1 posted on
11/06/2006 2:44:22 PM PST by
blam
To: blam
Time to upgrade from the old '386' to a '486'.
2 posted on
11/06/2006 2:47:57 PM PST by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: blam
Thse are brave men and women who fly these machines.
3 posted on
11/06/2006 2:48:52 PM PST by
battlecry
To: blam
4 posted on
11/06/2006 2:49:12 PM PST by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: blam
With all the time between launches it seems like they could change out the motherboard to upgrade from 8-bit to 16-bit.
6 posted on
11/06/2006 2:51:07 PM PST by
RightWhale
(RTRA)
To: blam
i guess just changing the date and time are out of the question...
8 posted on
11/06/2006 2:53:10 PM PST by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: blam
I am working on the Y10K problem, where the year date goes from 4 digits to 5.
Any smart businessman in FReeperland that wants me fix this problem for them, please contact me ASAP.
I have a limited number of contracts I am letting out immediately, however, I guarantee we will have no problems in the year 10,000. (tongue in cheek)
10 posted on
11/06/2006 3:08:06 PM PST by
Lokibob
(Spelling and typos are copyrighted. Please do not use.)
To: blam
To reset the time, the shuttle's main computers would have to be 'reinitialised', which would mean a period without navigation updates or vehicle control, a situation NASA obviously wants to avoid.
Ctrl-Alt-Del ?
To: blam
So are they saying that no Shuttle has been on orbit during New Year's Eve?
I must look that up.
12 posted on
11/06/2006 3:24:20 PM PST by
DigitalVideoDude
(It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
To: blam
Interesting.
I would note that the IRS had no problem getting new computers and software in 1999. It's clear where their priorities lie.
14 posted on
11/06/2006 3:48:49 PM PST by
editor-surveyor
(Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
To: nnn0jeh
16 posted on
11/06/2006 3:56:31 PM PST by
kalee
To: blam
Long past time to retire these old dawgs.
18 posted on
11/06/2006 3:59:46 PM PST by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: blam
The space shuttle's computer software is about 30 years old and does not recognise when the calendar year switches. On 1 January 2007, for example, it will think it is day 366 of 2006 – a problem NASA calls 'year-end rollover'. Our government at "work". First, they define the cutting edge, then let it ferment for 30 years. Let me guess: 8 bit instructions? Toroid core memory units? Mag tape transports? Toggle switches to allow the operator to place processor instructions directly on the data bus?
19 posted on
11/06/2006 4:08:09 PM PST by
Doohickey
(I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
To: blam
If Burt Rutan was running NASA, I don't think this would be a problem. Has NASA never heard of software updates?
35 posted on
11/06/2006 8:42:59 PM PST by
MistrX
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