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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    Ghost in the Machine....

    Autonomous Software Improves Data Flow
    http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_060529.html
    Decision-making software on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 spacecraft is wading through copious amounts of data to determine which information should be downloaded and studied first, saving researchers at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., both time


    Why, oh why, can't M$ software be this smart?

    Dr. Mordrid
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps
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    • Whirl-Secret
      MURCer
      • Dec 2003
      • 211
      #2
      If you think MS stuff is dumb, our mail server didn't work this morning (yesterday was a holiday) because 3 of our users had auto-replies on, and were DDOSing (and being ddossed) by 3 other ppl with auto-replies on. Had 60,000 mails in the system from the weekend, and since they are stored in a text database (eww) we couldn't even start up the service.

      Heh

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        • High_Jumbllama
          Super MURCer
          • Dec 1999
          • 4522
          #3
          One auto-reply per day per sending account per receiving account would avoid such a problem almost entirely would it not?

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            • dbdg
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 1999
              • 1030
              #4
              Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
              One auto-reply per holiday period per sending account per receiving account would avoid such a problem almost entirely would it not?
              Or, as we have it at work.

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                • Whirl-Secret
                  MURCer
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 211
                  #5
                  Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
                  One auto-reply per day per sending account per receiving account would avoid such a problem almost entirely would it not?

                  That would be clever, we're talking about our stupid software

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                    • Nowhere
                      Super MURCer
                      • Jun 2002
                      • 4830
                      #6
                      Wasn't Deep Space 1 a bit "loud" in your place in regard to its autonomy? (autonav and remote agent, btw, found fun link: http://www.flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html )

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                        • Dr Mordrid
                          Moderator
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 26592
                          #7
                          DS1 was indeed a good example of autonomy. It even suprised its designers by making adjustments in ways they hadn't specifically designed. Lots of potential there....

                          Dr. Mordrid
                          Dr. Mordrid
                          ----------------------------
                          An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                          I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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