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Richard Feynman, the Challenger, and Engineering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-is-not-warm-fuzzies-on-a-cold-morning dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When Richard Feynman investigated the Challenger disaster as a member of the Rogers Commission, he issued a scathing report containing brilliant, insightful commentary on the nature of engineering. This short essay relates Feynman's commentary to modern software development."

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  1. wow by loconet · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a second there I thought I read "Rogers Communications" and "brilliant" and "engineering" in the same sentence. I thought I had been kicked to an alternate universe where I wouldn't be able to escape. I am glad to be back.

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  2. A future essay... by StarfishOne · · Score: 2, Funny

    A future essay relates Feynman's commentary to modern web hosting, load balancing and the so-called Slashdot effect"

  3. scooped! by troybob · · Score: 2, Funny

    And here I was on the verge of releasing my twin papers on how the 9/11 Commission Report can be applied to software development, and how the Warren Commission Report on the Kennedy assassination applies to P2P.

  4. Re:Feyman died before Linux and world-wide-web by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    A shame yours aren't.

  5. Re:One of the first things a new staff member does by greyhueofdoubt · · Score: 2, Funny

    I appreciate the other thoughts in your post, but this:

    >>When I feel the pressure is starting to cause situational ethics creep, I pull out Feynman's appendix...

    is the best slashdot non sequitur I've ever read.

    btw, I work on aircraft, too, and Feynman is a role model for me.

    -b

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    No offense, but I've stopped responding to AC's.