RE: ??? (was RE: A simple guy with a simple problem)

[Danny Ayers <danny@panlanka.net>]

I thought NASA had it pretty well sussed with the computers on the shuttle
(this might be apocryphal) - 3 systems running, if two agree then that's
your answer. But then of course there was that business about metric and
imperial units on the way to Mars...

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Danny Ayers
http://www.isacat.net

<- -----Original Message-----
<- From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@ingr.com]
<- Sent: 15 March 2001 21:38
<- To: John Cowan; Richard Tobin
<- Cc: xml-dev@xml.org
<- Subject: RE: ??? (was RE: A simple guy with a simple problem)
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<-
<- So now the guy can go to lunch during the
<- downtime and almost make it back.
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<- The trick is failover.  The problem of
<- attacking an unrealistic requirement
<- with a simple solution is cost:  what
<- solution makes it realistic.  Like many
<- out of the box solutions, you have
<- to redefine the requirement.  No one
<- system typically leaves you with one free
<- lunch.  Two might.
<-
<- Len
<- http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard
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<- Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
<- Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h
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<-
<- -----Original Message-----
<- From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@mercury.ccil.org]
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<- Richard Tobin scripsit:
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<- > 0.01% of a year is 3,000 seconds, not 30.
<-
<- Oops.  Musta misread the % sign or something.
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<- Ignore previous flames.
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<- Unless somebody promises you 99.9999% reliability, in which case beware.
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