And people wonder why I don't want to develop software for mission critical applications:
The Patriot Missile Failure
Also see for other examples of floating point mishaps:
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/introcs/91float/
I am currently an associate professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. I started this blog back when I was a student going for my PhD. It quickly turned out to be a place to post articles related to my field that I thought would be of interest to students and faculty, particularly those interested higher education in computer science. I also share some personal reflections of my life pursuits.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
The Misinformation Age - CBS News, January 3, 2006
See the article titled Misinformation Age. Draw your own conclusions.
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