Format Online paper / PDF "The Therac-25 relied more heavily on software for safety functions and did not duplicate all of the hardware safety mechanisms and interlocks used in earlier machines." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents Source authors Nancy G. Leveson; Clark S. Turner Source year 1993 Confidence high Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF "Between June 1985 and January 1987, six known Therac-25 accidents involved massive radiation overdoses that caused deaths and serious injuries." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents Source authors Nancy G. Leveson; Clark S. Turner Source year 1993 Confidence high Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF "The Scud that the Patriot battery failed to engage struck an Army barracks and killed 28 American soldiers." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title Patriot Missile Defense: Software Problem Led to System Failure at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Source authors U.S. General Accounting Office Source year 1992 Confidence high Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF "The 1991 Patriot failure at Dhahran involved an inaccurate time calculation whose effect grew during extended operation until the system could not track the incoming Scud." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title Patriot Missile Defense: Software Problem Led to System Failure at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Source authors U.S. General Accounting Office Source year 1992 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter was lost after one team used English units while another expected metric units for a key spacecraft operation." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title Mars Climate Orbiter Team Finds Likely Cause of Loss Source authors NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Source year 1999 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "In 1997, Eric A. Barcia died after attempting a homemade bungee jump from a 70-foot railroad trestle at Lake Accotink Park." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title RESTON MAN, 22, DIES AFTER USING BUNGEE CORDS TO JUMP OFF TRESTLE Source authors Mike Allen Source year 1997 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Online paper / PDF "Cosmic-ray particles can cause errors in computer memory." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title Effect of cosmic rays on computer memories Source authors J.F. Ziegler; W.A. Lanford Source year 1979 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Web Page "Engineers were using the word bug for technical faults long before the 1947 Mark II moth incident." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title Log Book With Computer Bug Source authors Smithsonian Institution Source year 1947 Confidence high Importance low
Format Web Page "In 1947, engineers working on Harvard’s Mark II found a moth trapped in a component and taped it into the logbook as the first actual case of a bug being found." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT From Cosmic Rays to Bungee Jumps Source title Log Book With Computer Bug Source authors Smithsonian Institution Source year 1947 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Web Page "Eight Sleep introduced Backup Mode on October 22, 2025, allowing the app to control critical Pod functions directly over Bluetooth when cloud infrastructure is unavailable." View Source Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT Ever-Vigilant Jerk Source title Making the Pod outage-proof: what we built, how it works, and why it matters Source authors Editorial Source year 2025 Confidence high Importance high
