http://www.wired.com/news/technology/bugs/0,2924,69355,00.html
History's Worst Software Bugs - Simson Garfinkel, Wired
Gas pipelines, medical accelerator, the mariner space probe, delivery of cancer radiation to patients. These bugs can cause death. This article made me think about how we worry about if our surgeon or dentist is having a bad day, when really, we might also question about how many programmers of products we use had a bad day. A very enlightening and scary article.
History's Worst Software Bugs - Simson Garfinkel, Wired
Gas pipelines, medical accelerator, the mariner space probe, delivery of cancer radiation to patients. These bugs can cause death. This article made me think about how we worry about if our surgeon or dentist is having a bad day, when really, we might also question about how many programmers of products we use had a bad day. A very enlightening and scary article.
