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anonymarstoday at 3:19 PM0 repliesview on HN

> "One [software fault] was when the operator incorrectly selected X-ray mode then in 8 seconds quickly changing to electron mode, which allowed the electron beam to be set for X-ray mode without the X-ray target being in place"

Therac-25 is an important software-development case study but a torturous stretch of "Using a computer wrong"