“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” – Mitch Hedberg
In software, it’s important to think about whether you should fail open or fail shut.
“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” – Mitch Hedberg
In software, it’s important to think about whether you should fail open or fail shut.
Mostly true, until the brakes fail and it turns into a slide XD
They could just connect the two in reverse and with a ratchet. More people go down => the other goes up. More people go up => it’s locked as a stair.
I miss Mitch 😢
I used to miss Mitch. I mean, I do now, but I used to, as well.
Same fantastic one liners.
Even more important for hardware, e.g. door locks