On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 10:16:54AM -0400, Matthew Gaylor wrote: > Tom Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >don't know about you over there, but over here in europe we DO tell > >vendors of all sorts of products what to include. for example, certain > >safety features are mandatory in all technical products. certain > >ingredients are illegal in food. and there IS a regulation that controls > >tying of products. the silicon valley holier-than-thou attitude shines > >quite brightly when someone requests that the high-tech industry be > >exempt from regulations that everyone else abides by. > > > >anyone here ever heard of DIN? it's something more narrow than ISO, > >specifying technical norms for products in germany. for example, there > >is a DIN that describes how screws look. > > > From a nation that censors the speech of it's citizens, and who would > like to censor everyone, why should anyone be surprised that they > have a standard for screws? The US has standards for screws too- both the SAE standards which standardize thread forms, thread pitches and material hardness, and other standards for the aircraft industry and military which specify technical norms for their respective industries on top of the basic SAE standards. So I guess that means that DELETED BY INTERNET CENSOR BOARD too. -- Eric Murray www.lne.com/~ericm ericm at the site lne.com PGP keyid:E03F65E5
