nanog mailing list archives

Re: Packet Loss

From: <doug () safeport com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:35:14 -0500 (EST)


I have a hanging chad story. I worked for GE subbing to NASA at Marshall
Space Flight Center in the late 60's. Our group programmed the Atlas
first stage simulations. We had such a program. Never found the bug
until one of the operators dropped the deck. We would not have found it
then except he (they) tried to put the deck back together :)

I do not rememver if this was a 7090 or a GE-235 program.  Whichever
system it was an IBM keypunch that did the deed. As I recall both
systems did checksums so I guess in the "open" position it must have
closed its neighbor.

At 11:20 AM 12/15/2000, you wrote:

On the other hand, I did tens of thousands of lines of code on IBM
punched cards and I never
once recall a bug caused by a chad, hanging or otherwise.

                                   Regards
                                   Marshall Eubanks



_____
Douglas Denault
doug () safeport com
Voice: 301-469-8766
  Fax: 301-469-0601

Current thread:

Re: Packet Loss, (continued)
- Re: Packet Loss Steven M. Bellovin (Dec 14)
  - Re: Packet Loss Larry Sheldon (Dec 14)
    - monitoring Michael Long (Dec 14)
- RE: Packet Loss Roeland Meyer (Dec 14)
- Re: Packet Loss David Lesher (Dec 14)
  - Re: Packet Loss John Fraizer (Dec 14)
- Re: Packet Loss Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 15)
  - Re: Packet Loss Marshall Eubanks (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss Hugh Irvine (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss Paul Timmins (Dec 16)
    - Re: Packet Loss doug (Dec 16)
  - Re: Packet Loss Hugh Irvine (Dec 15)
- RE: Packet Loss Muir, Ronald (Dec 15)
- RE: Packet Loss Muir, Ronald (Dec 15)
  - Re: Packet Loss Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss M. David Leonard (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss Stephen Stuart (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss Jason (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss Jon Mansey (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss Scott Solmonson (Dec 15)
    - Re: Packet Loss John Fraizer (Dec 15)

(Thread continues...)