I should have known that Tim Holy is the real Ghost of Mars. — John
On Sep 24, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Tim Holy <tim.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems wildly unlikely. The lead time and certification hoops for software > that > has to run successfully a quarter-billion kilometers from earth are, well, > out > of this world. > > "Sorry, sir, but our Mars probe crashed. It's a complete loss." > > "Oh no! Why?" > > "Well, just before it was about to dock, Tim Holy tagged a new version of > Images. Turns out it had a bug in it that prevented the cameras from saving > images to disk. So we were flying blind. We tried rolling back to an earlier > version, but recent changes to Pkg meant that `pin` wasn't working either. So > we hit the planet." > > "Next time, don't run master." > > --Tim > > On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 08:12:35 AM John Myles White wrote: >> Not that I’m aware of. I’d say the thread is probably off-topic. >> >> — John >> >> On Sep 24, 2014, at 8:10 AM, Stefan Karpinski <ste...@karpinski.org> wrote: >>> Is there any evidence that Julia was used to accomplish that? >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:05 AM, John Myles White >>> <johnmyleswh...@gmail.com> wrote: I think this is the flight to Mars that >>> India just finsihed. >>> >>> — John >>> >>> On Sep 24, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Stefan Karpinski <ste...@karpinski.org> > wrote: >>>> I have no idea what this is about. Can you clarify? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:47 AM, K Leo <cnbiz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> for the wonderful achievement with Mangalyaan! >>>> >>>> With a budget less than a Hollywood movie, I bet they must have largely >>>> used (and supported?) open sources - Julia included? >
