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Default Power surges and modern electronics.



Makes you wonder next time you get on an aircraft ("fly by wire"),
have a surgical procedure ("Doctor, the patient's blood pressure
is 9843 over 2"), etc. :-/

Maybe the Luddites were onto something, afterall! :

Yes, exactly. Coders are very bright (theoretically speaking) folks, but
they cannot see the future. Unanticipated, although normal, events and
other random glitches/failures can conspire to send controllers/chips into
endless loops or into a routine that is entirely inappropriate. We have
engineered ourselves into an untenable position. Anyway, for now, just shut
everything down and turn the devices back on using a recommended sequence
(good luck with that).