An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents -- Part III Nancy Leveson‚ University of Washington Clark S. Turner‚ University of California‚ Irvine Reprinted with permission‚ IEEE Computer‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 7‚ July 1993‚ pp. 18-41. Recall that the Tyler error occurred when the operator made an entry indicating the mode/energy‚ went to the command line‚ then moved the cursor up to change the mode/energy‚ and returned to the command line all within 8 seconds. Since the magnet setting takes about 8 seconds
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People kill people.” This is a phrase that has been used carelessly over the years. Gun accidents are continuously increasing‚ and innocent children are the ones who are suffering from this carelessness. What happens when those guns lie in the hands of our children? Parents lose children‚ grandparents lose grandchildren‚ and siblings lose a brother or a sister. Every nine hours a child‚ under the age of fifteen‚ dies from a firearm accident. What could be done to ensure that tragedies like this
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As humans‚ we tend to suffer from some sort of flaw in our character that cripples us from being able to have a successful life‚ this flaw could lead people to make disastrous decisions that can lead to unfortunate outcomes. Two examples of such can be found in the characters Laura and Connie from the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and “Where Have You Going‚ Where Are You Been?” by Carol Oates respectively. By psychoanalyzing both Laura and Connie‚ it becomes evident‚ through actions
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Parent-Child relationship in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates and in In the Gloaming‚ written by Alice Elliott Dark are two different demonstrations of relationships that parents and children have with one another. In Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been the Parent-Child Relationship was strained and distant in In the Gloaming‚ the Parent-Child Relationship was close and open. In Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going? Connie and her mother were always
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? Stephanie Bumpase AIU Where are you going‚ Where have you been? The character Connie in the story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” was a young 15yr old girl in a small town. She was beautiful and knew that she was beautiful. A flat character is a character that stays the same throughout a story (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010) and a round character is the opposite of flat in which the character changes significantly (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010)
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The short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a tale about a teenage girl making the journey from her known world into something she has never experienced before. The main character lives the normal teenage life listening to the latest music and going out with her friends to the mall. “They must have been familiar sights‚ walking around the shopping plaza in their shorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk” (753). One night with her
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Be Careful What You Wish For Anything that is too much is harmful. The main character in "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" Connie‚ faces the end conclusion of her shallow ways when she is approached by evil in human form. She had an excess of self-confidence. This self-confidence leads to a false sense of security and bad reputation. Connie also had a large amount of bad choices. She would do her best to impress boys with her looks; eventually she impressed the wrong guy. This
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Was America justified in dropping the horrific atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Should the bombs have been used? The answer to that is undoubtedly clear: no. The bombs did more harm than good. The US had conducted “the world’s most devastating military mission”1‚ effects of which are still evident today. World War II was primarily caused by Germany‚ Italy and Japan‚ influenced by fascist revolutions. While Germany and Italy dealt with matters in Europe‚ Japan had plunged itself in a Pacific
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It was a wet afternoon. Tom and Sam had arranged to meet up for a basketball game at the nearby basketball court. When they reached the basketball court‚ they were dismayed to find that the basketball court was still wet from the early morning downpour. Initially‚ Sam advised Tom not to play on the wet ground as it was slippery. Tom exclaimed‚ “Don’t worry! Nothing will happen.” Sam then agreed reluctantly. They were playing merrily and were clearly in high spirits. At a time when Sam was about
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regarded as that there is something special about it and its methods. But what is so special about science and what is the basis of this authority? It is simply not possible to give a neat definition‚ which will separate all the things that have ever been called ‘science’. Science is a phenomenon that has developed through the ages. Science’s most distinguishing feature is that it is an empirical enterprise about the real world of sensation. Science attempts to understand this empirical world
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