(Fwd) [IP] MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car

This is a glimmer of the future, and the source of my rant for wanting
software "engineers" (now they call themselves developers) to go through
stringent licensing, just like real engineers and architects.

We've already seen how a BSOD shutdown a Navy ship's propulsion system. =

If this were in battle, the results would be horrific.

How long will it be before faulty software kills people?

George
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AZ Pete wrote:
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> Thought you guys would like this humorous (albeit worrisome) article.
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> Peter
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> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger@ibd.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:31:11 -0700
> To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>, Dave Farber <dave@farber=
=2Enet>
> Subject: MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car
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> Crashed Computer Traps Thai Politician
> Updated 14 May 2003
> http://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2003/n051301.shtml
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> Thailand's Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha had to be rescued today =
from
> inside his expensive BMW limousine after the onboard computer crashed,
> leaving the vehicle immobilized.
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> Once the computer failed, neither the door locks, power windows nor air=

> conditioning systems would function, leaving the Minister and his drive=
r
> trapped inside the rapidly heating vehicle.
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> Despite the pair's best efforts, it took a full ten minutes before they=
were
> able to summon the attention of a nearby guard who freed the two men by=

> smashing one of the vehicle's windows with a sledgehammer.
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> A report (http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/13May2003_biz12.html)
> published in the Bangkok Post indicates that the vehicle was Mr Jaovisi=
dha's
> own BMW 520 which was being used while his state-supplied Mercedes, was=

> being repaired.
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> BMW's more up-market 7-series range uses a computer system called i-dri=
ve
> which has Microsoft's WindowsCE at its core
> (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Mar02/03-04BMWpr.asp).
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> Did Mr Jaovisidha narrowly miss being killed by the blue windscreen of
> death?
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