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From: simon@simon_pc.UUCP (Simon Shapiro)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Computer Horror Stories
Message-ID: <144@simon_pc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 01:51:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 01:51:57 1986
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Summary: Re. Computer Horror Stories...(that EXPLODE)

Blowing a fuse reminds me a story about the old Hawk anti-aircraft guided
missile:  An Israely Air-Force engineer found that if a certain resistor
in a missile's "computerized" guidence system was shorted and the operator
of the main control pressed the "indicator light test" button, the entire
battery (three rockets?) will be fired, aimed at [your guess is as good
as anyone else's].  They tried it, it worked!