That’s actually probably not true, it was suggested as one possible reason and games media outlets ran with it. https://youtu.be/vj8DzA9y8ls
As far as Voyager goes, it’s equally if not more likely that the memory is starting to fail after nearly 5 decades in constant use.
Haha well that’s good at least! There are some great YouTube speed run analysis / history videos in this same style. You should check them out even if you don’t really care about speed running.
That’s actually probably not true, it was suggested as one possible reason and games media outlets ran with it. https://youtu.be/vj8DzA9y8ls As far as Voyager goes, it’s equally if not more likely that the memory is starting to fail after nearly 5 decades in constant use.
I don’t give the slightest shit about speedrunning or bit flips, but I sat through that entire video and found it fascinating.
Haha well that’s good at least! There are some great YouTube speed run analysis / history videos in this same style. You should check them out even if you don’t really care about speed running.
Memory fails because of cosmic rays, this is why computer server systems use ECC memory
Memory fails for lots of reasons, more than just cosmic rays.