Hi, On 11 Apr., 11:16, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just for illustration: Who designs a system, which starts an atomic >> war on a bitflip in a test message? (Yeah, this happened and we are >> only alive because of the gut feeling of an operator. > > Petrov? This was on the russian side. But it also happen in the west. Some comm relay somewhere in Alaska had a hardware defect which sprinkled some bit flips into the transported messages every once in a while. The alarm messages said something like "The russians come with x rockets." The test message was basically the same with x = 0. Now imagine a bit flip in the right place. There you go. Some guy at NORAD had a bad feeling. "These numbers sure look funny. And only from this single station in Alaska. Hmmmm..." Sincerely Meikel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
