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And that's on top of the fact that the original problems were the epitome of "That's a hardware problem, not a software problem."
by vidanay 5y ago
And that's on top of the fact that the original problems were the epitome of "That's a hardware problem, not a software problem."
- cowmix 5y agoI mean, it really was a hardware problem. However, the software guys were not pointing any fingers.
- dylan604 5y agoHubble is a great example of just working the problem.
- spookthesunset 5y agoThe hardware dudes have it harder than software dudes. It’s easy to fix software. Hardware, not so much. I guess the worst thing you can fuck up in space fairing software is the boot loader. Mess that up and you can’t update the software. Note: I have never designed software for space. I have no clue what I’m talking about.
- RobertoG 5y ago>>"I have no clue what I’m talking about. " Nobody told me we have to specify that! I thought that was the default and we only have to say when we are experts in something! Now I have to delete all my posts.
- xwdv 5y agoIt's fine, pretending you're an expert on anything is the standard around here.
- NortySpock 5y agoI thought one of the Viking landers was lost when a software update pointed the big antenna at Mars rather than at Earth... hard to send software updates after that.
- WalterBright 5y agoThat's why you always have an independent backup system. One that uses different software, developed by a different team, using different languages, and different algorithms.