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They could, if they were specced correctly. Wasn't the story that they intentionally requested robots hardened against lower radiation level than required to no
by gambiting 10mo ago
They could, if they were specced correctly. Wasn't the story that they intentionally requested robots hardened against lower radiation level than required to not disclose the true extent of the catastrophe? So the German company that built them underspecced the shielding and so they died quickly.
- echelon 10mo ago> specced Totally orthogonal, but you just reminded me of a pet peeve I have. This word is correct, but I can't stand it. I wish we spelled this "specked", even though that has a homonym. Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc. "specced" makes my brain wince.
- eqvinox 10mo ago> Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc. Those aren't truncations of longer words though? I'd write it as spec'ed but that's German grammar with ' as a truncation mark (signifying the omitted "ifi").
- ninalanyon 10mo agoIt's also normal English usage.
- butvacuum 10mo agoI don't think its good for formal use, but it is common.
- HPsquared 10mo agoMaybe spec'd
- butvacuum 10mo agospecked means to have specks. It is an entirely different word.
- ceejayoz 10mo agoThe real story is a little less dramatic - it got stuck, and that meant it was exposed to the radiation for much longer than planned.
- hinkley 10mo agoThat doesn't quite dovetail with the story I've heard about them shooting the elephant's foot with a gun to spall off a sample. I think there's still some damage control in some of the stories. Which is to say, lies.