From: stellare@NOSPAMPLEASE.erols.com.retro.com   
      
   Lex Spoon wrote:   
      
   > A common reason voiced is that the CPU usage is too much.  But this is   
   > bogus, IMO.  CPU efficiency is the "launch mass" for computer people.   
   > Fast CPU's are extremely cheap compared to the cost of a single   
   > programmer's salary, and thus economically you should splurge on the   
   > CPU's.  The days are long gone when companies have *one* computer plus   
   > a swarm of programmers hovering around it.   
      
   But on many spacecraft, the cost of an extra computer is "expensive" and it's   
   worth some effort for the designers to spend some effort to eliminate   
   computers that aren't needed.   
      
   --   
   rk, Just an OldEngineer   
   "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public   
   relations, for nature cannot be fooled."   
   -- R. Feynman, Appendix F.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)