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} The trouble with law cases like these is that there are no precedents.
} Fortunately since I am ominipotent, I can give you a consequent.
}
} >Scene: The Old Bailey, London, June 1998.
} >
} >Judge: Will the counsel for the prosecution call the first witness.
} >
} >Counsel for the Prosecution (CP): I call upon Dr Evan Braithwaite.
} >
} >(pause while witness takes the stand)
} >
} >CP: Dr Braithwaite. Were you using the Expert System, supplied by
} >InterFact LTD at the time the patient died?
} >
} >DB: Yes.
} >
} >CP: And, do you feel that the Expert System was in any way responsible
} >for the death of the patient?
} >
} >DB: I have no doubt of that.
} >
} >CP: And, would you say, that had the Expert System not been installed,
} >that the patient would still be alive today?
} >
} >DB: Yes, the patient would be alive today.
} >
} >CP: Thank you Dr Braithwaite. That is all.
} >
} >Judge: The counsel for the defense will now call their first witness.
} >
} >Counsel for the defense: The defense also wishes to call Dr
} >Braithwaite.
} >
} >CP: OBJECTION your honour. The defense is calling a witness who has
} >nothing to do with their case.
} >
} >Judge: Objection overruled. Dr Braithwaite will now take the stand.
} >
} >CP: OBJECTION YOUR HONOUR. For the defense to call Dr Braithwaite to
} >the stand is unnacceptable for a man of Dr Braithwaite's professional
} >standing.
} >
} >Judge: Overruled. Dr Braithwaite will now take the stand and the
} >Counsel for the Prosecution will cease and desist from these
} >objections.
} >
} >CP: OBJECTION YOUR HONOUR. Dr Braithwaite is of a delicate
} >constitution and should not take the stand under any circumstances
} >where he might be aggressively questioned.
} >
} >Judge: OVERRULED COUNSEL.
} >
} >CP: OBJECTION YOUR HONOUR.
} >
} >Judge: The counsel for the prosecution is now in contempt of court and
} >will..
} >
} >CP: OBJECTION YOUR ....
} >
} >Judge: The counsel for the prosecution is in contempt of court.
} >Baliffs! Remove the counsel for the prosecution from the court.
} >
} >(two burly baliffs drag the counsel for the prosecution from the
} >court)
} >
} >Judge: Dr Braithwaite will now take the stand.
} >
} >Counsel for the defense: Dr Braithwaite. Were you present at the time
} >the patient died?
} >
} >DB: Yes.
} >
} >CD: What specific injuries were the cause of death?
} >
} >DB: Fracture of the skull and intrusion into the cerebral region.
} >
} >CD: And, the Expert System was the cause of death?
} >
} >DB: Yes.
} >
} >CD: (sighs) Dr Braithwaite, were you using the Expert System at the
} >time the patient sustained these injuries?
} >
} >DB: Yes.
} >
} >CD: And how were you using the computer at that time?
} >
} >DB: Well, I had my hands on it....
} >
} >CD: And?
} >
} >DB: ... and I was, well, using the computer.
} >
} >CD: Dr Braithwaite. Had you or had you not raised the computer above
} >your head?
} >
} >DB: Erm, yes, but ....
} >
} >CD: And, Dr Braithwaite, did you or did you not then bring the
} >computer down on the patient's head with considerable force?
} >
} >DB: Well, I might have done.
} >
} >CD: Dr Braithwaite?
} >
} >DB: Well, ok then, yes I did.
} >
} >CD: No more questions, your honour.
}
} You owe the Oracle a fix for the "smash the computer into the patient's
} head" bug.
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