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From: PriusScreamingToraToraTora on 29 Mar 2010 16:34 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 31 Mar 2010 12:41
"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? -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) ) |