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From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ariane Failure
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"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
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>
> ...or just send sattelites up on a Proton, Atlas, and Titan as well,
> and hope one of them makes it. :-)
>
Now *that's* an example of multi-redundant, dissimilar systems that had not
occurred to me. And a good illustration of overkill engineering.

I'm reminded of:

    "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the
    balls to live in the real world."
        -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden

MDC
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Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
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