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Subject: Re: ACCIDENTAL LAUNCH - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 15-Dec-83 01:24:52 EST
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ucbesvax!turner    Dec  8 11:04:00 1983

Strategic missile systems do not have a LAUNCH BUTTON to accidentally
lean against.  And TMI didn't have a MELTDOWN BUTTON to accidentally
lean against.  In referring to the possibility of accidental launch, I
tend to think of phenomena that nobody could have predicted, much less
provided a control mechanism for.  For an example of how a complex system
can do unpredictable things in response to unpredicted events, see your
last 500+ line program.
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Michael Turner (ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner)