Set Phasers on Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error
ISBN: 9780963617880
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blobbers
· 2019-10-28
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https://amazon.com/Set-Phasers-Stun-Design-Technology/dp/096...
This book covers Business in Bhopal as well as a variety of other design related disasters (Therac-25) etc.
Not a bad read.
blobbers
· 2016-08-01
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This story was covered in the book 'Set Phasers On Stun' (https://www.amazon.com/Set-Phasers-Stun-Design-Technology/dp...). It was required reading in our Introduction to Engineering class in first year.
As an engineering student it was meant to imprint one thing upon us, but talk about a dark introduction to the word 'responsibility'...
rbanffy
· 2014-09-10
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http://www.amazon.com/Set-Phasers-Stun-Design-Technology/dp/... has many stories about user interfaces, bugs and their occasional lethality.
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