This reminds of watching the Indy 500 a couple of years ago.
One of the drivers managed to spin in turn 4 of the first lap of the race,
and subsequently was unable to finish the race.
Before continuing, you need to know that when in a corner, one thing
you should *never* do is take your foot off of the gas pedal.
The resulting weight transfer will greatly reduce the amount of weight
on the rear tires, and could easily cause you to spin.
Back to the story: The driver was interviewed shortly afterward in the
pits, and put the blame squarely on the car. "It was something with the
car".
Technology in the form of an onboard camera told another story. He
let off the gas twice in turn 4. The first time the rear of the car
squirmed
a bit and he recovered. The second time it sounded like he completely
released the accelerator, and the spin came shortly afterwards.
He could have been a smart guy too, if he had remembered the camera.
Too bad there wasn't a camera on the smart guys at Orbitz, maybe it
would tell a different story. ;)
None of us are immune to making mistakes, and about the time you
start feeling invincible, watch out.
Jared
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Interesting quote in eWeek. We may all be "smart guys", but how often do
we like to admit to causing a problem.
Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
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Reports on "Bugs" in IBM's DB2 which led to "a critical operational
situation"
http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/30095.html
and
http://www.danskebank.com/link/ITreport20030403uk/$file/ITreport20030403uk.pdf
Report on Orbitz blaming an outage on Oracle's 9iRAC [and Orbitz going out
of 9iRAC]
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1196879,00.asp
and
http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/software/story/0,10801,83186,00.html
Hemant K Chitale
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