Don't think that an error will never happen...
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One of the ESA Cluster satellites because the programmers tested their code with three failed circuit breakers, they assumed that all five would NEVER fail - which is what happened. See www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMTI34TBPG_index_0.html[^] A moral tale... Jerry
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One of the ESA Cluster satellites because the programmers tested their code with three failed circuit breakers, they assumed that all five would NEVER fail - which is what happened. See www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMTI34TBPG_index_0.html[^] A moral tale... Jerry
I tend to think the other way, that the worst case error WILL in fact happen.
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. A crisis on your part does not constitute one on mine.
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One of the ESA Cluster satellites because the programmers tested their code with three failed circuit breakers, they assumed that all five would NEVER fail - which is what happened. See www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMTI34TBPG_index_0.html[^] A moral tale... Jerry
The only problem with worst case scenarios is that the worst case you can think of, can be easily topped by three things: 0. Users 1. Nature 2. Murphys Law
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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One of the ESA Cluster satellites because the programmers tested their code with three failed circuit breakers, they assumed that all five would NEVER fail - which is what happened. See www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMTI34TBPG_index_0.html[^] A moral tale... Jerry
And the moral is, Murphy always wins. As a reminder of that, I have a sign over my desk to remind me that "Murphy was an Optimist!"
Will Rogers never met me.
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One of the ESA Cluster satellites because the programmers tested their code with three failed circuit breakers, they assumed that all five would NEVER fail - which is what happened. See www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMTI34TBPG_index_0.html[^] A moral tale... Jerry
If it can go wrong it will ... unless there's a worse time for it to happen.
Phil
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