#post-id: 7407-00-20
#original-date: 5.11.2020 Thu
#original-time: 12:20 AM
#original-day: 7407
#original-host: WinXP Home SP3 (Build 2600)
Network connectivity is more fickle than just checking for a service. It can come and go dynamically. You wander in and out of range of a Wi-Fi base station. You plug in or remove the USB networking adapter. The cleaning crew temporarily—or perhaps permanently—unplugs the Ethernet cable because it prevents them from vacuuming the floor.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20201102-00/?p=104411
Даже Рэймонд Чен в своё время пострадал от выдернутых шваброй шнурков!