Otis Wright
Keith Whaley wrote:
Well, I'll be danged! There WAS some validity to it. However, I don't think it was a human that entered a zero as a divisor, that caused the software problem. Warnings that a 'fatal error" was caused by an improper mathematical operation (division by zero)" are usually referring to something buggy software does, not necessarily a human.
Juey Chong Ong wrote:
There was extensive discussion on comp.risks. See some:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/19.91.html#subj7 http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/19.86.html#subj1
T Rittenhouse wrote:
Your post reminds me of that ship that went amuck when MS Windows
crashed in the auto pilot computer.
Why the Navy would use Windows in a crucial
navigation system is beyond comprehension.
Right! You'd be better off using DOS and a LOT of RAM and disk space! <bg>
keith whaley
