If your TV crashed would you blame the TV program you were watching at the time?
People know the difference between software and content. Content should never be able to crash software.
If your TV crashed would you blame the TV program you were watching at the time?
People know the difference between software and content. Content should never be able to crash software.
I disagree with you TV example, however. If the same TV show repeatedly crashed one of the most popular TV models, consumers would blame the show.
Two characters are in a race: one to build an impervious record player, the other to design a record that - when played - sets up feedback in the record player sufficient to destroy it.
It's a stunningly simple intro to a fairly deep topic: NP completeness, input validation, etc.
I'm not positive, but I believe that it's possible for TV shows to crash TVs, which is why there are standards in that specify what kind of content you are allowed to broadcast:
I'm 99% sure that it was something invalid in the closed captioning.
people should know the difference, but they don't.