Minor disaster

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 5/19/25 7:57 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> MR ZenWiz writes:
>
>> Turns out it was a dead SSD - / or /home (TG), but it's huge one that
>> might just be under warranty;\\SOLVED, thanks all.
>
> Ah, yes, of course. The latest advancements in modern technology: 
> hardware with a built-in suicide clock.

No different from the US auto industry in the late '70s.

I *SAW* GM engines in their dynometer test building with blown rods, 
cracked heads, etc.  No engine may last longer than 50,000 mi. Failure 
was built-in BY design.  I can also talk about what I was told was 
happening at Ford and Chrysler at the time.  BTW, I was at AMC then; 
they had their fail features.

Of course the CJ-6 windshield in your lap after driving faster than 
65MPH was a system integration tolerance-limits fault; really quite 
"cute", pass the warranty claim risk around.  CJ-6 rollover was just 
plain use-beyond-design limits.  Drive at X speed, turn at Y radius: 
rollover.   Who would have thunk people would want to do that? Inherited 
from the CJ-5; Reagan never drove his dirty old Jeep like that.

Thank you Toyota for forcing change.

Computer industry is just following hallowed traditions.