Comment on 'boardswapping' as part of the computer culture.

[Tony Duell]

> Yes, but I suppose in the field a company's not aiming for 100% 
> reliability. If the amount of customers annoyed/inconvenienced by 
> incorrect boardswaps is less than those annoyed by the time it takes for 

That's what makes me different from 99% of other users. I don't care too 
much about downtime (although obviously I do want to be up and running 
again in a reasonable time), what I do care about (and not just with 
computers) is that when the device claims to be operational, it's working 
correctly. No odd glitches, etc.

A device you can't trust to give the right results is, to me, worse than 
useless. But alas few people seem to care about getting the right result 
any more. 


> > Well, actually, I do refuse to use anything I don't properly understand, 
> > but that is another issue.
> 
> apart from your brain ;-)

You think I have (or use) a brain? News to me ;-)

-tony