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Re:Have you ever hurt yourself from your own code? by pjc50 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:28AM (#27300025)
The "system doesn't work with negative datum" bug allegedly hit F-16 flight control software, resulting in a plane that would flip upside down on crossing the equator.
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Re:Have you ever hurt yourself from your own code? by contriban on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:02AM (#27301084)
They are upside down down there, so it was a reasonable feature.
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Re:Have you ever hurt yourself from your own code? by SamBam on Thursday May 27, 2021 @11:45AM (#27304456)
Right, it was trying to keep them upright. Northerners' bodies aren't designed to work upside down...
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