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   From: foo@bar.baz.invalid.retro.com   
      
   In sci.space.science th  wrote:   
   > This is a very optimistic statement! Bit flips may occur in memories   
   > already when you are flying in a passenger aircraft across the   
   > poles.  IIRC the shuttle computers get a couple of hundred bit flips   
   > per mission at 28 degrees inclination, even more at ISS orbit   
   > inclination.   
      
   Heck, terrestrial computers were/are getting bit flips and whatnot in   
   their caches and such even in places like Denver, necessitating ECC on   
   the caches and the like.   
      
   With enough bits sitting there waiting to be flipped...?   
      
   rick jones   
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