Irmen's blog | Articles written on 20 May 2010

Articles written on 20 May 2010

Thursday, 20 May 2010

Snowboarding up close

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• Wrote irmen at 23:10 | read 19× | 0 Comments

Voyager 2 bit flip

33 jaar na de lancering praten ze bij NASA nog steeds met Voyager 2 (wat op zich een ongelooflijk feit is). Het ging al die tijd goed tot recentelijk allemaal bagger terugkwam. Waar bleek het nou aan te liggen? 1 bit die omgevallen was in het geheugen van de computer van de Voyager....

Zie http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/07/1223212/Voyager-2-Speaking-In-Tongues en http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/18/2352239/NASA-Finds-Cause-of-Voyager-2-Glitch

[[image: voyager2.png]] NASA is resetting Voyager 2's memory.

NASA technician #1: Voyager 2 is sending a text string to inform us of its status.

(Looks at screen.)

NASA technician #2: Did the reboot work? What does it say?

NASA technician #1: "Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue."

• Wrote irmen at 22:57 (edited 2×, last on 22 May 2010) | read 15× | 0 Comments

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