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| Thread ID: 137237 | 2014-06-09 03:49:00 | Little brains, big engines | kingdragonfly (309) | PC World Chat |
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| 1376795 | 2014-06-09 03:49:00 | Computers in space: not as powerful as you may think. The original Space Shuttle had only 160 kilobytes of memory, upgraded to a total of nearly one GB later before it retired. The International Space Station uses circa 1989 Intel CPU's. www.dansdata.com |
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| 1376796 | 2014-06-10 00:03:00 | You can see a lot of space age technology in new, modern vehicles on the road these days. When driving and something mechanical goes wrong the vehicle's computer system will warn you of the fault so that you can get the fault fixed. At the same time computer faults in the vehicle can at times be the cause of the problem. I have been caught out on an intersection recently and found that I could not engage the computerised gear change. Easily fixed I simply shut off the power so that the vehicle's computer rebooted and presto I was able to engage the gears. Space travel is responsible for a lot of new developments on the ground. Mostly computerisation in the vehicle is a blessing and makes for easier motoring and less visits to the garage. Computer glitches can be a problem now and then but overall they save more problems than they cause. |
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| 1376797 | 2014-06-10 01:55:00 | Bringing the B-52 up to date www.wired.com |
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