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Re:Android: Worst. Bug. Ever. by Allocator2008 on Saturday November 08, 2008 @08:59AM (#357555)
The worst bug ever is the arithmetic mistake made by a programmer of a FORTRAN program which crashed a probe to Venus. Millions of dollars down the drain just like that, and just a simple programming error.
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Re:Android: Worst. Bug. Ever. by EliAndrewC on Saturday November 08, 2008 @11:18AM (#357606)
That may be the most costly bug ever in terms of money, but there have also been a (small) number of human fatalities resulting from software bugs. Those are arguably much worse than the Venus probe.
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Re:Android: Worst. Bug. Ever. by ropiku on Saturday November 08, 2008 @05:19PM (#357879)
Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25, that caused more damage then erasing a phone.
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