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From: "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Predictive failures
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:04:40 -0400
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"John Larkin" <jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com> wrote in message 
news:jr6u1j9vmo3a6tpl1evgrvmu1993slepno@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:20:34 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:16:04 -0700, John Larkin
>><jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:19:00 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:26:35 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:03:23 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:05:40 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:41:57 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:13:02 -0700, Don Y
>>>>>>>><blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> 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 
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