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By: Timm

Timm — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:57:17 +0000

Daria, respectfully, the Skynet fiction has generated $1.1 billion in box office receipts, $2 billion in DVD sales, four movies, a TV series, and a permanent imprint on popular culture’s view of technology.

Because of the Terminator series, we humans realize that one day the technology we create will rise up and take control. History has proven time and again that the country or species with the greatest technological advantage dominates others, and I doubt it will be much different when computer intelligence ultimately exceeds human intelligence, by about 2040 if you believe Kurzweil.

This list is a cautionary tale of what happens when humans trust their lives to software. I would argue that Skynet represents the ultimate software disaster, where software turns on its creators to destroy humanity.

Yes, its inclusion is somewhat silly (this article is in the Humor category after all), but the serious undertone is that Skynet could eventually happen as easily as the other *real* disasters on this list, and with catastrophic results.

By: Daria Tillen

Daria Tillen — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:35:40 +0000

Timm: stop being silly. Skynet simply doesn’t fit. Your ‘arguably’ argument is a foolish one. In my fiction, I too have created monumental software disasters (among natural ones).

They have no basis in reality (and are [just like SkyNet] too unspecified to be meaningful–after all, can _anyone_ really explain how SkyNet “became self-aware”) and simply detract from the value of your list.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:28:13 +0000

A great list. Some (most) of them refreshed my memory.
I believe that the internet worm of ‘87 (mentioned by William) also deserves to be on the list (perhaps taking Skynet’s place).

Matelot’s #21:Windows Vista… is great humor – LOL.

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20 Famous Software Disasters - Part 2 : DevTopics — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:28:49 +0000

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By: Timm

Timm — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:20:09 +0000

Matelot: #21. Windows Vista… LOL!

By: Timm

Timm — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:19:22 +0000

William, the list was “Famous Disasters”. Arguably Skynet was one of the most famous disasters on this list, even though it was fictional. The question is, as Russell Crowe asked in Gladiator, “Are you not entertained?!” ;-)

By: wonglik

wonglik — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:52:39 +0000

What about M$ Windows? Milions of frustrated users and bilions spend on unreliable blue screen prone shi*ware