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>>dang+yy1
> In short, it was remote bricked, by giving it commands to rotate a bit. > But luckily it automatically readjust itself to earth automatically every half year exactly for these events.

I remember when bricking something meant it was totally unrecoverable. Now it means "temporarily not working but will automatically heal".

>>belter+(OP)
Stub for arguing about what "bricked" means. These comments were originally replies to >>36941191 , but we moved them because the offtopic discussion was choking the thread.

Normally I'd have marked the entire subthread offtopic, but hutzlibu's comment deserves to be at the top, even if it does use the word "bricked" wrong.

>>burnte+AB
I'd say "totally unrecoverable but physically intact". You wouldn't call a device bricked if it has the form of small pile of ashes.

Then "totally unrecoverable" is rare and the term bricked has always been relative. Your bricked device may be as good as new to someone who has a JTAG adaper and knows how to use it.