry? cryptography? the very notio

except every single good thing we have is built upon failure. got a gsm phone? broadband? how about a modem? a pc? basic chemistry? cryptography? the very notion of cryptography is embracing the failure of having private data leaked. did you know 802.11 was initially made for infrared? do you remember how much it sucked? maybe if would have progressed faster if it was out in the wild faster. that's how it's progressing now. yeah, you may not like it. and every now and then I hear the idea that "when you're dealing with critical things, like healthcare where someone's life may depend on it, you cannot afford failure". except that's not true. those systems actually embrace failure more than anything else. google reliability engineering.or look at this: http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&isbn=9781409445517&lang=cy-GB http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1... there is a nice talk on failure from richard cook at the velocity conf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S0k12uZR14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S0k12uZR14