On Mon, Jun 02, 2008, Michael Lake wrote: > Adrian Chadd wrote: > >Ah, if only writing software held the same risks and building bridges. :) > > It does. Here is the classic: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 > http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/3.09.html > > This dates from way back in 1986.
Oh yes, there are specific areas like this where screwups kill people. I meant "writing software in general". Adrian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
