: 52 deaths in USA from Toyota runaway software

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ted Nelson <tandm () xanadu net>
> Date: April 5, 2010 9:27:16 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: Ted Nelson <tandm () xanadu net>, Brewster Kahle <brewster () archive org>, Frode Hegland <frode () hyperwords 
> net>, roger <roger () xanadu net>, Keith Henson <keith () hoverit co uk>
> Subject: 52 deaths in USA from Toyota runaway software
> Reply-To: tandm () xanadu net

> Dave-- just heard the '52' figure on BBC.
>
> This looks awfully like a software problem
>  killing our fellow citizens, roughy one per month.
>
> Confusion reigns--
>
> "Toyota has attributed the problem to sticking gas pedals and accelerators that can become jammed in floor mats, and 
> has cited no evidence of an electrical problem."
> from an article saying NASA will help, at
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125337438
>
> But
> "complaints about sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles began to rise in 2002, The Times reported last year. That's 
> when the company introduced an electronic throttle that links the driver to the engine through sensors, 
> microprocessors and wires."
> from
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota30-2010mar30,0,7651514.story
>
> Isn't it fairly obvious that the real issue is lost in
>  software interfaces along the car's digital bus?
>
> Top software guys-- black hats and white--
>  are needed for this.  It's not just a Japanese problem,
>  it's an American problem now.  
>
> Tear down some Toyotas!  Run simulations on the
>  digtal bus!
>
> Best,T 
>
>
> -- 
> Theodor Holm Nelson PhD
> Founder of computer hypertext, 1960
> Fifty years fighting for a better world
>  of rich parallel documents, visibly connected.
> .
> Visiting Professor of Electronics and Computer Science
> University of Southampton, UK.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Theodor Holm Nelson PhD
> Founder of computer hypertext, 1960
> Fifty years fighting for a better world
>  of rich parallel documents, visibly connected.
> .
> Visiting Professor of Electronics and Computer Science
> University of Southampton, UK.



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