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Cruise stage separation failure explains what we've seen. The DS2 probes, intended to impact and penetrate the surface, also failed to communicate to Mars Orbiter. What could cause both the Lander and both DS2s to fail?
After the last communication with the craft, it was supposed to rotate for reentry, and the cruise stage (carrying the interplanetary solar array and thrusters) would separate from the Lander. The DS2 probes were on the cruise stage.
If the cruise stage did not separate, the DS2 probes and the Lander were destroyed. Single point of failure, whatever the reason for the failure. It explains why the Lander and the two DS2 probes failed.
A manned landing is different from a probe landing because a human pilot will pick the actual landing point. You'll recall that Apollo 11 was heading toward assorted rocks until Neil Armstrong moved the ship over a little.
Well, perhaps a human pilot won't pick the actual landing point if we use the bounce-around-the-landscape-on-balloons technique on manned landings. I rather doubt that we'll choose that method.
Hmm. Supercircuits also has a VR headset. VROS-1 has twin LCD displays and stereo sound. $600. Composite video or S-Video, no VGA. No mention of LCD resolution.
The only problem I've had with Perl is that when I started learning it there was no starting point. "Ten Most Used Perl Phrases" is needed as a starting point, but I couldn't find it. I had to resort to translating a few simple awk and sed scripts to see what the equivalents were.
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Measure the uptime in terms of processor speed, so having a faster processor so you can reboot faster is less of an advantage...
Your company requires you to work at home (part or full time). Is this different from being given a choice?
Your home is a tent on your share of great-grandfather's old farm site, as you've chosen to reduce home expenses. The office is a better work environment. How much should the employer pay to improve your home work environment?
Your home lathe keeps blowing a fuse and interfering with your work.
Yeah. I'm just lucky that Wilcoxon is not a common enough name for Wilcoxon.Org to have been grabbed before I got it.
But then who's going to be the judge of whether a "family organization" was really created for the family or not? Some families have very active groups, while others just have someone who organizes a family reunion every ten years. Hard to separate a "real" family organization from a simulation.
At least I'm not a McDonald and all the name complications that could have.
Yes, year2000.com has lost most of its value for Y2K Bug issues. But maybe the buyer has a really nifty calendar business or a company called "Year 2000" which is worth a lot. We don't know...but we know where to look soon to find out.
A while ago, a friend on the net said that a friend of theirs had died. They recounted the tale, which was awful.
Many urban legends are passed around by being told as if it happened to a friend, or to a friend-of-a-friend. The proper label for many stories is "Uh..We Don't Know That".
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the Y2037 bug in Unix has me worried. In 37 years, there won't be very many people left that really understand the fundamental architectures of today's machine
Just as the people today don't understand the architectures of 25 years ago, when Unix was created?
On a Unix file system, "/." also means "the directory which is the current directory within the root directory". Or "When at The Beginning, You Are Here."
No, Blue Screen of Death is not trademarked. [For a product you want a trademark, not copyright -- you copyright the label which you print, although it likely will have your trade mark printed on it also.] I see "Death" is not a popular word in trademarks.
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Cruise stage separation failure explains what we've seen. The DS2 probes, intended to impact and penetrate the surface, also failed to communicate to Mars Orbiter. What could cause both the Lander and both DS2s to fail?
After the last communication with the craft, it was supposed to rotate for reentry, and the cruise stage (carrying the interplanetary solar array and thrusters) would separate from the Lander. The DS2 probes were on the cruise stage.
If the cruise stage did not separate, the DS2 probes and the Lander were destroyed. Single point of failure, whatever the reason for the failure. It explains why the Lander and the two DS2 probes failed.
Well, perhaps a human pilot won't pick the actual landing point if we use the bounce-around-the-landscape-on-balloons technique on manned landings. I rather doubt that we'll choose that method.
If you read the book, you'll see that the microwave transmission of power down to Earth was described in quite a bit of detail.
Yes, "Learning Perl" was the best starting point for me. The Cookbook appeared later...but is better once one already has an introduction.
Hmm. Supercircuits also has a VR headset. VROS-1 has twin LCD displays and stereo sound. $600. Composite video or S-Video, no VGA. No mention of LCD resolution.
The only problem I've had with Perl is that when I started learning it there was no starting point. "Ten Most Used Perl Phrases" is needed as a starting point, but I couldn't find it. I had to resort to translating a few simple awk and sed scripts to see what the equivalents were.
Measure the uptime in terms of processor speed, so having a faster processor so you can reboot faster is less of an advantage...
You've got soap in the head.
You've go soap in the head.
But then who's going to be the judge of whether a "family organization" was really created for the family or not? Some families have very active groups, while others just have someone who organizes a family reunion every ten years. Hard to separate a "real" family organization from a simulation.
At least I'm not a McDonald and all the name complications that could have.
Yes, year2000.com has lost most of its value for Y2K Bug issues. But maybe the buyer has a really nifty calendar business or a company called "Year 2000" which is worth a lot. We don't know...but we know where to look soon to find out.
Your review seems to be infected with Microsoft proprietary characters.
Is that the Rochester that's in the same state as Springfield?
No. Gambia Y2K OK. Gambia's Y2K group says your source is wrong.
At least he had the sense to run the web server on Unix. Not that it will matter if he doesn't get traffic.
Nope, as I don't have Text::Clever installed.
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On a Unix file system, "/." also means "the directory which is the current directory within the root directory". Or "When at The Beginning, You Are Here."
I prefer ignoring the calendar for version numbers, and eagerly wait for the end of testing and appearance of:
No, Blue Screen of Death is not trademarked. [For a product you want a trademark, not copyright -- you copyright the label which you print, although it likely will have your trade mark printed on it also.] I see "Death" is not a popular word in trademarks.