worst error message or best
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An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).
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An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).
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An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).
That's not bad, that's epic good.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).
Assuming that something was wrong with the tape drive it makes sense to flash the light as an indicator. OTOH, if it was flashing SOS during normal operation, I'd say there was something wrong with the one who programmed it. ;) ;) :)
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).
I used to work at a tape drive manufacturer, and we had a whole list of LED error codes. SOS was not on the list, but I did see it once when I accidentally shorted two pins on the controller chip with a scope probe. I though that was cute, but it would have been more cute if it had spelled out the designer's name.
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Assuming that something was wrong with the tape drive it makes sense to flash the light as an indicator. OTOH, if it was flashing SOS during normal operation, I'd say there was something wrong with the one who programmed it. ;) ;) :)
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
The tape drive was going bad, so the SOS was a good alert even though it did not give a hint to what the actual problem was.
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An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).
I like that one, actually. The worst error message IMO remains "Abort, Retry, Fail?"