From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 13:36:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!bignews.mediaways.net!abq.news.ans.net!rdc.noaa.gov!not-for-mail From: "Benjamin.Altman" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 16:20:14 -0400 Organization: . Message-ID: <3B1FE1FE.B49AE27F@noaa.gov> References: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <9fli1b$4aa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.90.12.175 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: "Benjamin.Altman" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en]C-CCK-MCD (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8351 comp.lang.awk:2858 comp.lang.clarion:21355 comp.lang.java.programmer:74501 comp.lang.pl1:864 comp.lang.vrml:3604 Date: 2001-06-07T16:20:14-04:00 List-Id: Cause you don't expect coffee do give you 3rd degree burns, but everyone knows that the software is unsafe or buggy when they buy it (not excuse, but...) Marin David Condic wrote: > Ladders are supposed to be so overly expensive here specifically because of > all the product liability insurance the manufacturers have to carry. What > I'd like to know is how come a woman can spill hot coffee in her lap, sue > McDonalds for making the coffee hot & *win*, yet nobody seems to be able to > sue Bell Labs or Micro$oft for manufacturing operating systems with *known* > unsafe technology. (Comes The Revolution, the lawyers will be the second > ones up against the wall, right after the entire marketing department of > Cirrus Cybernetics Corporation! :-) > > As for the hammer? I'd suggest OSHA require they all be wrapped in > styrofoam. :-) > > MDC > -- > Marin David Condic > Senior Software Engineer > Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com > Enabling the digital revolution > e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com > Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ > > "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message > news:FzmIx3$T4lbd@eisner.encompasserve.org... > > In article , Pete Thompson > writes: > > > On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:58:13 GMT, Ted Dennison > wrote: > > > > > > Lawsuits over bugs?! Say it ain't so! > > > > > > In all seriousness, yes you could try to use safeguards, but there are > cases > > > where you simply cannot defend someone from themselves. How would you > put > > > safeguards on a hammer? > > > > Remember that in the good old US of A manufacturers of aluminum > > ladders are obliged to attach labels telling the user not to lean > > the aluminum ladder against an overhead power wire.