Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 03:44:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> To: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu> Subject: Re: Hardware in space? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006220342440.6415-100000@jason.argos.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.20000621233928.026e05c0@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
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> Well, there come several ideas to mind:
>
> 1) Avoid moving parts where possible.
> Flash disks and similar technology (like in digital cameras) are certainly
> appropriate.
Not to mention the fact that moving parts, especially hard drives, can
cause a gyroscopic effect that can throw the spin/orbit calculations right
out the window....
Maybe.... I've had a few tonight.... :)
--mike
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Understated/funny man-page sentence of the current time period:
From route(4) on FreeBSD-3.4, DESCRIPTION section:
"FreeBSD provides some packet routing facilities."
...duh.......
Mike Nowlin, N8NVW mike@argos.org http://www.viewsnet.com
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