Re: Upgrading with no patches in the "base"?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:33:03 -0500
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Hi Clay,
Not quite unpredictably. My car (Kia Forte 5 2017) has an indicator on
the dashboard for oil problems. You would have to ignore that indicator
for quite a while to have your car stop and your engine catch fire. I
am usually on the annual schedule of oil change, but this year I'm
confused. Last time I filled my tank was in August 2020. Since I am no
longer commuting in hell known as "Garden State Parkway", my gas
consumption has lowered quite dramatically, along with my mileage.
However. I still think that I will change my oil sometimes in April,
just to be on the safe side.
Regards
On Fri, 2021-01-08 at 16:51 +0000, Clay Jackson (cjackson) wrote:
> This is a great reference – especially the point that “Your
> application is already broken”. My corollary to that is that “All
> code is obsolete the first time it executes”. NOT patching, “if
> it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is a folly. The net over time will be
> an application that “fails” (to perform as expected) more and more
> often. . Patching or “upgrading” is to software what
> “Preventive Maintenance” is to “hardware” (the physical universe); if
> you don’t change the oil in your car, eventually (and unpredictably)
> it will stop (catastrophically).
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