On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Hal Merritt <[email protected]>wrote:
> For the opening shot in this, I'd argue: yes. While no system can ever be > totally idiot proof, human intervention can be counted on as a failure mode. > Besides, it should have taken more than one idiot to do the job. :-) "just when you think you've created a fool-proof system, the universe will deliver you a superior class of fool" human error (both configuration goofs and operational errors) is THE overwhelming cause of system problems these days. Add in application bugs and you've pretty much covered the field. Even the squatty boxes rarely if ever fail these days. People on the other hand... -- This email might be from the artist formerly known as CC (or not) You be the judge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
