Re: Space Access Update #112 9/19/05

"Tom Cuddihy" <tom.cuddihy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>Derek Lyons wrote:
>> "Tom Cuddihy" <tom.cuddihy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >They still fly 80s computers on the Shuttles, right?
>>
>> So, what? A Trident-II SLBM flies with 80's computers, as does the
>> Minuteman-III... And all three still do the job more than adequately.
>>
>That's right, they do the job they were originally designed to
>do--unfortuantely nuclear deterrence is not the only kind of strategic
>capability we need these days. Minuteman and Trident II do NOTHING for
>the war on terror.

So what if they do anything for the war on terror. That's a
meaningless diversion.

>> >Not to mention the thing was designed in the early 70s.
>>
>> So what? The 688 and 725 class submarines were designed in the 70's.
>> They both perform more than adequately today.
>>
>> The age of a design or a system is all but meaningless *so long as the
>> system still performs to it's design specs'. Obsessing on the age of
>> the system is a sign of fuzzy headed thinking.
>
>You should know that this is not so. I was stationed on THE 688 for
>three years. Keel laid 1971, 5 years before I was born.

<snip yet another long and pointless diversion.>

If you were interested in actually discussing the issue, you'd not the
far end of the bell curve and treat it as if it was the norm.

Care to actually discuss the issues I raised?

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Space Access Update #112 9/19/05
    ... A Trident-II SLBM flies with 80's computers, ... > system still performs to it's design specs'. ... Extending the Seawolf program for one more hull would have cost about ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Antenna computor programs and pitfalls
    ... There's a lot of judgement and skill in antenna design, particularly when it comes to things like mechanical/electrical tradeoffs and manufacturability. ... There are tools designed to address one niche or another (e.g. there's programs that are designed to optimize electrical performance microstrip patch arrays, there's programs that are designed to optimize Yagi-Udas, etc.) ... No surprise that as computers came to be more common, such models would be first ones to be implemented. ... If for no other reason than you can compare the output of the modeling code with something you've actually built and see if it matches. ...
    (rec.radio.amateur.antenna)
  • Re: {OT:} You rightwingnuts need jobs and hobbies
    ... Wait, don't you play Bass? ... I design the cards we hand out with the demo package. ... That was when they were hungry for any computers they could get. ... One of these days, if I get a minute, I'll take the half a Corolla in the ...
    (alt.autos.toyota)
  • Re: {OT:} You rightwingnuts need jobs and hobbies
    ... Wait, don't you play Bass? ... I design the cards we hand out with the demo package. ... That was when they were hungry for any computers they could get. ... One of these days, if I get a minute, I'll take the half a Corolla in the ...
    (alt.autos.toyota)
  • Re: Beyond multicore
    ... that we need to change the way we design computers. ... adopted, the von Neumann Architecture. ... upgrade the processor I need to upgrade the RAM it got me to thinking. ...
    (comp.arch)