Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "A Brief History of: The killer Therac-25 Radiotherapy machine (Short Documentary)" video.

  1. Anyone else notice the computer display saying "kill all humans" at 2:25?
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  2. 6:37 - That should be 10 MeV, not 10 meV (a difference of six orders of magnitude).
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  3. 1:14 - In fairness, relying on computers for safety-critical operations has also led to some deadly results in much-more-recent circumstances.
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  4. Hey, the machine successfully killed the cancer! (Along with the rest of the patient, but that's just a minor detail...)
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