On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:

On 2/16/2016 5:41 PM, Greg Chalik wrote:

Or, we can discuss the nature of the misjumps, and perhaps how the Jump
technology can be engineered to prevent misjumps.

Impossible, IMO, without hard-wiring the computer to only operate the drive under completely safe conditions.

If anything, you're asking for a higher standard than contemporary automobiles: "I want a car that can't crash or run out of gas."

Thanks for responding to him, Kelly. I really didn't feel like it, because I've discovered that responding only to his conclusions just makes him repeat all the other bits and ask why you didn't respond to those as well.

BTW, we already know how to totally avoid misjumps: keep your drive in good repair, use only refined fuel and never attempt to jump while within 100 diameters of a major mass. If you follow those three restrictions, then the chance of misjumping is a 13 on 2d6 . . .

Richard Aiken

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