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Old Nov 10, 2004 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by NorCal DC4
Eek. :eek4: They're literally sweeping the mess under the rug. Amazing they can get away with it.

Imagine the legal battle if faulty code lead to overboosting and engine failure for hundreds of rigs. Or worse yet, a system failure ending in death. :eek3:
When you're controlling a 80,000lb rig, the stakes are damned high.
Look at the NASA probe... someone did it in feet and someone did it in meters. You would think a multi million dollar project wouldn't have a simple mistake like that. Sad truth is you sometimes have to sweep it under the rug, its not worth spending extra time and money getting more robust software when the client may never encounter that problem.
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