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  • Therac-25 accidents

    Here's a very interesting paper about a string of accidents involving the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine: http://www.computer.org/computer/hom...eson/index.htm

    Pretty scary what can go wrong when you've got buggy software running a high power particle accelerator.

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    Check out Nancy Leveson's site and papers for similar design errors.

    Nancy Leveson's Home Page at MIT, software safety, STAMP, system safety


    specifically for spacecraft:



    also some interesting thoughts on the Airbus aircraft controls - "the computer is always correct"



    Frank

    " Boeing- we give the pilot the last say, even if it is the pilot's last say.."

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      There is NO room for error when dealing with linacs....they taught us that on day one

      Dr. Mordrid
      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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