tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post115945403530808556..comments2023-10-07T08:52:16.715-07:00Comments on The Virtual World: From Today's Word-a-DayPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1159489555253321812006-09-28T17:25:00.001-07:002006-09-28T17:25:00.001-07:00P: Hmmm . . . Scrutinize. I don't know it. I will ...P: Hmmm . . . Scrutinize. I don't know it. I will have to check it out.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1159489502767999162006-09-28T17:25:00.000-07:002006-09-28T17:25:00.000-07:00Thanks all: this sounds like a story/wordroot rich...Thanks all: this sounds like a story/wordroot rich for exploring!<BR/>"Set Phasers To Stun" OMG!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1159487486667285522006-09-28T16:51:00.000-07:002006-09-28T16:51:00.000-07:00I think theriomorph* comes from the same root--tra...I think theriomorph* comes from the same root--transformation of a human into animal form (such as lycanthropy). <BR/><BR/>(*Another weird word that my son used when trouncing me at Scrutinize--Peter, have you ever played that???? You would love it). <BR/><BR/>I've transcribed a paper (for a physics student) about the Therac-25 malfunction.Pamela Johnson Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637447850820805268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1159481047848244232006-09-28T15:04:00.000-07:002006-09-28T15:04:00.000-07:00I had to study the Therac-25 debacle for a human-c...I had to study the Therac-25 debacle for a human-computer interface class circa 1997. It's also in a book called Set Phasers To Stun. (About technology disasters.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1159471002842273902006-09-28T12:16:00.000-07:002006-09-28T12:16:00.000-07:00Peter, that is BEGGING to have a poem written abou...Peter, that is BEGGING to have a poem written about it. Flesh of the viper mixed with honey? Wild beast? Yowzah!Anne Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1159458956708794562006-09-28T08:55:00.000-07:002006-09-28T08:55:00.000-07:00Wow, you know about the Therac-25! Yes, perfect e...Wow, you know about the Therac-25! Yes, perfect example of why software testing and QA is such a big part of my practice. Radiation therapy today is now 200 times more complex than it was 20 years ago. And we now use multiple computer networks to coordinate a single treatment. Our poor physicists have daily, weekly, and monthly QA they have to do. But it is worth it for safety.C. Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270640200393742125noreply@blogger.com