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| '''General'''
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| * [http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/safety.html Safety-critical systems] Oxford University - this site contains information on safety-critical systems where lives may be at risk involving software and computers.
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| [http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/computer_ethics/risks/safety/medical '''Medical Safety''']
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| Let's face it, just about everything in a hospital is tied to a computer somewhere. So what happens if these machines don't produce their expected results?
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| [http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/computer_ethics/risks/safety/aviation '''Aviation and Space''']
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| What happens when you send a multi-million dollar sattelite into orbit and the program has a bug in it? How about if an Air Traffic Controller crashes 104 times in one day?
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| [http://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/risks/safety/killer_robot '''The Case of the "Killer Robot"''']
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| How would you like to be killed by the robot you're operating?
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| Other Computer-Related Accidents
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| * [http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/ Risks Digest Forum] - Forum on risks to the public in computers and related systems
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| * [http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/18.17.html#subj2 Taipei subway computer crash] The Risks Digest
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| * [http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/13.54.html#subj2 Girl killed in automatic car window] The Risks Digest
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| Case Studies
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| A list of links from The Risks Digest to different kinds of problems that can arise when computers crash or the software is not fully tested during development.
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| 1. Financial
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| * Computer Error in phone bills RD, May 1996
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| * Largest Computer Error in US Banking History: US$763.9 BILLION? RD, May 1996
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| * Roundoff Error on Detroit Edison bills RD, May 1996
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| * Rounding Errors and Grammar Checkers RD, June 1996
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| * Computer Disk Crash Causes Misprinted Ballots RD, Sept 1994
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| * Lost Canadian Crime Statistics Data RD, Sept 1993
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| * Bank Mailing Problem RD, Aug 1993
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| * Programming Errors Affect State Lottery RD, Dec 1992
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| * Pepsi promotion error blamed on computer glitch RD, June 1992
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| * Computer Scoring Glitch at Olympics RD, Aug 1992
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| 2. Engineering Events
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| * Taipei subway computer crash RD, June 1996
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| * Click *here* to Lower the Fuel Rods RD, June 1996
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| * Patriot: The Missile that Missed RD, Apr 1992
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| * Girl Killed in Automatic Car Window RD, June 1992
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| * Software Bug on TOPEX Spacecraft RD, Aug 1992
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| * Software Problems on Hubble Too RD, Sept 1992
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| * A320 engine control problem at Gatwick RD, Oct 1992
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| * Nuclear Computer Safety Fears RD, Oct 1991
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