On 5/18/05, Wade Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Carl Lowenstein([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:35:00AM -0700:
> > "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".
> >
>
> So did they all have to get out and shut the doors before they
> could get back in to restart it? And does this mean that all our
> computer::automobile analogies are no longer analogies?
Basically, the car stops running out there in the middle of the freeway.
And the reboot has to be done with car-manufacturer supplied test equipment.
carl
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