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How hard could it be to get 500 phones, put them in a plane and dial them all ?
by konad 16y ago
How hard could it be to get 500 phones, put them in a plane and dial them all ?
- imasr 16y agoIf there's 0.000000001% of anything happen, why risk?
- endtime 16y agoBecause you have to live your life? The risk of getting killed in a car accident on the way to work is probably higher than that.
- konad 16y agoI take plenty of risks greater than 1 in 1,000,000,000. If you're in the US there's a 1 in 15,000,000 chance you'll die at work today. The chance of penis fracture during intercourse in any year is about 1 in 100,000,000. I can live with that.
- imasr 16y agoThat's exactly what I'm saying. You choose where you take risks, and I'd risk penis fracture every day, but think can postpone a phone call a few hours for the sake of 200 people at 10.000 feet.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoThere are more than 500 different kinds of phones. That's the problem.
- konad 16y agoIt's only a problem if the plane doesn't fail. However, if it fails with those 500 then that's all you need to know to say "phones can down the plane". If you need more detail you can keep researching.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoThe plane doesn't fail, it's been done. There are too many variables. The biggest problem is older electronics and GSM.
- taloft 16y agoNot to mention the different kinds of airplanes, different kinds of electronics, and all possible permutations of the above. Yes, this may seem like overkill to many software devs. Safety-critical systems require huge amounts of testing. It's much more than "release early and iterate."