In both philosophic and legal principle, Mr. Woodgate is correct. But this is not a root cause.
A root cause of the o-ring debacle was not simply the complicity by concerned parties, but that federal and corporate interests chose to ignore the immutability of the physics as described by engineers. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John > Woodgate > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Emissions from Computer power supplies - update > > In message > <[email protected] > tar.com>, > dated Fri, 18 Dec 2009, "Grasso, Charles" > <[email protected]> > writes: > > >Sorry Brian - I guess I do not understand your position. > Are you saying > >that North American companies are not requiring compliant product? > > It's almost certainly a lot more complicated than just a > blatant 'Ship > us non-compliant product.' Remember NASA's 'O-rings'? Delinquency is > most often spread thinly through both supplier and customer. > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk > 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]>
