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"I became operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana,
Ill., on January 12, 1997," the computer HAL declares
in Arthur C. Clarke's 1968 novel, 2001: A Space
Odyssey. Now that time has passed and many advances
have been made in computer technology between 1968
and today. Write a paper showing the similarities
and differences between HAL and the computers of
today.
Software bugs can have devastating effects, for
example the Y2K Millennium Bug. During the Persian
Gulf War, a bug prevented a Patriot missile from
firing at an incoming Iraqi Scud missile, which
crashed into an Army barracks, killing 28 people.
Another example involves Ashton-Tate company that
never recovered its reputation after shipping bug-filled
accounting software to its customers. Do some research
to find recent (within the last 5 years) examples
of major problems caused by software bugs.
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