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Certainly that could be described as "error handling", but I would describe what saved the landing as priority scheduling combined with restart protection.

Doesn't work for arbitrary zip codes for me.

I work in embedded and I absolutely review it. If nothing else, for learning.

hot water doesn't need to be heated.

Link at the bottom of your example page results in 404. For me, anyway.

I'm surprised that any useful accuracy can be obtained. Maybe an additional input to the solution would be to watch when various GPS satellites are occulted by the Earth.

>And the ones with built-in CRTs had issues wherein the cathode of the CRT was DANGEROUSLY CLOSE to the main PCB. If you weren't careful cracking that puppy open -- zappo! Fried motherboard, possibly fried you!

I'm curious which model this was. The Model III was the first all-in-one model I had experience with, and the between the motherboard and the CRT neck was a piece of flat aluminum. The biggest danger was potentially snapping the neck off, but there was no danger of touching the mother board. Model 4 was the same configuration. Even the Model II had a metal plate between the CRT and any circuit boards.

>IMO, both Boeing and NASA are under quite a lot of pressure to not require further tests from Boeing because there are just enough Atlas Vs (the rocket that Starliner launches on) for Boeing to complete it's contractual obligations.

>Any further tests would deplete that stock.

I hear what you are saying and it likely affects their decision, but lack of hardware in the future should not be a consideration in this decision at all. If there is any concern, safety of the crew should be priority one.

IIRC, Aerojet is the sub on this system. Surely they understand propulsion well and it is unfortunate that Boeing's name is taking the hit.

Delphi 7 was / is fantastic. Soon after that, they went .NET and the wheels came off.

Minor nit (for me, at least): An assembler is a tool. Assembly is a language.

Though not assembly language, I think that www.ultibo.org is a cool embedded development environment for the Pi.

Age of Wonders is a great Delphi-produced game too, if I remember correctly.

This is awesome. Schneier has an excellent chapter on LFSRs for generating pseudorandom sequences with varying lengths.

You can always code in easter eggs.

Mathematics for the Million is a really good book.

Well yeah, but it goes even deeper than that, IMO, since the domes could have just stayed on Earth. Why launch them into space and return them later? They're terrariums with all of the life support and lighting that they need.