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Unread 28-04-2003, 16:15
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Originally posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Here is an open question to all...
Why is there no "magic Smoke" in software? Electronics have magic smoke, motors and batteries have magic smoke, even joysticks have magic smoke. Why haven't I ever heard, "Look at that robot, it's software just released some smoke!" No software guy has ever been heard saying, "The magic smoke is out, so I have to replace the software before the next match." Anybody else notice this phenomena? Just checking...

Because software people are infallible. Nobody really knows how it works except for the guy that created it. He just blames the problem on the hardware people, tells them to fix it, and installs the patch while nobody's looking.
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