From: PriusScreamingToraToraTora on
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:43:30 -0700 (PDT), john <johngdole(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Electronics makers have known for decades about "single event upsets,"
>computer errors from radiation created when cosmic rays strike the
>atmosphere.
>
>With more than 3,000 complaints to U.S. regulators of random sudden
>acceleration problems in Toyota models, several researchers say single
>event upsets deserve a close look.
>
>The phenomenon can trigger software crashes that come and go without a
>trace. Unlike interference from radio waves, there's no way to
>physically block particles; such errors typically have to be prevented
>by a combination of software and hardware design."
>
>And an anonymous tipster told NHTSA last month that "the automotive
>industry has yet to truly anticipate SEUs."


LOL. So NOW it's Elvis hitching a ride in the Big Gray Lizard Alien's
Spaceship that's to blame. All those tinhat wearing Republicans are
gonna go nuts!!! And I figured it was some Jap on a deserted island
pushing bamboo under the keyboard of an Apple that got washed over.
Hey, maybe I'll see THAT on "Lost" next week!!!
From: chuckcar on
"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com> wrote in
news:c0d9e344-c5aa-4ecc-9cd9-4f550c585088(a)k4g2000prb.googlegroups.com:

>
>
> john wrote:
>>
>> Electronics makers have known for decades about "single event
>> upsets," computer errors from radiation created when cosmic rays
>> strike the atmosphere.
>>
>> With more than 3,000 complaints to U.S. regulators of random sudden
>> acceleration problems in Toyota models, several researchers say
>> single event upsets deserve a close look.
>
> So why have cosmic rays affected Toyotas more than GM vehicles, which
> have had 90% fewer reports of unintended acceleration?

Because they break down for oh so many *other* reasons?




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