Eclectic Amateur

Therac-25

The Therac-25 accidents may count as the deadliest software/engineering design fiasco to date. (What? You’ve never heard of it? Neither have most people.)

For a serious treatment of what went wrong, you can read Nancy Leveson’s report or just do a Google search.

For a more warped and twisted perspective, here are the South Park kids paying a visit to a Therac-25 installation.