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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by nugi on Monday January 22, 2018 @03:43PM (#16207735)
Yup, its like an automaker issuing a service bulliten for 'unintentional parking', or 'rapid decelleration'. I get there must always be some marketing involved, but that breaks down fast when it just feels dishonest. That is fast becoming a trend with Intel it seems. And intel desprately needs trust from an industury that depends on them. I really hope they can refocus, and not die a slow death of 'everything's fine'.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by jlgaddis on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:02PM (#16208953)
Out of all of these types of terms, I like the aviation industry's term for a crash the most: uncontrolled flight into terrain.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by ihattendorf on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:14PM (#16209060)
Or rocketry: rapid unscheduled disassembly.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by Waterluvian on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:12PM (#16210660)
Unequested fission surplus.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by TeMPOraL on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:22PM (#16209119)
Rocketry's synonym to that is lithobraking.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by bdonlan on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:31PM (#16210742)
To be fair, controlled flight into terrain unfortunately also has precedent.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by emmelaich on Monday January 22, 2018 @08:55PM (#16210208)
.. causing rapid plastic deformation.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by sverige on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:31PM (#16210443)
The phrase I have heard is controlled descent into terrain. Sounds much calmer.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by devopsforlyfe on Monday January 22, 2018 @04:47PM (#16208231)
Apple did it since approximately forever for kernel crashes as well. Anything to avoid any agency and shift the blame onto the user. https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by anonred on Monday January 22, 2018 @04:52PM (#16208281)
From the same page:

> Your computer restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...

> Your computer was restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...

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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by anyfoo on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:53AM (#16211338)
Isn't that the message you get if you forcefully power off (long-press power) a hanging mac, instead of a panic where it would reboot automatically after the core dump?
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by Karunamon on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:04AM (#16211378)
Yeah, it is. A kernel panic dumps a vague message into the middle of the screen prompting you to reboot, in a bunch of different languages.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by veidr on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:32AM (#16211940)
But in recent years, it also reboots quickly enough that you'd have to be sitting there watching to catch it.
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Re:Root Cause of Reboot Issue Identified; Updated Guidance by derefr on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:23AM (#16237206)
> unintentional parking

That one doesn't have to be a euphemism; I could totally see a self-driving car seeing a parking space beside you as you're driving down the road, and suddenly deciding that it would really rather slot itself in there than keep driving.

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