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Re:Girls and Software by jebblue on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:59PM (#7207205)
Ironically there was a time when a coding error could lead to physical damage to the screen, even the CPU or other electronics.

Also ironically, breaking things is not only half the fun it's maybe 75% of the learning.

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Re:Girls and Software by SamReidHughes on Sunday February 09, 2014 @10:11PM (#7208879)
Read the VLC story. That time hasn't passed.
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Re:Girls and Software by timje1 on Monday February 10, 2014 @08:44AM (#7210964)
That wasn't VLC's fault, it was Dell putting a 10w sound card with a 7w speaker. It was a hardware problem.
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Re:Girls and Software by jebblue on Monday February 10, 2014 @12:57AM (#7209398)
Good point. Guess the risk is still there, makes things more interesting.
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