Word: backups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...again early Tuesday morning as Pathfinder's scheduled launch was scrubbed again for the second time in as many days. The weather, Monday's culprit, was near-perfect; this time a computer on the ground was to blame, failing with just over a minute remaining in the countdown. A backup computer also would not work, leading officials to suspect a software problem. NASA scientists say they must launch the $196M Pathfinder in December in order to intercept Mars' orbit or wait two years for another chance. "We're a museum piece if we don't launch by the 31st," said...
While more than 750 students danced to the songs of Wham! and the Bangles in the Leverett dining hall, hundreds more tried to push their way in, forcing the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) detail officer on hand to call for backup...
While students said six or seven officers brandishing nightsticks tried to break up the crowd in the Leverett court-yard, an HUPD official said four or five officers responded to a routine call for backup...
...HUPD watch officer on duty felt the crowd outside was getting too large and called for backup, accord- ing to Sgt. Robert J. Kotowski...
Knowles noted that the recently released report of the Committee on Information Technology recommends increased expenditures for network backup to prevent such problems...