Worst bugs

From slashdot comes this Wired article on history's 10 worst software bugs.

Filkers may recall that I have some interest in this subject.

Pipers' progress: passed

The pipes have passed inspection (no surprise -- these guys do one a day, five days a week) and the patch crew comes to fix the walls tomorrow. It occurs to me that we should have waited to have the outside of the house repainted. Well, there's enough paint left over to paint over the cracks, and more if necessary. The inside work is, conveniently, all behind shelves, so if it's a little messy it won't show.

I need a basin wrench for the kitchen and vanity faucets; I know I have one, but it's gone missing somewhere.

Torque

A basin wrench is a tool consisting of a shaft with a thing like a lobster claw on one end and a T-handle on the other end. They come in two flavors: one with a round shaft and the other with a square, telescoping shaft. The latter, with a pair of twelve-inch pipe wrenches clamped onto it to make a bigger handle, can be extremely, um, persuasive when dealing with 75-year-old tub fixtures.

I find it interesting that "torque" and "torture" come from the same Latin root. Fortunately the Geneva Convention does not apply to plumbing.