[LINK] Is this a portent of things to come?

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 20:10 +1000, Ross Kelso wrote:
> The problem was caused by some corrupt Programing Guide (EPG) data
> sent from the NINE Network.  EPG data is sent periodically and
> automatically to your TV to update the in-built Channel-Guide. In this
> instance, the corrupt data clashed with the software [...]

Back in the 80's, PJ Plauger presented Plauger's Dogma: "No program
shall leave its sanity at the mercy of its input".

That is, the problem was not bad data from Nine. The problem was bad
programming in the Bravia.

You'd think we programmers would have it together by now...

Regards, K.

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