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>>I'm trying to find an example of Thundering Train programming in other industries. I'm having a hard time. A CPU to the best of my knowledge does not have an external fuse because there is a fuse on the motherboard in case of power spikes. The specifications for the CPU indicate the power environment. However are there not resistors inside the CPU? Don't they condition the power for different parts of the chip?
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>No-checks are abundant everywhere. The problem is that you have to develop the sense to see what cannot be seen.

Please list some examples.

To me the problem with using Thundering Train Programming (TTP) is it allows room for error. For example, a service person is coming to my house today. My brand new snow blower - which is probably the reason we aren't having much snow here in Toronto - can jiggle the fuel line loose under normal operation, resulting in possible fire or even explosion. I guarantee if it had exploded I'd be cursing your name while I was in the hospital. ;) Just kidding! LOL. Maybe Exploding Snowblower Programming would be a better name: ESP - You don't have to be psychic to consider what may go wrong. ;)

Someone seems to have figured they designed the fuel line connector properly - likely according to specs - but it still fails. I'm looking forward to seeing the current design and the repair. I'll report back.

A professional engineer / architect should not have designed it like that. They should always use the proper kind of connectors, rather than just assuming that something else is good enough - just to prevent problems.

Now I ask you, shouldn't this engineer be reprimanded or even fired?