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To: Scutter

I was wondering why they didn’t have an internet connection as a backup so they could get radar when their radar was broken.

I thought it was funny right at the end, when they put the computer back in the truck, it still didn’t work, and they were saying something like “why did it work in his shop, but not in the truck”.

Then it turned out it was a bad monitor? I didnt’ quite catch that, but that’s what my daughter said. Something stupid, like every breakdown they have.

Did they get some public grant money for all of their equipment? They just remind me of a team of people who are better at getting people to give them money for equipment than in actually accomplishing anything.


16 posted on 11/17/2008 8:58:17 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT
They said it was a bad monitor cable. I saw the boot errors they were getting on their screen, and so by definition the monitor cable was working. I can't see how this would prevent the computer from booting anyway. What they need to do is replace those computers with something that is resistant to vibration. Soldered components or vibration resistant connectors, flash-based hard drives instead of traditional spinning disk, etc. I can't believe the cost of that would be more than the cost of the wasted time due to the constant outages of their current setup.

The TVN guys work entirely off a (cellular) Internet connection. And from what I can see they have a much better success rate than Josh and his squadron of pansies. If I were the IMAX guy, I would ditch Josh and hook up with the TVN guys.

21 posted on 11/17/2008 9:09:11 AM PST by Scutter
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