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Can Software Kill?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the of-course dept.

mykepredko writes "Eweek has an interesting, if somewhat long article titled Can Software Kill? The article focuses on a programming error that resulted in 28 Panamanian cancer patients receiving many times an expected lethal dose of radiation. The article briefly mentions, but doesn't go into detail, the 1991 Patriot Missile Failure that resulted in the deaths of 28 American service men and women."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lolz # her people's comments instead of starting new threads. # Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said. # Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about. # Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or

  2. little known fact about the therac-25 by abe+ferlman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's a little known fact that the first machine attached to skynet to become self-aware will be a Therac-25 controlled by a pdp 11, although it will be quickly obsoleted by the terminator class machines that have been deployed in Sacramento.

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  3. case of the killer robot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    case of the killer robot

  4. Al Qaeda by Texas+Rose+on+Lava+L · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Didn't the Al Qaeda terrorists use IM software to help plan the 9/11 attacks?

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  5. Deadly Flash! by Kurobei · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    anyone play .hack?

    nuff said :P