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Old 02-24-2010, 11:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Toyota Electronic Throttle Control Webinar

Hi,

For those curious about the Toyota electronic throttle system:

Newsroom : 2010 Toyota Electronic Throttle Control Webinar / Toyota

Some of us are thinking about performing experiments to replicate the Dr. Gilbert and Exponent tests.

Bob Wilson


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...reminds me of the proverbial "ice-cycle bullet" where the problem "source" is *gone* when they get around to looking for it.

...when you relinquish ALL control to a computer, you had better test EVERY POSSIBLE combination of inputs and software algorithm responses before you can even remotely state the computer is NOT at fault.

...all code written by humans is suspect!


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