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WTH? IEEE Computer Society Expert Cites Software Failures as a Possible Cause of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

 
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WTH? IEEE Computer Society Expert Cites Software Failures as a Possible Cause of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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An offshore oil-drilling safety expert decries that software is often “an afterthought” on offshore drilling rigs and is calling for alarm system standardization.

(PRWEB) August 18, 2010 -- Software failures may have played an important role in the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, according to an offshore oil-drilling safety expert, who decries that software is often “an afterthought” and is calling for alarm system standardization.

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Re: WTH? IEEE Computer Society Expert Cites Software Failures as a Possible Cause of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
selfish bump :)
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Re: WTH? IEEE Computer Society Expert Cites Software Failures as a Possible Cause of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
If they had nothing to hide, BP should've released the mud logs back in the beginning.
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Re: WTH? IEEE Computer Society Expert Cites Software Failures as a Possible Cause of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Yet, the most important failure may be the lack of standards across the oil-drilling industry. “In the case of the Deepwater Horizon rig we’re talking about, it turned out the alarms had been turned off. Too many were going off.”

LOL WUT

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Re: WTH? IEEE Computer Society Expert Cites Software Failures as a Possible Cause of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Yet, the most important failure may be the lack of standards across the oil-drilling industry. “In the case of the Deepwater Horizon rig we’re talking about, it turned out the alarms had been turned off. Too many were going off.”
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...I don't even know what to say about that...





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