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From: Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:52:22 -0400
Date: 2003-07-24T09:52:22-04:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1059054743.101946@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bfoam3$gm151$1@ID-175126.news.uni-berlin.de>

Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
> It is supect. And what to do, if you *suspect* a wrong value? Pop up a
> window and let a human operator confirm, everything is still good?
> Please also take limited CPU-time into your considerations.

I don't understand your point. It's a computer program - it's going
to do *something* under these circumstances. The people who specify
the program behavior must decide what it is going to do. The decision
may be difficult, but it must be made nevertheless.

> But to decide when exactly a particular value is really wrong or not
> is indefinitely harder to make. There is a gray area and you really
> don't want to implement some fuzzy logic in such CPUs.

It may be hard, but that does not absolve the designer from
deciding what it should do. If you choose not to decide, you
still have made a choice.




  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-24 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 158+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-21  2:10 Ariane5 FAQ Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2003-07-21 14:52 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-21 15:54   ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-21 18:01     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-21 18:10       ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-21 18:49         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-21 19:13           ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-21 19:43             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-21 20:46               ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-22  2:04                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22  5:12                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-22 19:09                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22  8:03                   ` Leif Roar Moldskred
2003-07-22  9:00                   ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-23  0:13                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-23  0:31                       ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-07-23 13:53                         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-24 16:35                           ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-25  1:21                             ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-25  4:26                               ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-25 12:35                               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-25 15:47                                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-25 16:51                                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-25 18:44                                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-25 21:08                                       ` Simon Wright
2003-07-26  1:02                                         ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-26  2:44                                     ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-27 17:05                                       ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-27 22:19                                         ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-28  1:17                                           ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-28  2:39                                             ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-28  3:16                                               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-28 17:34                                                 ` Mike Silva
2003-07-28 18:03                                                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29  0:41                                               ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-29 16:24                                                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-30  0:53                                                   ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-31 21:41                                                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-01 20:19                                                       ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-29  4:43                                               ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-29  6:06                                                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29  8:06                                                   ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-29 19:42                                                     ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-29 21:14                                                       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-30  1:13                                                         ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-30 12:58                                                   ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-30 15:04                                                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29 19:46                                                 ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-30  6:19                                                   ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-30  7:31                                                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30 13:03                                                       ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-30 13:16                                                         ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-30 15:06                                                           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30 15:15                                                             ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-30 16:46                                                               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30 16:54                                                                 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-31  8:28                                                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-31  9:36                                                                     ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-31 16:28                                                                     ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-07-29 19:34                                               ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-29 20:49                                                 ` Simon Wright
2003-07-29 21:52                                                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-28 18:01                                             ` Non-philosophical definition of Eiffel? (was: Re: Ariane5 FAQ) Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-28 18:18                                               ` Non-philosophical definition of Eiffel? Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29  8:43                                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-29 13:43                                                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29 14:56                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-29 16:35                                                       ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29 21:39                                                         ` Jim Rogers
2003-07-29 22:33                                                           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30  8:48                                                             ` Pascal Obry
2003-07-30 15:19                                                               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30 18:47                                                                 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-07-30 19:24                                                                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-04 18:15                                                                   ` Robert Spooner
2003-07-29 22:02                                                         ` Matthew Woodcraft
2003-07-30  9:19                                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-30 16:38                                                           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-31  9:58                                                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-31 15:49                                                               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-01  7:57                                                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-08-01 13:31                                                                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29 19:58                                                 ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-29 20:33                                                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30  1:20                                                     ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-30  1:49                                                       ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30  2:52                                                         ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-30  4:33                                                           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30  4:40                                                           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30 13:16                                                           ` Matthew Heaney
2003-07-30 20:08                                                             ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-30  3:03                                                         ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-30  4:31                                                           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-30 20:20                                                             ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-30 21:05                                                               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-29 19:51                                               ` Berend de Boer
2003-07-28  2:11                                           ` Ariane5 FAQ Hyman Rosen
2003-07-25 17:39                                 ` Mike Silva
2003-07-25 21:53                                 ` John R. Strohm
2003-07-22 18:29                   ` Mike Silva
2003-07-22 18:50                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22 19:00                       ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-07-22 20:47                       ` Mike Silva
2003-07-22 21:11                         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22 21:38                           ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-07-23 13:56                             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22 21:52                   ` Larry Elmore
2003-07-23 14:11                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-23 15:08                       ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-23 17:48                         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-23 18:42                           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-23 20:18                             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-23 22:58                               ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-24  1:42                                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-24  5:24                                   ` Mike Silva
2003-07-24  9:57                           ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-24 13:52                             ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2003-07-24 15:00                               ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-23 20:33                       ` Mike Silva
2003-07-23 21:35                         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-23 23:10                           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-24  5:16                           ` Mike Silva
2003-07-22  4:57                 ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-22  9:00                   ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-07-22  9:03                   ` John McCabe
2003-07-22 12:28                   ` Marin David Condic
2003-07-23 19:40               ` Simon Wright
2003-07-22  3:11             ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-22  9:05               ` John McCabe
2003-07-22  9:38                 ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-07-22 16:38               ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-21 22:03           ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-07-22  1:57             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-21 18:56         ` Francisco Malpartida
2003-07-22  2:22           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22  7:19             ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2003-07-22 19:06               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22 21:24                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-23 11:55                   ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2003-07-23 19:24                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-24  0:36                       ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-07-21 22:00       ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-07-22  1:59         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22  9:07           ` John McCabe
2003-07-22 13:25             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22  0:16       ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-22  1:45         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22  7:21           ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2003-07-21 23:24   ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-22  1:53     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22 16:35       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-22 18:36       ` Mike Silva
2003-07-22 19:23         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-22 21:50           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-23 14:21             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-23 19:56               ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-23 20:26                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-23 23:14                   ` Robert I. Eachus
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