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fjtorres · 06-03-2013, 08:40 PM

Testing a product outside its documented operating environment to see what failure modes it exhibits is fine...if done openly. Hiding the fact that you went outside the lines and pretending the failure was to be expected during normal operation is lying by omission at a minimum.
Expecting a passionate techie like Musk *not* to blow up at that kind of representation is a lot like expecting the media *not* to cover a sneeze in the Apple campus. Anybody who's been around the block at least once knows better.

Overeaction is a way of life with both.

06-03-2013, 08:40 PM	#57
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Testing a product outside its documented operating environment to see what failure modes it exhibits is fine...if done openly. Hiding the fact that you went outside the lines and pretending the failure was to be expected during normal operation is lying by omission at a minimum. Expecting a passionate techie like Musk not to blow up at that kind of representation is a lot like expecting the media not to cover a sneeze in the Apple campus. Anybody who's been around the block at least once knows better. Overeaction is a way of life with both.