Top 10 Bugs

Whenever I have a stupid bug in my programming, I would console myself by saying "Well, at least I didn't kill anybody."  Not all programmers can say the same though.  Welcome to History's Worst Software Bugs page at Wired.com.

(Technically, the 1982 Soviet gas pipeline "bug" worked exactly as the designers intended, so I don't think it's a bug at all.)

I Think I Have The Fastest DVD Writer In The World,...

...unfortunately, my DVD-R blank disc only supports up to 8X speed. Click the image below to see a larger version.

The speed is precisely (2^31) - 1 = 2,147,483,647 KB/sec.

:-D