[ale] semi [OT] running a robot with linux

[Ron Frazier]

Hopefully, those computers are powerful ENOUGH.  I think the space
shuttle's original computers were similarly tiny.  Sometimes, more
complexity breeds more problems.

Ron

On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 21:05 -0500, Jim Lynch wrote:
> On 01/23/2011 05:01 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > I know what you're saying.  Rock solid is very important.  It's just
> > that, for the home automation touch pad screen I was considering
> > building (never did), I needed WiFi G or possibly N.  The standard specs
> > didn't cut it.
> >
> > It's also amazing how long some of the older technology remains in use.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Ron
> You don't know the half of it.  I worked for a company that built 
> nuclear power generators back in the '70s.  At that time the NRC had 
> rules that said what you design is what you build and it took 12-13 
> years from design freeze to delivery.  Guess what the computer systems 
> that controlled the reactors looked like by then?  My watch is more 
> powerful.  It's scary.
> 
> Jim.

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