I read in !emc-pstc that Tania Grant <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Sometimes product safety just isn't enough', on Fri, 14 Dec 2001: > And we have strayed here from the subject matter (although I don't > mind!). Just how much does a product designer and a product > safety professional owe to make the product safe under any > circumstances? In my estimation, the line has to be drawn > somewhere. Do we have to protect the user against obvious > sabotage? (What is 'obvious'?) My point was that we, product > safety professionals, also have an obligation to educate the user > in product safety, not just submit product to bureaucratic agencies > for proof of compliance.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because the Devil keeps making more and more ingenious fools. (Unknown author acknowledged) -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
