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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no 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: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 13:09:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" 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, 7 Jun 2001 15:46:52 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9f8b7b$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$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 991943213 1960 136.170.200.133 (7 Jun 2001 19:46:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Jun 2001 19:46:53 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8349 comp.lang.awk:2857 comp.lang.clarion:21344 comp.lang.java.programmer:74497 comp.lang.pl1:863 comp.lang.vrml:3603 Date: 2001-06-07T19:46:53+00:00 List-Id: Ladders are supposed to be so overly expensive here specifically because of all the product liability insurance the manufacturers have to carry. What I'd like to know is how come a woman can spill hot coffee in her lap, sue McDonalds for making the coffee hot & *win*, yet nobody seems to be able to sue Bell Labs or Micro$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.