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by anamax 5385 days ago
> Even if we accept the author's position, why would we also make the assumption that this software is designed properly and bug free?

Is the software less reliable than people?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barings_Bank

Note that the recent flash crash had about as much do with computers as a significantly worse "flash crash" in the mid/early 60s.