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CAOS Forums => News and Commentary => Topic started by: Jerry on 2003-04-01T09:49:19-06:00 (Tuesday)

Title: Software Bug May Cause Missile Errors
Post by: Jerry on 2003-04-01T09:49:19-06:00 (Tuesday)
QuoteU.S. Central Command said that the U.S. military is investigating the possibility that a software problem in the Patriot missile defense system may be responsible for targeting two friendly aircraft

QuoteA Washington Post story on Tuesday quoted unnamed Pentagon officials saying that the cause of the incidents was "obviously a software glitch."

Full story can be found at Software Bug May Cause Missile Errors (http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,110035,00.asp)
Title: Re: Software Bug May Cause Missile Errors
Post by: Stiffler on 2003-04-04T12:13:46-06:00 (Friday)
I wonder if the school will mind if I build a bomb shelter ouside my Res Hall?!? :-P Of course, it would get flooded, because they built Bluff Hall in a hole, so the sidewalks became flooded evertime it rains.

Jon