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Re:Killed by a Machine: The Therac-25 by csours on Monday August 01, 2016 @11:36AM (#12203202)
> It’s important to note that all the testing to this date had been performed slowly and carefully, as one would expect.

Ah, so if I click these angular nav-pills very quickly in series without waiting for the page to load, something unexpected might happen?

What is annoying in one context may be deadly in another.

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If the "Sentinel Event" policy had been in place at the time, perhaps these deaths would have been prevented.

A sentinel event is any event that either leads to death or serious permanent injury -OR- could have lead to death or serious permanent injury.

1. https://www.jointcommission.org/sentinel_event_policy_and_pr...

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