Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: except what, is Vax addressing sane today Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 03:02:20 +0000 Organization: Rocksolid Light Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3230744"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="65wTazMNTleAJDh/pRqmKE7ADni/0wesT78+pyiDW8A"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: ac58ceb75ea22753186dae54d967fed894c3dce8 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$Co6Go26hRG8CFhK.NBmNIelTE.uGuB88szoxpf1I/VbP1cOzRGi4O Bytes: 2043 Lines: 21 On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 2:52:09 +0000, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: > On 9/23/2024 5:43 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >> Imagine if it was a design feature that, if the error light came on too >> much, it would overheat and set the machine on fire? ;) >> >> Would that encourage programmers to have fewer bugs in their >> programs ... ? In the first computer controlled aircraft, the programmers were told that 10% of them would be on the first flight. Engine start, takeoff, and flying went perfect, than as the plane neared the ground it rolled 90ยบ just 100 feet from the ground. The pilot flicked off the computer, saved the plane, and landed. Later investigation showed that the ailerons had their positions initialized while the pilot was doing his flight control maneuvers. many of the programmers came out of the plane sickened to their stomachs.