snarlydwarf;225692 Wrote: > Bugs that are not reproducible are impossible to diagnose. This is true > of computers as well as cars. "My car makes a funny noise, but stops > when I take it to the shop" problems go back 100 years. > > It is actually more true of computers than cars: the nature of digital > computers makes their behavior predictable excepting for very very few > environmental factors (compared to a car, which has thousands of moving > parts, tons of vibrations, etc). > > "Can you provide a test case where this can be seen/heard/diagnosed" is > essential to fixing bugs... It is hardly a sin to ask for a > demonstration. > > If a bug can not be reproduced or demonstrated, then how on earth is it > to be fixed?
Not reproducible off-site, given known data, and not reproducible at all are two different things. Funny you should mention cars! My swedish made car from some years ago, who's brand shall remain name-less, but starts with an "S", had a scary brake problem that only I experienced, and I was unable to reproduce at will. S**B tested the car and replaced various parts. The never found any problem, but they never hinted that I might be imagining things. Later the MOT (annual test) guys discovered that a brake hose had a flaw in the wall that allowed a rubber balloon to form outside the hose at certain pressures -thus instantly reducing hydralic pressure to zero. Scary stuff! So just because sometimes things seem "impossible", it ain't always necessarily so. -- P Floding No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me. (Especially not if you ask me.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
