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Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' being shown to pilots
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| Apr 2, 2020
| Gareth Corfield
Posted on 04/02/2020 9:41:53 AM PDT by dayglored
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To: dayglored
Just what one wants to hear as the plane gets in the air a recording saying this plan is fail safe fail sate fail safe................................................
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posted on
04/02/2020 10:46:09 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: TalonDJ; cartan; dayglored; Revel
...Intel Wind River VxWorks realtime OS product Wind River RTOS used to be about as solid as you can get, and was used in several space projects.
Is it an Intel problem created since they bought Wind River, or is it a sloppy programming/testing issue at Boeing's subcontractor?
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posted on
04/02/2020 10:48:12 AM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: dayglored
I power my car down at least once a day for this very reason.
To: Kickass Conservative; dfwgator
But if you do it too often, it screws up all the clocks.
To: Larry Lucido
Yep, and then there’s Leap Year...
To: dayglored
Wish I could get 51 days out of Windows...
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posted on
04/02/2020 10:58:49 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: Larry Lucido
>
I power my car down at least once a day for this very reason. LOL
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:06:04 AM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: Revel
>
I saw mention of this bug quite some time ago. It has been known for a while now... Link? Some reference? I'd like to follow that up.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:07:32 AM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: Bellagio
As a former instrument technician and then a software guy, this sounds like a software problem to me.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:12:27 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
To: bigbob
Wish I could get 51 days out of Windows...
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I have an old - close to 10 years - Win 7 machine that runs 24/7 for months on end. Only reboots by accident or power failure. So it’s possible, at least on Win 7.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:13:39 AM PDT
by
sonova
(That's what I always say sometimes.)
To: dayglored
Cntrl-Alt-Delete doesn’t work, whoda thunk?
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:13:54 AM PDT
by
nuke_road_warrior
(Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
To: brownsfan
Ok, so Boeing is pushing out crap. But I bet their engineering staff is multicultural and diverse. I was making a software presentation to Boeing engineering once and one of their uh, multicultural software people asked me, "What's an opcode?"
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:19:22 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
To: dayglored
sounds like someone used milliseconds in a variable that flips over after 51 days
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:22:09 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
To: dayglored
I flew home from Copenhagen on a Dreamliner. That 11-1/2 hour flight was the most pleasant, relaxing plane ride ever. And no jet lag because of the extra fresh air they pump in that keeps you refreshed. Sorry to hear about the problems.
To: dayglored
That’s not a very good operating system. An op system must be robust and not do stupid things.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:33:34 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
To: dayglored
So, the plane is never taken offline (say, during FUELING), in that 51 day period?
I don’t buy it. PFQ would have you turn things off and back on again, I’d think, just to make sure they do come back up.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:37:04 AM PDT
by
ro_dreaming
(Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
To: dayglored
... and I wonder what exactly is involved in “turning off and turning on” a Boeing 787. I bet it is not as simple as flicking a light-switch. If it’s a “cold-start” rather than a simple reboot, it might take 12-24 hours ... very costly downtime for the airline!
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:37:47 AM PDT
by
Mr Radical
(In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
To: DEPcom
So, write instruction in the code that every 30 days, the entire system, with man-intervention and approval, reboots. Like, perhaps, during refueling.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:39:15 AM PDT
by
ro_dreaming
(Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
To: Red Badger
Do if youre flying on day 50, youll be fine. Promise.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:40:32 AM PDT
by
Track9
(Islam: Turning everything it touches to ShiÂ’ite since 632 AD)
To: libertylover
“What’s an opcode?”
Boeing can be proud that they support such a noble cause. Proud all the way to the scrap heap of history.
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posted on
04/02/2020 11:44:52 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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