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Discussion on: The Hawaii Missile Alert Was the Software Developer's Fault

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Please let me add that all that was discussed here is possible and probable, however, in this particular situation, a latter explanation was similar to what Pee Wee Herman said when he road and "popped wheelies" on his bicycle too fast, he flipped, flew up in the air and landed back on the seat. When his audience looked amazed he said "I meant to do that", in his Pee Wee voice. So according to The New York Times article of Jan 30th, 2018, the person who pushed the button "meant to do that". Why? He really thought there was a missile heading to Hawai'i.