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echo: science
to: Paul Rogers
from: Michiel van der Vlist
date: 2003-02-14 16:27:10
subject: Not again!

Hi Paul,

 MvV>> And the Ariane V that crashed because its software that was
 MvV>> taken from the lighter Ariane IV had a Y2K like overflow in
 MvV>> a critical parameter?

 PR> I used to be a member of ACM's SigSOFT

ACM?

 PR> and received Peter Neuman's "Risks to the Public" in the news-
 PR> letter.  The F16 fly-by-wire had more than a few spectacular bugs.

The F16 allegedly flipped on its back when crossing the equator on
autopilot. Was that a real bug or urban legend?

Cheers, Michiel

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