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Subject: From harsh life experiences we all know that:
The Pessimist's guide to Engineer-talk. (what they say - what they mean)
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"That's interesting"
- Shit! I've never seen anything remotely like that before.
"We'll just run diagnostics"
- I wonder if that'll give us a clue.
"So we've eliminated XXX"
- It's probably XXX, but it's bloody hard to get at.
"I've just powered it down"
- I tripped over that bloody power cord again
"Ok, that's good"
- What the hell was that noise?!?
"We've noticed some failure evidence"
- Something's burning...
"If you'll just..."
- I don't want to be the one to blame when it crashes
"Yes, you'd expect to see that..."
- Hell, that's stuffed as well!
"We'll just fit a revision"
- We'll put the same version in from a different tape.
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