On 10/06/2017 01:23 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/06/2017 12:54 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> >> He sent me the log directly and I've included the relevant lines below. >> It definitely looks like a hardware problem. It keeps disconnecting, >> maybe some connection inside is loose. > > I wouldn't be surprised. I can remember, back in the '80s, when many > people assumed that all computers were hardware, and were surprised to > find that they were caused by a software issue. Now, the hardware is > considered to be so reliable that the situation is reversed, and people > will spend weeks trying to debug a software issue that's really caused > by a piece of wonky hardware. Yeah. As a hardware engineer that has, over many years, transitioned to a software engineer, I always assume my software is buggy. I can't believe how often it turns out it's hardware like a bad cable or something. My rule of thumb is "If it always happens, it's probably software. If it's intermittent, then it's likely hardware. Or not." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Denial. It ain't just a river in Egypt anymore! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
