On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, John Carter wrote:
Ok, so let's threat model that....
Let me distill that into much simpler terms.... Adding code to increase reliability is a bit like trying to put a fire out by swamping it with petrol. Yip, you can do it. But generally it's not a Good Idea. John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : john.carter@xxxxxxxxxx New Zealand Carter's Clarification of Murphy's Law. "Things only ever go right so that they may go more spectacularly wrong later."
From this principle, all of life and physics may be deduced.