Carpet Bombing & Sikkim Bumper Lottery

Plot

Device hangs after 1 day, and you have only 12 days to fix the issue. For testing you have 10 devices with you. And the best part is that you don’t have a clue what the issue might be related to.

Solution

STEP 1: Make different random fix for every device, and put it for testing.
STEP 2: Next day repeat STEP 1 with a new fix.

With the above approach it is possible to try out 120 fixes for the issue, Uncle Sam calls it “Carpet Bombing”.

Hope

Provided that there are enough crossed fingers in the team, at least one of the fixes may actually fix the issue, this is also called as “Sikkim Bumper Lottery”

Result

History tells Uncle Sam had a very bad experience with carpet bombing as Osama keeps laughing from the comforts of his bunker.

Thankfully the history did not repeat itself and the 120th fix worked on the 11th hour of the 12th day.

All is well that ends well.

Disclaimer

The above act is very risky and was performed by untrained non-professionals. Please don’t try this @ Home, Office, Afghanistan of wherever.

Moral of the Story

Uncle Sam needs to abandon “Carpet Bombing” and switch to “Sikkim Bumper Lottery – Everyday two lucky draws”.