From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
Subject: Re: Have you ever had a bug caused by...
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:34:49 -0400
Date: 2001-10-24T19:34:50+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9r754q$2r1$1@nh.pace.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3BD70EA2.655805A6@boeing.com
Well, if they were *good* engineers, they'd design to the strength of the
materials they had. It would be the construction contractor using a grade of
steel of lower quality than specified who would go to jail. :-)
The point is taken, but as an engineer, one has to often work with what is
available and not with what might be optimal.
MDC
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"Jeffrey Carter" <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote in message
news:3BD70EA2.655805A6@boeing.com...
>
> When new projects started with substandard steel as the implementation
> material, they, being good civil engineers, simply built the bridge with
> it.
>
> Of course, when the bridge collapses and kills people, the civil
> engineers go to jail. When the S/W fails, the manager gets promoted.
>
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Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-20 1:14 Have you ever had a bug caused by Mike Silva
2001-10-20 1:44 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-20 2:12 ` James Rogers
2001-10-20 9:15 ` Robert*
2001-10-20 11:20 ` Bertrand Augereau
2001-10-20 11:30 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2001-10-20 12:39 ` Robert*
2001-10-20 13:09 ` Bertrand Augereau
2001-10-20 21:21 ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-22 15:58 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-20 19:07 ` Dr Adrian Wrigley
2001-10-21 1:09 ` Mike Silva
2001-10-21 12:05 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-22 14:48 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-22 17:03 ` Martin Dowie
2001-10-22 17:22 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-23 6:13 ` Mike Silva
2001-10-22 21:49 ` David Bolen
2001-10-22 22:14 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-23 0:52 ` Robert*
2001-10-23 13:30 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-25 9:45 ` John English
2001-10-25 15:23 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-25 18:17 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-25 15:36 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-25 16:09 ` Simon Wright
2001-10-25 2:16 ` David Bolen
2001-10-23 6:26 ` Mike Silva
2001-10-23 9:40 ` mike
2001-10-23 10:09 ` Preben Randhol
2001-10-23 13:48 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-23 15:45 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-23 17:08 ` Marin David Condic
2001-12-04 11:09 ` Harri J Haataja
2001-10-24 12:44 ` Marc A. Criley
2001-10-24 18:55 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-24 19:34 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2001-10-26 4:18 ` (Off topic:) Quality Anders Wirzenius
2001-10-25 9:36 ` Have you ever had a bug caused by John English
2001-10-25 15:41 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-25 17:57 ` Have you ever had a bug OOPS Wes Groleau
2001-11-13 2:07 ` David Thompson
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