In message <00b201c95a35$f528d430$df7a7c90$@com>, dated Tue, 9 Dec 2008, dward <[email protected]> writes:
>Automation, without proper control, only gives a lot of paper with >meaningless unsubstantiated number. Doesn't matter, because most of the test methods are either artificial or unrepeatable, so even manual measurements give meaningless unsubstantiated numbers. Pardon my cynicism. The only justification for what we do is that it works in practice. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>

