Er, have you ever used a computer system, or written a computer program?
Their position was that you don’t need to check the calculations, don’t need to show why it produced the results it did, you just assume it’s always correct. I work in the finance industry myself and have supported financial applications in banks and exchanges and the way these cases were handled is unbelievable. We’d never make assumptions about our systems like this, it was grossly negligent and incompetent and the courts need very clear guidance on how to do better.
"In any proceedings, a statement in a
document produced by a computer shall not be
admissible as evidence of any fact stated
therein unless it is shown.
That at all material times the computer
was operating properly, or if not, that any
respect in which it was not operating
properly or was out of operation was not
such as to affect the production of the
document or the accuracy of its contents."
they have now changed the position to
"in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the courts will presume that mechanical instruments were in order at the material time... The principle has been applied to such devices as speedometers and traffic lights and in the consultation paper we saw no reason why it should not apply to computers."
I have no earthly idea, where the assumption about not checking calculations, or "don’t need to show why it produced the results it did." comes from or how you arrived at that conclusion.
your logical seems as daft as asking if I've ever used a computer system, on a computer system.
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Er, have you ever used a computer system, or written a computer program?
Their position was that you don’t need to check the calculations, don’t need to show why it produced the results it did, you just assume it’s always correct. I work in the finance industry myself and have supported financial applications in banks and exchanges and the way these cases were handled is unbelievable. We’d never make assumptions about our systems like this, it was grossly negligent and incompetent and the courts need very clear guidance on how to do better.
The Previously the legal position was
"In any proceedings, a statement in a document produced by a computer shall not be admissible as evidence of any fact stated therein unless it is shown. That at all material times the computer was operating properly, or if not, that any respect in which it was not operating properly or was out of operation was not such as to affect the production of the document or the accuracy of its contents."
they have now changed the position to
"in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the courts will presume that mechanical instruments were in order at the material time... The principle has been applied to such devices as speedometers and traffic lights and in the consultation paper we saw no reason why it should not apply to computers."
I have no earthly idea, where the assumption about not checking calculations, or "don’t need to show why it produced the results it did." comes from or how you arrived at that conclusion.
your logical seems as daft as asking if I've ever used a computer system, on a computer system.