@wycats because the UNIX philosophy only applies to the design of UNIXy systems.
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@wycats Makes sense. That way you just relaunch a small one when one instrument/probe fails, instead of relaunching a big one. - End of conversation
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@wycats I know you're just trolling, but even Raymond extolled the "Rule of Economy" -- conserve what is expensive (here, launches). -
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@wycats if you did that, spaceships would become your DSL!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats because nasa couldn't find a way to pipe the outputs between them (ba dum tsss)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats because the probe is logical, it does have 5 physical 'probes' with 1 instrument each.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats mostly it would be pipes thoughThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats And stuck them together with bits of iron pipe?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats I suppose I should have one computer for each program too? Man, this is getting expensive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats you would probably end up with strange BSD/GNU style incompatibilities.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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