Thursday, February 5, 2009

Technological Failures

In the morning your electric device is in top shape, you expect it to stay that way - that's not always the case. In the evening you fire up your electric device, it doesn't start - after fiddling around with it you bitterly accept it's broken.

Electronic engineering is not a trade we all specialize in, so finding the root of a problem on your own can be tedious. Two options; get the broken device fixed somehow or buy a new one. In some cases, however, taking your broken device to maintenance might end up costing more than actually buying a new piece instead.

Plain aging can destroy a component or a connection in an electronic circuit. Before completely breaking down, the device can get less responsive at the very least. No matter how well-preserved your equipment is, time takes its toll. It's either that or bad luck.

You can accidentally break something but it rarely happens to me, things just stop working and they must get replaced or revived.

The modern civilization relies way too much on electricity altogether, most of our everyday life gadgets run on electricity - get a power outage and you're stranded with no luxury in sight. The world would tremble if electricity just ceased to exist. No more TV, internet or mobile phones - amongst endless amount of other things.

Such is the cycle of power-induced junk.

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