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agumonkey
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Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Broken Aircraft software makes me wanna rethink the notion of correctness, or broaden the scope of failure and function.
jMyles
on May 2, 2015
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Right? If aircraft software is broken, but my linux desktop is supposed to be the picture of success, I'm not sure the definitions are meaningful. :-)
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And I was serious. We should study this and see why what could be described as a fault, a bug, etc ... is actually not that meaningful.
Retra
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Those are features!
icebraining
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They are meaningful within their own contexts.
agumonkey
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Exactly, it's a holistic approach, everything matters differently depending on the context. Sadly it kills my dreams of unification on the way.
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