So tired
I quit reading the article on page 2. Because I suddenly got so tired of web pages being so bloated compared to the actual content I'm reading. Some compare the content to screen space ratio. I just...
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Well, half the article was about ground station upgrades. Can only really blame that on good old government institutional inertia seen in many other agencies.
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Probably the biggest reason this older technology is background radiation. Space shuttles don't have the luxury of two miles of atmospheric radiation shielding (one mile above Antartica and New York...
View ArticleBy: darknexus
Seconded. I don’t even bother reading articles that are chopped up that way anymore. What’s the point of that? More clicks, more page loads, and thus more hits or something? There’s no reason for it;...
View ArticleBy: rom508
http://www.silicon.com/i/s4/illo/photos/2010/August/Nasa+Esa/610_es… He has a cup full of coffee next to mission critical computer systems and it looks like he’s having a nap in his chair, while his...
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NASA chose Linux to run the control computers for the New Horizons probe (Pluto mission) for exactly that reason: Given that their control software would have to communicate with a space probe 9+ years...
View ArticleBy: LobalSurgery
This has to change. Using outdated technology is simply not going to cut it when we run into the zerg in a few hundred years.
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By: Tuishimi
Heck, they could call me! I started with FORTRAN, Pascal, COBOL and BASIC. And some assembler. That would make for a fun job…
View ArticleBy: Drumhellar
easy way around that is to click the “print article” button on most sites. It formats the entire article on one page, usually 90% reduction in advertising (or a complete reduction). It’s the only way...
View ArticleBy: DigitalAxis
Yes, well, having watched various technology forums (especially Android phone forums, as of late) I'm amused at the people griping at software bugs. Yeah, we have our nice shiny fancy equipment, but...
View ArticleBy: ndrw
It has probably more to do with a centralized funding. The agency gets money for building some equipment, usually a lot more than they really need, build it and once it works their job is finished. No...
View ArticleBy: tylerdurden
Wow, you were able to get all that from a single picture pertaining a situation about a field you have no remote contact or knowledge of?
View ArticleBy: ndrw
As for the technical issues of space applications, there are more than just radiation. The largest one is not really technical but legal – chip qualification. The agency has to verify that the chip is...
View ArticleBy: Aragorn992
Leon3FT 32bit Sparc processors have redundancy and radiation tolerance built in… open source hardware design ftw…. Technically the latest Leon4 isn’t open yet hopefully it will be though. The Leon4...
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By: Aragorn992
…Manufacturers don’t do this job easier by disclaiming any responsibility for non-standard applications (medical, military, space etc)… Well I suppose that depends on who you buy from. You ca avoid...
View ArticleBy: 2501
I am pretty sure that they are still using Amigas! See: <a href="http://www.upchug.com/HalInterview-eng.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.upchug.com/HalInterview-eng.html</a> I thought that...
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In reply to jack_perry. This, and it also demonstrates the generational effects of computing… I’m in the sciences and MANY of our programs are written in FORTRAN-77 (and many of the professors only...
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