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1 posted on 03/15/2010 3:54:28 PM PDT by dickmc
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It’s more of a wetware glitch.


2 posted on 03/15/2010 3:56:27 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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This is the way government competes in the marketplace.


3 posted on 03/15/2010 3:59:28 PM PDT by Safrguns
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The software is set on Kamikaze OverDrive. It was adapted from WW2 Japanese Zero fighter hardware. It is in the file folder titled “Banzai!”


5 posted on 03/15/2010 4:01:20 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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Nasty software bugs in 40 million cars sold on a global basis?

Only incidents are a broke grifiter with a failed porn site, who’s Prius is about to be repossessed and a cop in a Lexus loaner with floor mats that do not fit.

40 million cars with glitchy software would be crashing in every town. This is an Obama, trial lawyer, Goobermint Motors & UAW shakedown to get UAW leaches in transplant non-union factories.


7 posted on 03/15/2010 4:02:37 PM PDT by Frantzie (TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
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To: dickmc
Think of it as an "Easter Egg".

B for Brake pedal
G for Gas pedal
L for headlights

B-B-G-L-G-L-B-B-G-G Will make your car jump to ludicrous speed. Try it, it works.

9 posted on 03/15/2010 4:05:19 PM PDT by steveo (2010 never again)
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As a former software engineer, I developed software for motor drives (controls) used in industrial applications. A software bug could literally kill someone. If I had a car that depended on software to control the engine and brakes, I would install a hard-wired kill switch.


12 posted on 03/15/2010 4:07:54 PM PDT by Need4Truth (We can't afford the empire or the entitlements.)
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I would suppose that Toyota would greatly prefer to find out that this is a software bug— and therefore a software fix. Flashing new code into the computer is likely far, far less expensive to fix than a mechanical or design flaw.

But in any case, isolating the root cause(s) of extremely rare failure(s) is harder than it sounds.


14 posted on 03/15/2010 4:11:24 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: CodeToad; Myrddin; hollywood

Code ping


17 posted on 03/15/2010 4:15:18 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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YES, OF COURSE!! It was a SOFTWARE GLITCH that gave us teh dreaded Mann Hocky Stick Graph, RIGHT?? You know, like the way the overdraft on your account was due to a computer error when your paycheck was deposited into somebody else’s account...if you wan to talk PROGRAMMING, you can come up with ANYTHING. Ever tried troubleshooting Windows? I did for several versions.

So his POINT is......? IIRC, the Answer is 48.


18 posted on 03/15/2010 4:16:13 PM PDT by cake_crumb (RR on ObieCare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs&feature=player_embedded#)
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So this is Hope and Change?


20 posted on 03/15/2010 4:16:52 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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Toyota Problems Caused By Cosmic Rays?
31 posted on 03/17/2010 8:26:42 AM PDT by syriacus (Obama says we shouldn't infer that a HUMONGOUS gov't health bill will lead to any gov't takeover.)
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