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by zdragnar 1245 days ago
Airliners have to deal with all sorts of problems on the fly, literally. You can't stop lightning strikes, birds, engines catching fire, or any other myriad problems.

It's such a terrible analogy I'm a little flabbergasted. Planes need to reboot all the time to clear out hardware and software faults. The occasional problem is planned for.