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Mass Fatality Identification System

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 23, 2003 @01:39PM from the strange-necessites dept.

Shipud writes " Bio-IT World is running a story on how Gene Codes corporation created the Mass Fatality Identification System (M-FISys) in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The story goes into the details of processing large amounts of data, aiming for a 99.9% accuracy rate, and extreme programing."

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Re:Yuck... by dakryx · 2003-09-23 14:06 · Score: 2, Informative

buccal - Of or relating to the cheeks or the mouth cavity.
12 hour days? by JRManuel · 2003-09-23 14:22 · Score: 2, Informative

The article mentions how the developers worked "... arduous 12-hour programming shifts." This goes against one of XPs core practices: No Overtime. However, if a team is well-motivated (as these guys were), I think it becomes possible to stretch this rule. The second that their motivation wanes, they should switch back to a regular schedule.