Re: RE: Bill Gates gets another blue screen in public

["Paul Morgan" <pmorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al,

You never heard of that radiation machine that would overdose patients with
something like 100x the normal dose because of a software bug
(http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/Therac_25/Therac_2.html)?  Ever heard
of a pacemaker recall
(http://www.researchmatters.harvard.edu/story.php?article_id=286)?  Mistakes
like this do happen with dialysis machines, pacemakers, etc.

Paul

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"Al Karman" <Alk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Folks,
>
> Good thing this 'new paradigm' hasn't been embraced by folks making
dialysis
> machines, pacemakers, etc.
>
>
> Al Karman
> Director of Information Technology
> lia sophia
>
>
> Al Karman
> Director of Information Technology
> lia sophia
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ingvaldson, Scott
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 8:04 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Bill Gates gets another blue screen in public
>
> How many people saw this story:
>
> Microsoft software caused air traffic shutdown
> Someone forgot to reboot...
>
> http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39124122,00.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Ingvaldson
> iSeries System Administrator
> GuideOne Insurance Group
>
> -----Original Message-----
> date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 07:14:57 -0800
> from: "Scheper, Glenn" <GScheper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: Bill Gates gets another blue screen in public
>
> Well, I got a T-Mobile Pocket PC: a cell phone with Windows on it.
>
> Ever so often, it forgets how to do phone things, and I have to
> push the stylus in the reset hole to make it be a phone again.
>
> Reminds me of the joke, if Windows OS were in automobiles, you'd have
> To occasionally pull over, close all the windows, turn off the engine,
> turn on the engine, open the windows, and resume your journey.
>
> Yours truly,
> Glenn Scheper
> Senior Software Engineer
> QualityLogic, Inc.
>
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