Wired's Top 10 Computer Malfunctions
http://wired.com/news/technology/bugs/0,2924,69355,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
Breakdown:
2 rocket controllers
2 radiation therapy controllers
1 act of cold war sabotage that blew up a Soviet gas line
1 hardware (Pentium floating point error)
3 network exploits
1 telephone network software
Lessons of the Day:
if you're writing embedded software for rockets or medical devices, make sure you're right.
the network is never secure.
don't trust the software you stole from the CIA.
Breakdown:
2 rocket controllers
2 radiation therapy controllers
1 act of cold war sabotage that blew up a Soviet gas line
1 hardware (Pentium floating point error)
3 network exploits
1 telephone network software
Lessons of the Day:
if you're writing embedded software for rockets or medical devices, make sure you're right.
the network is never secure.
don't trust the software you stole from the CIA.
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