On 05/24/2011 11:41 AM, David Mathog wrote: > Joe Landman wrote: > >> I am wondering about this for larger systems. > > Your post makes me wonder about ECC in much smaller systems, like > dedicated single computers controlling machinery or medical devices. > Some really nasty things could result from "move cutting head in X > (int32 value) mm" after the most significant bit in the int32 value has > flipped.
Some bits are more important than others ... Basically I was looking for anecdotal evidence that this is a "bad thing" (TM). I have it now, and it helped me make the case I needed to make. Thanks to everyone for this, it was really helpful! -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics Inc. email: [email protected] web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
