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Theryq - why would they go with this name when everyone in the field knows about the Therac-25 radiation overexposure incidents?
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Exactly what I thought as soon as I learned the name.

It's like, man, how to kill a product?

No pun intended.

It could even work? But you put yourself behind such a poorly placed 8 ball when you do these things. Even among researchers, people are a little superstitious about stuff like this. It's always in the back of everyone's mind.

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