{groups} Re: [HPFGU-Catalogue] Slow connection

[Paul Kippes]

Well, to support your suspensions....  I just read an article about a
US software company that is being sued because its confusing software
gave out 100 times too much of the wrong radiation and killed several
patients.  The programmer is on trial for manslaughter charges.

http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1397,1544403,00.asp


--- Barry Arrowsmith <arrowsmithbt at btconnect.com> wrote:
> Sure, OK, give it a try.
> 
> Yes, I did attempt to enter with an inappropriate name (trust me to
> get 
> it wrong) but the attempts I made before that (about 5, I  think)
> it 
> never even got to the  password drop-down. All I had was a totally 
> blank page.
> 
> Dunno  why, but  this  sort of thing has been happening to me ever 
> since I can remember. For some reason any glitch in a system lies
> in 
> wait until Arrowsmith, fat and happy, tries doing something that
> others 
> have no difficulty with at all, particularly with computer systems.
> In 
> govt. depts. I'm the one whose records have got screwed up or lost
> or 
> deleted. It's depressing.
> Once I  damn near killed a patient because a computer did something
> 
> that was 'impossible'. It switched parameters on a blood gases
> machine 
> print-out. I  won''t give the  whole horror story, but if it hadn't
>  
> been for my total mistrust  of technology due  to past experiences,
> I 
> probably wouldn't  have got suspicious and cross-checked on another
> 
> piece  of equipment.
> 
> Anyway, I'll try logging on later this evening.
> A triumph of hope over experience.
> 
> Barry
> 
> 
> On 28 Apr 2004, at 05:35, kippesp wrote:
> 
> > My internet connection is dog slow right now. This hardly ever
> >  happens. But if the catalog doesn't show up, that's why.
> >
> >  Barry--I'd like to put the firewall back up on Wednesday. I
> >  probably will 12 hours from now (5-6 pm ish UK time). I think
> the
> >  reason you were having trouble before was that you were using
> your
> >  full name when attempting to log in. Now that you know what to
> >  expect, I think I'm safe in putting this back in place. In
> looking
> >  through my logs, I see nothing to indicate you'll have problems
> with
> >  added.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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