Can anyone tell me why any embedded system would have software dependent on a
critical date -- something that would cause a missile to target Moscow by
itself, or a fly-by-wire plane to loop-the-loop, or a microwave oven to
overcook the turkey on Xmas day?
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Stewart Fist - technical writer and columnist
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