darrenyeats wrote: >> Its not much of a problem, after all who would trust software to walk on?
> Who would trust software to keep planes in the air? You do know that it was decades before the commercial folks accepted the idea. The fighter planes have been fly by wire for ages, since they are so maneuverable that no human could control them. But comp.risks has many articles about teething problems on Airbus computer systems. > Or to control life support equipment? Or run nuclear power plants? Actually, life support systems software is way special. > Or to do finite element analysis? That one is different. The PE still has to sign the results. S/He can not use "computer error" as an excuse, the results are signed by a human. The computer just helps with the FE analysis. > BTW the answer to the last one is "Engineers" with a capital E! Not all > computer people are hackers you know. :) Fey, Engineers (PEs) who use computers are Engineers, not computer people. They are 'computer users'. Their domain knowledge is engineering, not computers. All a computer is to them is a faster slide rule. http://www.pfarrell.com/misc/sliderule.html -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
