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Re: posting code snippets

From Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com>
Subject Re: posting code snippets
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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Date 2014-03-02 11:25 +0000

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On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:16:35 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>> You drag out the lab scope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, sweep
>> generator, strip plotter, and the machine that goes "ping".  You start
>> to get everything set up to nail that problem securely to the
>> dissecting board.  Long before you actually get to that point, the
>> problem becomes intimidated and reveals itself and a solution.
> 
> *ALL* my machines go ping. It's fundamental to network debugging. I know
> that's not what you meant, but somehow it comes to the same thing. :)
> 
> And yep. That is so absolutely right. Problems know when concealment
> becomes pointless.
> 
> ChrisA

As a maintenance engineer I find there is also an opposite factor in 
operation.
Equipment manufacturers appear to include an "Engineer Proximity 
Detector" in all designs that cause the equipment to work flawlessly when 
triggered.

The issue the customer has been complaining about incessantly never 
occurs whilst there is an engineer on site.




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posting code snippets "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 04:13 -0800
  Re: posting code snippets Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 23:27 +1100
  Re: posting code snippets Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 10:01 -0500
    Re: posting code snippets "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 07:23 -0800
  Re: posting code snippets Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-27 09:56 -0600
  Re: posting code snippets Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-28 09:15 +1100
    Re: posting code snippets "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 15:13 -0800
      Re: posting code snippets Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-28 00:05 -0500
  Re: posting code snippets Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 16:41 +1100
    Re: posting code snippets Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-28 14:31 +0000
      Re: posting code snippets Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2014-03-01 16:55 -0500
      Re: posting code snippets Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 09:16 +1100
        Re: posting code snippets Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-02 11:25 +0000
          Re: posting code snippets Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2014-03-02 07:20 -0500
      Re: posting code snippets Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-03-02 17:20 +1300

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