I knew there's redundancy....

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Jacob Samorodin — 1/22/2004 9:54:35 PM (archived)

... built into both software and hardware.

But I am puzzled as to what event could cause
even redundant systems [both software and hardware]
to all go off-line together?
I think we can agree that it's too early to be definitive.

Jacob

"We choose to go to the moon, and do those OTHER THINGS, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
John F. Kennedy

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Damn it! Lost communication with Spirit (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/22/2004 5:34:42 PM
- Careful about the wording... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 7:25:29 PM
- Last photo downloaded... ;) - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 6:54:58 PM
  - We can begin a junk yard here. (n/t) - Nick - 1/23/2004 5:14:40 AM
  - Ha ha ha ha!...Good one, Tom. And it's name is Bruce. ;-)> (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 7:07:49 PM
    - but, but, but..... - Tony - 1/22/2004 8:08:46 PM
      - re: but, but, but..... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 8:10:20 PM
        
        Hmm. Are we sufficiently off-topic yet? :-D - Tony - 1/22/2004 8:51:25 PM
        
        re: Hmm. Are we sufficiently off-topic yet? :-D - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 9:44:27 PM
        
        re: Hmm. Are we sufficiently off-topic yet? :-D - SDG - 1/23/2004 1:09:57 AM
        
        Close, but maybe no cigar - Tony - 1/23/2004 1:52:05 PM
- Some good news. - dlp_79 - 1/22/2004 5:47:25 PM
  - Martian computer virus - Buck Galaxy - 1/22/2004 6:21:53 PM
    - Would an extremely energetic 'cosmic-ray' particle scramble the software? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 6:51:55 PM
      - Single Event Upsets (SEUs) - Larry J - 1/22/2004 9:00:23 PM
        
        I knew there's redundancy.... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 9:54:35 PM
        
        Most of the hardware is controlled by software... - Larry J - 1/23/2004 2:44:15 AM
  - leads to a question... - McFly - 1/22/2004 6:14:42 PM
  - re: Some good news. - dlp_79 - 1/22/2004 5:50:35 PM
- re: It is indeed serious (n/t) - Raoul - 1/22/2004 5:37:52 PM
  - failure or setback, watch the conspiracy theorists come out of the woodwork. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2004 6:54:01 PM

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