Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Knowing how to repair a system indicates something about its quality.

I know how to start the MS Windows task manager. You press the Crtl-Alt-Del keys at the same time. A window pops and displays option. One option is the task manager. The task manager allows me to kill processes that are stuck or broken in some way.

On an Apple computer in OS X, there is a “Force Quit” function that allows me to kill a process that is malfunctioning. There is a key sequence to cause the Force Quit window to appear. I can’t remember that key sequence. I guess that is because I need to use it about once a year.

This states something about the reliability of MS Windows and Apple OS X. I suppose is states something about the reliability or quality of any system. If I know how to repair the system, I have repaired it before which means it has failed before. Hmmm.

If I have memorized how to repair a system, I have repair it often. Hmmm, quality? Not so much.