On Tuesday, 29 October 2013 at 22:20:08 UTC, Chris wrote:
On Tuesday, 29 October 2013 at 21:39:59 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
On 10/29/2013 2:38 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
I wrote one for DDJ a few years back, "Safe Systems from
Unreliable Parts". It's
probably scrolled off their system.
http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/safe-systems-from-unreliable-parts/228701716
Good man yourself! I still can't get my head around the fact
that companies fail to provide safety switches that either hand
over the control (to humans) or at least disable the software
based components completely by switching the machine off.
Heh, this reminded me of my current ultrabook, the Zenbook Prime
UX31A, which is an absolutely fantastic machine, the best I've
ever owned, but whose designers made the unfortunate decision to
make the power button just another key on the keyboard, as
opposed to hard-wiring it directly to the battery. Combine that
with the fact that the keyboard connector doesn't hold its place
well and is actually held in place by masking tape:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Unresponsive+Keyboard+Keys/11932
Cut to me late last year, unable to turn my ultrabook on because
the keyboard connector had completely slipped out, a month after
I had accidentally dropped it. I had to find the linked
instructions after a bunch of googling, go pick up a Torx T5, and
fix it myself, as Asus support kept insisting to everyone that it
was a software issue and that they should either reinstall the
drivers or the OS! I followed those simple instructions instead
and no problems till a week ago, when I had to repeat the
procedure again. :)
