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Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by mqzkehfbazkebf on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:49PM (#22142318)
Having worked on autonomous robot hardware i beg to differ
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by SeekingMeaning on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:11PM (#22142500)
Ah yes, the programmers blame the engineers, and the engineers blame the programmers
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by dvh on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:28PM (#22142635)
When Einstein worked on nuclear bomb the saying was: If he fails French will say he's American, Americans will say he's German, and Germans will say he's Jew. If he succeed Germans will say he's German, Americans will say he's American, and French will say he belongs to the world.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by schoen on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:49PM (#22142813)
His comment was about the theory of relativity rather than the bomb:

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#1910s

Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by conistonwater on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:55PM (#22143853)
Einstein didn't work on the nuclear bomb at all. According to https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-..., he wrote that famous letter to Roosevelt and was later denied the necessary security clearance.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by yongjik on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:51PM (#22142829)
Amateurs. Real programmers blame other programmers.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by pier25 on Friday January 24, 2020 @10:04PM (#22144347)
Jesus who wrote this crap code?

Looks at commit history

Oh it was me...

Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by bigiain on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:38PM (#22144718)
Past-me is such an idiot...
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by calciphus on Saturday January 25, 2020 @06:05AM (#22145800)
We should both know better
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by ksaj on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:53PM (#22144317)
The productive programmers I've met, and they are pretty up there, tend to blame it on the documented specs.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by craftinator on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:08PM (#22143943)
I think the hardware engineers ought to be blaming the physicist, keep the blame going up the abstraction ladder. Then the physicists can blame the universe, which was created in a lab by software engineers.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by pstuart on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:24PM (#22142604)
Let's not forget the compilers. They're always messing stuff up!
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by salawat on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:59PM (#22143879)
You don't blame the tool. You blame the toolmaker.

Every real toolmaker is gifted with perfect precognitive capabilities so their tool behaves exactly as it should for all users, don'cha'know.

Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by WalterBright on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:11PM (#22144179)
Naw. It's always user error.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by pstuart on Saturday January 25, 2020 @01:22PM (#22147692)
I should have included a /s, but was feeling a bit cheeky.

I'm sure you've had to deal with plenty of spurious bug reports in your career :-)

Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by boublepop on Saturday January 25, 2020 @08:32AM (#22146158)
Having worked with both autonomous robot hardware and software engineers. I’m certain it’s a communication problem. Not between software and hardware mind you, one between humans.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by pbalau on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:27PM (#22142629)
Having worked on neither, I blame it on someone trying to impress a lady.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by ealfert on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:37PM (#22142717)
Big Bang Theory reference? When Howard was trying to impress a girl?

https://bigbangtheory.fandom.com/wiki/Mars_Rover

Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by jackmodern on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:50PM (#22142815)
yep.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by vidanay on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:01PM (#22142425)
Definitely a wetware problem.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by noobdood on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:20PM (#22142580)
Problem exists between keyboard and chair. Or soldering iron and bench.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by whatshisface on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:24PM (#22142606)
The hardware and software both sit between the soldering iron and bench.
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by noobdood on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:24PM (#22148074)
Proves my point, right? :)
Re:Mars rover is frozen in place following software error by trianglem on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:17PM (#22142554)
Well clearly sir you are wrong and haveth no idea of which you speak