Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.26.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 03:21:01 +0000 From: John Larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Predictive failures Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:19:19 -0700 Organization: Highland Tech Reply-To: xx@yy.com Message-ID: References: <0s1r1jhb5vfe7lvopuvfk4ndkbt54ud3d9@4ax.com> <5c4t1jt3er7a51macq5mnl8gfsuaipuv2b@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 65 X-Trace: sv3-mWkNgxPR+A1MGlFDtGUQWr3iPz7i7wazNFFpGgGP5pEyhqK+i7tYJYfrb7GH2bYpXgNSbPmfx1WsOLr!FshPVwYcwvsiy7KkFULKbYPEtzxr2U8h4wr7Fr/Qk/M0HM026YDGXkTAN9G4cJFu3mzWATruBn6n!2McXew== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3930 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.