6 October 2022 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 8 May 2024Perhaps the most important rule when debugging a problem is to quit thinking and look. This is the reminder we most often give to other engineers. You can tell that someone is thinking, not looking whenever you hear the phrase “that can’t happen”. If someone utters that phrase, they must immediately lose speaking privileges. It is obvious that the problem can happen, because it did! ““ Quote That can’t happen” is a statement made by someone who has only thought about why something can’t happen and hasn’t looked at …
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