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Wild Explanations

An exercise in de-analysis[15]

[15] This prompted us to open Memory Dump Analysis Services: DumpAnalysis.com

This is a free floating explanation based on loose associations. Its extreme version uses G∥del incompleteness theorems (undecidable crashes and hangs), quantum mechanics (in small time delta any bug can appear and disappear without being caught) or hydrodynamics (code fluidity, turbulence around processor cores) for abnormal software behaviour explanation (similar to Fashionable Nonsense[16] in philosophy, humanities and social sciences). Its milder version is slightly modified original analysis monologue we found when searching Google for stack traces (we provide our comments below):

[16] http://www.literatescientist.com/2008/02/19/fashionable-nonsense/


  

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