The Coming Software Apocalypse

[araomd]

There were six hours during the night of April 10, 2014, when the entire population of Washington State had no 911 service. People who called for help got a busy signal. One Seattle woman dialed 911 at least 37 times while a stranger was trying to break into her house. When he finally crawled into her living room through a window, she picked up a kitchen knife. The man fled.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technol...ntic-daily-092617&silverid=MzEwMTkwMDgxMjE1S0

 

[kuduman]

Article neglects to mention that the corporate gutting of software qa departments is largely to blame. At least for non life-threatening products like consumer electronics.

Something I am all too familiar with.

 

[StuP]

Y2K, panic in the streets.

 

[MaconGuns]

Didnt this happen in 1999-2000?