Re: starship-design: HIGHLY OPTIMIZED TOLERANCE

[KellySt@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/12/00 3:06:36 PM, lparker@cacaphony.net writes:

>One has to wonder if this principle can be applied to ALL organized systems,
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>such as software and mechanical engineering. This would have profound
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>implications for systems designed to last for untold years in extreme (and
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>unknown) environments, such as starships.
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>Lee Parker


Good point.  Anything too well adapted to do one thing, will generally be 
terible at something very different.  Works in biology and engineering.

Kelly