nope, not in the xp pro licensesavar said:
he should use a mini and run windows in vpc to control the plant...
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Which Mac to get (to control Nuclear Power station)
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he should use a mini and run windows in vpc to control the plant...Wow
Well a computer to controle, even a smal part of a nuclerpowerplant must be special.
It must be incridible secure and 0 risk of any error. 3 power 5 computers all with hotswap HD, EEC memory and exstrem UPS. So that if one or even 2 copmuters fail there will be an exstra machin. The machin shuld rune a special made UNIX OS with minimal stuff on the OS, just the things that really is needed. Less things to f*** up.
A mac mini to conrole a nuclarpowerplant is like having a MS driven car, with a new meaning on screen of death.
Well a computer to controle, even a smal part of a nuclerpowerplant must be special.
It must be incridible secure and 0 risk of any error. 3 power 5 computers all with hotswap HD, EEC memory and exstrem UPS. So that if one or even 2 copmuters fail there will be an exstra machin. The machin shuld rune a special made UNIX OS with minimal stuff on the OS, just the things that really is needed. Less things to f*** up.
A mac mini to conrole a nuclarpowerplant is like having a MS driven car, with a new meaning on screen of death.
Just a quick though: don't get the bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo. You don't wanna be relying on some cheap AA batteries come melt-down time.
Well it's all verywell having redundant processing and all but will it be sexy ????
Surely thats the main thing in todays 21st century society
Surely thats the main thing in todays 21st century society
cube said:
You mean I've got to get a DP G5 Power Mac?
I'm not sure the budget will stretch to that.
Also, will the mac work with an old 1970s Vector display that we've got knocking around the tea room?
geese said:
Only if you use a lot of duct tape. But duct tape should absorb a couple of neutrons while you're at it, so I'm sure you can get it under some kind of dual-use budget.
I really really think you're going overkill on the specs. What I've heard is that Russian research during the Cold War proved that rats have an extra sensory perception when it comes to nuclear reactors... They devised a method whereby rats are put in their wheels and they run depending on how much gamma radiation is being leaked.. the more radiation.. the faster they go.
Their wheels can then be hooked up to cogs which move the nuclear rods..
try it. you dont need a mac mini. you need a rat race.
Their wheels can then be hooked up to cogs which move the nuclear rods..
try it. you dont need a mac mini. you need a rat race.
SpaceMagic said:
I'm not a vet- i've got an basic computing diploma. Thats all i'm qualified for.
I've just heard, that if this goes well, then they'll get me to upgrade the UK air traffic control system! One of the worlds most busiest airspaces! How would that look on the CV (or Resume as you yanks call them)
Need to hire a consulting firm? My dad's a vet and my math teacher has a PhD in Nuclear Engineering - yes and he teaches math to high school kids.geese said:
Jeez Louise Everyone in this forum seems to either have or be related to someone who has a degree in Nuclear Engineering/Physics.
What's the average IQ of this place? 165?
What's the average IQ of this place? 165?
Just looked up Sellafield on Wikipedia; doesn't seem that there are any nuclear reactors running there these days, only a nuclear waste management programme.
Is this guy trying to con the good people of MR into thinking that he's really asking for our help?!?!
For shame, for shame.
Is this guy trying to con the good people of MR into thinking that he's really asking for our help?!?!
For shame, for shame.
FFTT said:Too bad I just gave my original IBM 286 to the Salvation Army
I can imagine the Salvation Army trying to use that as a sequencer for their brass instruments!
Nuc, do you work at one of those locations? I interned at Framatome ANP for several years - was a very nice experience. Now, though, I believe they are Areva or another version of the Framatome-Areva name combination, yet still the same company. I wish they could go ahead and choose a name to stick with for a few decades. In the past 10 years, I think they have changed names five or six times.
geese, I'll be selling my iBook soon; I'm sure it will be up to the challenge. Although, as a warning, I don't think it operates well around high radiation levels.
Look at the state of energy policy in this country - Blair goes to war with the yanks for oil so that we don't have to run nuclear power - it's the way of the future. Don't pollute our own country - destroy someone else'sUma888 said:this is a joke right?
. Geese is only writing these honest pleas for suggestions from an internet cafe round the corner from Sellafield. When he gets the contract for Air Traffic Control I'll be there to lend him all the pencil sharpeners he needs - you can't run the busiest airports in Europe without pencils right?
BTW Geese - I did mining in Cornwall - if you need a few holes to stash the stuff I can point you in the right direction
uhhhh......
What part of the powerplant are u actually controlling because that sounds like scary s*** to use just a standard cpu for.
What part of the powerplant are u actually controlling because that sounds like scary s*** to use just a standard cpu for.
AP_piano295 said:
mac mini's arent "standard cpus" they'll run it fine. I'm a bit worried though about the Mac Mini's hydrocarbon polymer plastics which may react with the 2.5 neutrons given out in a nuclear reation. we may end up with a chain reaction resulting in either a naked mac mini or a hot rodded mac mini (if so, xbench it and post results on here please...)
AP_piano295 said:
All the important bits- you know the bits that glow in the dark and go up and down in some kind of 'reactor'.
Although I've just worked out that with there being 4 reactor cores, I'll need 4 USB ports to connect to each reactor. Do you reckon I'll need a powered USB hub?
geese said:
Surely the core will provide it's own power?
I'm sure you can get away with a cheap unpowered hub.
