On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:35:00AM -0700, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > "Prius Glitches Highlight Problems of Car Computers" > LA Times Business Section, May 18 2005 > > Discussing last year's software problems: > > The company ultimately identified the problem and wrote a patch . . . > Before that, mechanics had to shut down each car's operating system > and then restart it. It was a step every PC user knows by heart. > "They rebooted the system". > > Wouldn't it be nice to have a system that did not need to be rebooted. :-) >
Sure. But it's be nicer to have systems that were properly tested. What was the problem? Did the windows go up and down, or did the accelerator/brakes fail? Lan "who helps make machines that save ... and could take ... lives" Barnes -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
