On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:38:08 -0000, Walter Bright
<newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6636811
I know that everyone is tired of hearing my airframe design stories, but
it's obvious to me that few engineers understand the principles of
failsafe design. This article makes that abundantly clear - and the
consequences of paying no attention to it.
You can add in Fukishima and Deepwater Horizon as more costly examples
of ignorance of basic failsafe design principles.
Yeah, I feel strongly about this.
One safety mechanism was all that saved North Carolina:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZAaGidUbg&t=2m58s
R
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