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<blockquote data-quote="VWBobby" data-source="post: 7126081" data-attributes="member: 624844">Hah, not exactly.&nbsp; You would be surprised what has taken down a whole plant for hours/days at a time.&nbsp; My old job mostly involved going into clean rooms when the computers couldn&#039;t be remotely controlled and repairing them in field.&nbsp; Other times I needed to bring them back to the &#039;lab&#039; for repair.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other 75% of my job involved gathering information and studying.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t spend my free time watching sports or doing other crap most people enjoy.&nbsp; That&#039;s part of the reason I&#039;m on this forum, research and development.Riddle me this....&nbsp; What type of TV do you own?&nbsp; LCD/LED screen maybe?&nbsp;&nbsp; How old is the computer you own?&nbsp; How old are the other main electronics in your house?&nbsp; Chances are the companies I worked for manufactured the IC&#039;s in those devices.&nbsp; They are designed to fail.&nbsp;&nbsp; The standard test is 100,000 hours.&nbsp; Will they ever last that long?&nbsp; Very, very, rarely.&nbsp; That&#039;s what they&#039;re designed for right?&nbsp; I mean, you designed it yourself, right? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif&nbsp; If not, you weren&#039;t in the same field as I was in.Now I repair those same machines (computers, monitors) and mostly work on software issues these days.&nbsp; They all **** below the $1,000 level.&nbsp; You still get what you pay for. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif&nbsp;&nbsp; How&#039;s that automation working out for you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VWBobby, post: 7126081, member: 624844"] Hah, not exactly. You would be surprised what has taken down a whole plant for hours/days at a time. My old job mostly involved going into clean rooms when the computers couldn't be remotely controlled and repairing them in field. Other times I needed to bring them back to the 'lab' for repair. The other 75% of my job involved gathering information and studying. I didn't spend my free time watching sports or doing other crap most people enjoy. That's part of the reason I'm on this forum, research and development. Riddle me this.... What type of TV do you own? LCD/LED screen maybe? How old is the computer you own? How old are the other main electronics in your house? Chances are the companies I worked for manufactured the IC's in those devices. They are designed to fail. The standard test is 100,000 hours. Will they ever last that long? Very, very, rarely. That's what they're designed for right? I mean, you designed it yourself, right? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] If not, you weren't in the same field as I was in. Now I repair those same machines (computers, monitors) and mostly work on software issues these days. They all **** below the $1,000 level. You still get what you pay for. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] How's that automation working out for you? [/QUOTE]

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