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1 posted on 09/03/2004 7:13:37 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Cool! Maybe they'll use Darwin/BSD UNIX for the base operating system.

2 posted on 09/03/2004 7:15:31 PM PDT by coconutt2000

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One of the Russian probes to Mars tried this. They had 3 CPUs, and 2 of them had to vote "yes" in order for any action to be taken. Unfortunately, 2 of them malfunctioned leaving only 1 working CPU, which could not outvote the other 2, so it took no actions at all.

Sorry I can't remembe the name of the probe, this story is related in William Burroughs' "This New Ocean".

8 posted on 09/04/2004 1:47:09 AM PDT by alnitak ("That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver" - Foghorn Leghorn)

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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This technology is not new. Apollo's G&C computers were triad and voted. I believe the Shuttle has 3 IBM 360 equivalents in a voting triad.

--Boris

9 posted on 09/04/2004 8:35:21 AM PDT by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a Leftist with a word processor)

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