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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Fault tree #94909 02/07/2003 2:22 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US This term, used in news reports concerning the Columbia disaster, is new to me. http://www.relexsoftware.com/reliability/faulttree.asp Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fault tree #94910 02/07/2003 2:39 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont cool stuff. all them funky bifurcations... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fault tree #94911 02/07/2003 3:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 One fault in a vulnerable limb and the tree faults down. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fault tree #94912 02/07/2003 4:12 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Rubrick addict Rubrick addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Just goes to show that there are some dinosaur programmers still working in NASA. I learned about Fault Tree Analysis as a part of my analytical studies during my college years but no self-respecting programmer would admit to using it these days. It's so archaic. Maybe they've run out of ways to analyse their problems........ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fault tree #94913 02/08/2003 10:27 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC They somewtomes look like buildings, whence the term fault tree towers (Sorry, Mr. Cleece!) TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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