[off-topic] Reboot will fix everything

[Gavin Chester]

On 14/03/12 16:14, Tim White wrote:
> It's also becoming a general attitude to lots of technical devices, like
> phones.

Too true! I've had multiple examples of devices where rebooting, or more 
correctly - repowering, the device has fixed problems. Three recent 
examples serve to illustrate: 1/ daughter's non-smart phone would not 
respond to input from wall charger. Fix = remove battery and try again. 
Sorted; 2/ DVD player goes all weird on us with audio garbled and out of 
sync. Fix = remove power and start again. Sorted; 3/ Free-to-air 
satellite receiver says card unrecognised. Fix = remove power and start 
again. Sorted.

You get the picture. Nowadays, I have the proven philosophy that if it 
has any sort of electronics and it "goes weird" removing the power 
source momentarily, or otherwise rebooting it, has always worked to 
restore it. Go figure?

Gavin.