There is a concept called “hot swaping” where a module is replaced without disabling the entire assemblage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_swapping A super computer is configured where a computer board or a disk drive is replaced without disrupting its overall operation. This is how the Rossi reactor should be built where hot swapping of the small modules is possible. On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote: > > >> As I said, it reminds me of those gigantic multi-engined airplanes so >> popular in the 1920s and 30s . . . >> > > Here is the classic example of one that actually flew commercially, the > Dornier DO X. Look at the pictures: > > > http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/coming%20of%20age/flying%20boats/Dornier%20Do%20X.htm > > That was built in 1929, two years after Lindbergh flew the Atlantic. My > point is, it had 12 motors. 6 tractors (facing front) and 6 pushers. That's > way too complicated. Too many things to go wrong. 4 engines on one airplane > was the practical limit for piston propellers. > > 350 Rossi gadgets can work together, but they have to be integrated in > construction, not discrete. That is to say, fabricated together in one unit > all at one time, like an IC. Modern technology allows for an astounding > numbers of components in one product -- billions, in case of desktop > computers -- but it only works with integrated manufacturing techniques. > > - Jed > >
