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They want to make sure the hardware isn't broken.
by shrughes 17y ago
They want to make sure the hardware isn't broken.
- patio11 17y agoThis seems to be a bit of a mismatch between NASA engineering and the emerging trends in web scale computing: statistically speaking, the hardware is broken. That doesn't mean you can't get work done with it. This might be a wee bit of an adjustment to make if your engineering model is "four redundant systems which vote on outcomes plus a backup and SCRUB THE LAUNCH if anything looks anomalous."
- byoung2 17y agoOr they could just be paranoid that whatever they create on Amazon's infrastructure could turn into SkyNet...