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Topic	fuck race conditions.
captpackrat 11/01/19 9:06:24 PM #9:	Probably one of the most infamous failures involving a race condition was the Therac-25, a radiation therapy machine. If the operator selected the wrong mode then changed it within a few seconds, it could set off a race condition in the computer that could fire the machine at 100 times the normal dose of beta radiation. Three patients died from radiation poisoning, others suffered radiation burns. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:929542169] in fuck race ... [t:78127416]...</cite> <quote>Probably one of the most infamous failures involving a race condition was the Therac-25, a radiation therapy machine. If the operator selected the wrong mode then changed it within a few seconds, it could set off a race condition in the computer that could fire the machine at 100 times the normal dose of beta radiation. Three patients died from radiation poisoning, others suffered radiation burns. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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