Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.cmpublishers.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rawde" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Predictive failures Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:50:19 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 83 Message-ID: References: <0s1r1jhb5vfe7lvopuvfk4ndkbt54ud3d9@4ax.com> <5c4t1jt3er7a51macq5mnl8gfsuaipuv2b@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 03:50:22 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="99925"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:t4JH1PYYulx26d4c6OyIPUaZaRQ= sha256:61iVCq5OGK5QV8JK1efZoTTd2f9GWC51ofAEdLsRFks= sha1:nVR0GHIe0P6sLEo0YDzsNj7HO9Q= sha256:MMwponMozxIxxyfIPmg8gZeoTkPUqM+RNBXHdhRSFCQ= X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Priority: 3 Bytes: 4160 "John Larkin" wrote in message news:prfu1j589dupr032431n5laq6cqist2fka@4ax.com... > On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:04:40 -0400, "Edward Rawde" > wrote: > >>"John Larkin" wrote in message >>news:jr6u1j9vmo3a6tpl1evgrvmu1993slepno@4ax.com... >>> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:20:34 -0400, Joe Gwinn >>> wrote: >>> >>>>On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:16:04 -0700, John Larkin >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:19:00 -0400, Joe Gwinn >>>>>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:26:35 -0700, john larkin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:03:23 -0400, Joe Gwinn >>>>>>>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:05:40 -0700, john larkin >>>>>>>>wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:41:57 -0400, Joe Gwinn >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:13:02 -0700, Don Y >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Is there a general rule of thumb for signalling the likelihood of >>>>>>>>>>>an "imminent" (for some value of "imminent") hardware failure? >>>>>>>>>>> >>.... >>>>>> >>>>>>>I liked hiding out in the shaft alley. It was private and cool, that >>>>>>>giant shaft slowly rotating. >>>>>> >>>>>>Probably had a calming flowing water sound as well. >>>>> >>>>>Yes, cool and beautiful and serene after the heat and noise and >>>>>vibration of the engine room. A quiet 32,000 horsepower. >>>>> >>>>>It was fun being an electronic guru on sea trials of a ship full of >>>>>big hairy Popeye types. I, skinny gawky kid, got my own stateroom when >>>>>other tech reps slept in cots in the hold. >>>>> >>>>>Have you noticed how many lumberjack types are afraid of electricity? >>>>>That can be funny. >>>> >>>>Oh yes. And EEs frightened by a 9-v battery. >>>> >>>>Joe Gwinn >>> >>> I had an intern, an EE senior, who was afraid of 3.3 volts. >>> >>> I told him to touch an FPGA to see how warm it was getting, and he >>> refused. >>> >> >>That's what happens when they grow up having never accidentally touched >>the >>top cap of a 40KG6A/PL519 >> > > They can type code. Rust is supposed to be safe. I doubt it's safe from the programmer who implemented my humidifier like this: if humidity < setting { fan_on(); } else { fan_off(); } > > >