The Seductive Computer: Why IT Systems Always Fail

Preface.- 1. Introduction.- I The Joy Of Programming.- 2. The Happy Hacker: Love At First Byte.- 3. The Reluctant Programmer.- 4. Cooking Up Programs.- 5. Recipes For What?.- 6. Programs: The Good, The Bad And The Verified.- 7. Going To Ground With Symbols.- 8. Hooptedoodle 1 - The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Science.- 9. The Soft Machine.- 10. Computers Only Do What You Tell Them To Do.- 11. Hooptedoodle 2 - Recursing Through Tescos.- II The Way Of The Seducer.- 12. Intimate Relationships Of The Computational Kind.- 13. Programming With Flair.- 14. Hooptedoodle 3. The Seductive Gene.- 15. Runaway Programs - Dr Frankenstein's Predicament.- 16. Sneakaway Programs - Everybody's Predicament.- 17. Hooptedoodle 4 - Bases For Data Security.- 18. The Roles Of Software In Society.- III Pieces Of Resistance.- 19. Help From Within.- 20. A Moderately Stupid Assistant.- 21. Watching Programs Work - Support For Voyeurism.- 22. Classical Reconditioning: Doing What Happens Naturally.- 23. A Computer That Knows When It's Wrong.- IV The End Of The Affair.- 24. Analysis & Counselling.- 25.Epilogic