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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 18 Mar 2010 00:14
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:43:30 -0700, john wrote:

>
> Electronics makers have known for decades about "single event upsets,"
> computer errors from radiation created when cosmic rays strike the
> atmosphere.

Methinks your tin-foil hat has been picking these up for a while.



From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 18 Mar 2010 16:30
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:30:07 -0700, Michael wrote:

> On Mar 17, 8:43 pm, john <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Electronics makers have known for decades about "single event upsets,"
>> computer errors from radiation created when cosmic rays strike the
>> atmosphere.
>>
>> With more than 3,000 complaints to U.S. regulators of random sudden
>> acceleration problems in Toyota models, several researchers say single
>> event upsets deserve a close look.
>>
>> The phenomenon can trigger software crashes that come and go without a
>> trace. Unlike interference from radio waves, there's no way to
>> physically block particles; such errors typically have to be prevented
>> by a combination of software and hardware design."
>>
>> And an anonymous tipster told NHTSA last month that "the automotive
>> industry has yet to truly anticipate SEUs."
>
>
> Additional undocumented feature: Toyota vehicles also act as neutrino
> detectors!
>
> Thanks!


I thought that was "deflectors".


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