On Tue, 2026-07-07 at 11:09 -0400, Frank Bures wrote: > In early 70-ties I worked as an electronics engineer in the design of > a CNC > system. A prototype was being tested at a machine tool factory on a > 6-axis > large milling center. As we made the system work for the first time, > feeling great about ourselves, a guy from the factory appeared and > started > to madly press random keys. Suddenly the system moved, broke off a > 25mm > milling bit that went flying, fortunately not hitting anyone, until > it > stopped at the end point switch. "HA!", said the guy, "now explain > why the > system moved when it should not".
When evaluating student projects, a colleague would sit at the keyboard and bash it randomly to see what happened. The students soon learned to expect *anything* as input, a lesson well learned. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
