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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