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Self-Repairing Computers
Roland Piquepaille writes "Our computers are probably 10,000 times faster than they were twenty years ago. But operating them is much more complex. You all have experienced a PC crash or the disappearance of a large Internet site. What to do to improve the situation? This Scientific American article describes a new method called recovery-oriented computing (ROC). ROC is based on four principles: speedy recovery by using what these researchers call micro-rebooting; using better tools to pinpoint problems in multicomponent systems; build an "undo" function (similar to those in word-processing programs) for large computing systems; and injecting test errors to better evaluate systems and train operators. Check this column for more details or read the long and dense original article if you want to know more."
coupled with self debugging code.
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
Is Ctrl-Alt-Del ROC too? :)
the disappearance of a large Internet site.
Yeah, I wonder what could ever bring down a large Internet site?
Ahem.
Twelve fingers or one, its how you play. ~Gattaca (Vincent)
"Last, computer scientists should develop the ability to inject test errors" Ah, so that explains those BSOD's It's not a fault, it's a feature....
Heal thy-self!
Sometimes I wish I was a plumber, then I'd know how to deal with other people's shit.
Micro-rebooting: Restart service.
Mini-rebooting: Restart Windows 98
Rebooting : Switch off/on power
Macro-rebooting: BSOD.
Mega-rebooting: BSOD--> System crash--> reload OS from Recovery CD--> Reinstall apps --> reinstall screen savers --> reinstall Service Packs --> Say your prayers --> Reboot ---> Curse --> Repeat.
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
[WARNING]
You have installed Microsoft[tm] Windows[tm]. Would you like to undo your mistake, or are you simply injecting test errors on your system ?
[Undo] [Continue testing]
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Speaking for the PHB's, this sounds very exciting. I can't wait until they have self-upgrading computers as well. No more replacing hardware every 3 years!
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Didn't IBM come out with some Magic Server Pixie Dust that did this sort of thing already, or am I mistaken?
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
My first "PC" was a PDP-11/20, with paper tape reader and linc tape storage. Anyone who tries to tell me that operating today's computers is much more complex needs to take some serious drugs.
What is more complex is what today's computers do, and increasing their reliability or making them goal oriented are both laudable goals. What will not be accomplished is making the things that these computers actually do less complex.
Don't take life too seriously; it isn't permanent.
We've had RISC, MMX, VLIW, SSI, maybe it's time for DWIM processors.
Oh yeah. My TRS-80 used to NEVER crash twenty years ago when I accessed LARGE INTERNET SITES.
I object to that article, and to the next reply.