Analysis of Shirtwaist Factory Fire for Software "Sketch" .
29.6% of factory's workers were killed
circulation:
unstable fire escape
locked door
door blocked by equipment
doorway and stairway filled with flames
non-working elevator
options:
jump out window
be engulfed in flames
problem:
not enough "bandwidth" for proper evacuation
software simulation:
program where a certain amount of information has to be transmitted within a given amount of time. pieces of information begin to "die" due to low bandwidth as time runs out. the information could be a photograph that would slowly appear on a screen, the missing pixels would represent dead workers.
circulation:
unstable fire escape
locked door
door blocked by equipment
doorway and stairway filled with flames
non-working elevator
options:
jump out window
be engulfed in flames
problem:
not enough "bandwidth" for proper evacuation
software simulation:
program where a certain amount of information has to be transmitted within a given amount of time. pieces of information begin to "die" due to low bandwidth as time runs out. the information could be a photograph that would slowly appear on a screen, the missing pixels would represent dead workers.

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