Hmm...I would think I know SCO's opinion of Linux just by flipping over the 2 nines at the end of the price. Introductory price indeed at biblical proportions.
The reason the computer are so lame on current space craft (shuttle or ISS) is that the electronic technology is not RAD hard like you alluded to in your last line. Since the memory is not total RAD hard they use multiple computers in parellel and poll for the right answer. Majority wins in a dispute between the computers.
Did you know that the computer on ISS are merely 386 CPU machines because of heat removal problem with faster chips and a supply of RAD hard hard CPUs. I heard in the last shuttle mission one astronaut had to reinstall Windows 98 in the middle of a flight on one of their shuttle laptops. You gotta be disappointed with Microsoft reliability in this situation.
For anyone who wants to know MIT Intrumentation Laboratory changed the name of the company to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Incorporated. We still do GN&C work for NASA and still do other projects for the goverment as a not for profit organization. To find out more about us try our web site at http://www.draper.com .
I agree totally with the subject line. I have a
Palm Pilot IIIC and a Nokia 6190 phone. In Europe
the phone has an IR port. In the US the IR port is disabled. In Europe I could have the Palm "talk" to the cell phone and surf the Internet to my hearts content. In the USA I have to buy a serial cable to connect the two in order to surf the net via the Palm. Uggg.
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Hmm...I would think I know SCO's opinion of Linux just by flipping over the 2 nines at the end of the price. Introductory price indeed at biblical proportions.
The reason the computer are so lame on current space craft (shuttle or ISS) is that the electronic technology is not RAD hard like you alluded to in your last line. Since the memory is not total RAD hard they use multiple computers in parellel and poll for the right answer. Majority wins in a dispute between the computers. Did you know that the computer on ISS are merely 386 CPU machines because of heat removal problem with faster chips and a supply of RAD hard hard CPUs. I heard in the last shuttle mission one astronaut had to reinstall Windows 98 in the middle of a flight on one of their shuttle laptops. You gotta be disappointed with Microsoft reliability in this situation.
For anyone who wants to know MIT Intrumentation Laboratory changed the name of the company to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Incorporated. We still do GN&C work for NASA and still do other projects for the goverment as a not for profit organization. To find out more about us try our web site at http://www.draper.com .
I agree totally with the subject line. I have a Palm Pilot IIIC and a Nokia 6190 phone. In Europe the phone has an IR port. In the US the IR port is disabled. In Europe I could have the Palm "talk" to the cell phone and surf the Internet to my hearts content. In the USA I have to buy a serial cable to connect the two in order to surf the net via the Palm. Uggg.