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I wonder if as much digital ink would have been spilled on this whole kerfluffle if the original article had not used the term 'bricked'. Bricking, at least in
by fr0sty 15y ago
I wonder if as much digital ink would have been spilled on this whole kerfluffle if the original article had not used the term 'bricked'.
Bricking, at least in my mind, is something that happens suddenly usually when attempting something at least slightly risky. Jailbreaking iPhones, replacing your laptop harddrive, desoldering components in an audio amplifier and other 'warranty voiding' all carry some 'bricking' risk.
The situation with Tesla is more akin to leaving your (very expensive) bike out in the rain: Given enough time it will rust up and need to be extensively repaired but I don't think you would say you 'bricked' it...
- joenathan 15y agoThat would be the context that the term "bricking" is most often used in but the term itself simply means the object in question has been made just as useful as a clay brick.
- abruzzi 15y agoIt need not be risky or warranty voiding. Bricking has been applied to software updated pushed out by vendors in the past, so I don't think it implies anything more than something that causes something to lose all function and become inert, like a brik.
- fr0sty 15y agoA vendor software push is risky even if well tested... > "something that causes something to lose all function and become inert" add "suddenly and without warning" and I'd agree with that definition.