The meaning of fail-safe:

[hartree]

Fail-safe. It's a term we hear often. It also is misused much of the time

Comments

[animist]

Well said. We as a nation are become so technologically illiterate when it comes to how things actually work, confusing our ability to text message or play a video game with our ability to understand the world we have made for ourself.

[rowyn]

I am enlightened, thank you. The word's origins make a lot more sense in that context.

Also, just browsing around because I liked your comment in Shockwave's journal earlier today.