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Well, whom ever coined the phrase, they obviously never got a disc read error on a PS2.
by nhebb 10y ago
Well, whom ever coined the phrase, they obviously never got a disc read error on a PS2.
- Mister_Snuggles 10y agoNor worked with modern computers. I've had many experiences where doing "the same thing" results in a different outcome each time. Of course, that ignores the whole ton of context that isn't immediately obvious - the state of the program, the state of things running in the OS, the state of the data in the database, etc.
- mort96 10y agoMulti threaded programming man. I've lots of times had a bug which just sometimes occurs, and the easiest way to reproduce it is to just run the exact same program with the same inputs over and over until it randomly decides to not work.
- jdironman 10y agoI wonder if it comes down to humans actually believing they can control what is basically an electric signal for its life time, if that makes sense. 01001101 01100001 01111001 01100010 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01101001 01101110 01110011 01100001 01101110 01100101
- LeonB 10y agoI decoded this by pasting it into http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversi... (I won't spoil the answer)
- BoorishBears 10y agoI'd expect someone who went through the trouble of decoding it to share the meaning but maybe that's insane.
- masklinn 10y agoI often keep doing the same thing and pray for the same result. My computer usually tells me to get bent. Which in a way fits the original quote.
- code_duck 10y agoThat's where this aphorism falls short - defining what is the "same" actions or results is complex, when meaning is dependent upon context and context is constantly changing unpredictably.
- Boothroid 10y agoBeautiful. Or a tape load error on a ZX Spectrum!
- Pigo 10y ago..or blown on a Nintendo game cartridge.
- maaaats 10y agoOr programmed with unpure functions, haha.
- wtetzner 10y agoMaybe using impure functions is insane? :)
- code_duck 10y agoWindows 98 regularly produced different results from what appeared to be the same input.
- timgilbert 10y agoOr trained for a marathon, or practiced playing chess to improve their skills.
- anotherevan 10y agoOr plugged in a USB cable.