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In-Flight Reboot?

Posted by michael on from the no-problems-until-you-have-to-fsck dept.

steelem writes "The Washington Post is running a story about how the F-22 Raptor's software requires in-flight reboots. Apparently the 2 million line software project is 93% done. Knowing most projects I've been on, it'll stay that way for another few years."

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  1. DUPE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    DUPE!

  2. TOASTER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    toaster,toaster toaser, do you have toast in you yet i think
    so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im not a toaster!!!!!!!!!!And one more
    thing........YOUR A TOASER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND A COOKIE WITH MILK SOAGE
    MILK!!!!!!!!!!AND A BUTT WITH POOP IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Re:Hah by B3ryllium · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, it has nothing to do with Microsoft. I just thought the mental image would be amusing. Sorry it didn't tickle you pink.

    Maybe this picture of (what may be) Steve Ballmer will entertain you more.

    Oh, wait, just clicked it in the preview. It appears that they've replaced the goatse picture with a teletubbie orgy.

  4. Re:LinuxBIOS in flight computers by moosesocks · · Score: 0, Troll

    Even better than software that never crashes is no software at all.

    Why use software when a simple mechanical device will suffice?

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  5. kill! kill! kill! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    From the article:
    "...the F/A-22 is the absolute most-awesome killing machine I have ever, ever flown."
    "This is the 'let's go kill people' software."
    "...use the information you have in the cockpit to go and kill somebody..."

    Don't get me wrong, I'm all for having a great military and defending freedom and whatnot... But is it any wonder that other countries see Americans as barbaric imperialist bringers of doom?

  6. Yeah. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You couldn't even develop a bug-free two-line comment.

    -to
    +too

  7. Apparently... by twoslice · · Score: 0, Troll

    The backend is running a "light" version of the Micro$haft "Jet" database which apparently is 93% complete.

    It is interesting that the Micro$haft "Jet" database that ships with Windoze has 4 million lines of code and is 93% incomplete...

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    From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
  8. You get what you pay for by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Just like that aircraft carrier that the navy had that had to be towed back to dock becauze it was running on Windows NT and crashed.

    And N.A.S.A. lost one of their mars rockets because the guidance system was running MAC OS and crashed.

    If they had used FREE Linux this would not have happened!!!

  9. Re:Yes, my young skywalker... by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Troll
    Most people who post crap like this base their unfunny shit on the last time they installed or use Windows - normally 1995 or 96.

    But I can't fault the crackhead mods on this one - it combines Star Wars and "M$" bashing. Very shiny beads indeed - for loser geeks who like to play god on Slashbork from their parents' basement in Wisconsin.

    OK, rant over.

  10. Re: Fault-tolerant/robust system engineering by Black+Parrot · · Score: 0, Troll


    > I was reading somewhere (possibly Scientific American) about the building of systems (computer software or robots) which can tolerate a restart or failureof one or more of them and keep working.

    Yes, and I seriously considered writing a letter to the editors suggesting that 99.999% of the goals of that research could be met simply by switching from Windows to Linux. I wish I had written it; I don't object to research into fault tolerant systems, but I do object to the idea that reliability is something you graft onto a system as an afterthought.

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade