CS501 -- The Professionalism and Ethics Page

Some of these links are web pages, some are Postscript documents.

Misc. Links

What happened to the Mars Rover Pathfinder (from comp.risks)
The rocket's red glare -- A true story of software quality
High Pressure Steam Engines and Computer software'' by Prof. Nancy Leveson.
The USENET comp.risks forum and the comp.risks archive

Neil Postman Crankiness

A lecture by Neil Postman on the value of information.
``Now this'' by Neil Postman (it's short).
On the nature of debates by Neil Postman (it's short).
The Car and the Computer by Neil Postman (it's short).

Year 2000 Stuff

Yahoo's Year2000 page
A link to year200.com, a web site devoted to the topic. Caveat lector
That cartoon I showed you
A reality check on the hype and paranoia
(Yes, it's a real bug. However, lots of people are making lots of money by fear-mongering.)
The comp.software.year-2000 USENET newsgroup

Last modification: Wed Dec 10 08:58:28 EST 1997