>>You claimed on another branch that you're able to crash your microwave and other embedded devices. That, I find surprising and interesting. I'd be interested to find out, in general terms, how your testing methods compare to those of the embedded/real time markets, whether you have much in common, etc.
>
>Well, I don't have a repro (Microsoft-speak for "reproducible") scenario for the microwave (happens a few times a year), or my later-mentioned camera (happened once), but I can crash my cell phone at will. However, the cell phone has software that has to run on multiple platforms (models of cell phones).
>

I never thought about this as "crashing" my microwave, but it does happen with some frequency. If I cook something (like a potato) for 10 minutes or so, then try to restart it, sometimes the timer will run, but the cooking power doesn't. As I understand it, it has something to do with humidity inside the microwave, but whatever it is, it's a PITA.

BTW, when some consumer device fails for me, I'm frequently frustrated that I can't simply post the bug the way I do with a VFP bug, and get it dealt with. <g>

Tamar