Tracy R Reed wrote: > John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > "We can't stop the occasional problem" - yes, you can. Would you travel > > on commercial airliners if you thought that the aviation industry took > > this approach with your life? I didn't think so.
Sorry, the above was a quote from the article. > I hate to tell you this...but they do take this approach with your life. > And I can prove it: Every airline has insurance. They know they can't > stop the occasional crash. > > > No. No you cannot stop the occasional problem. You cannot forsee the > > future. Occastional problems will occur. This is why you have contigency > > plans. Hopefully, they will work. This was my own personal observation. I am aware of the real world. This security guy lives in Fantasy Land. > You, you can? No, you can't? Which is it? :) > > > This reminds me of what one guy was saying when I was going through > > Total Quality Leadership classes: How many of you, when driving home, > > arrived at the wrong house? Of course no one answered, so he used that > > to make the point that we can acheive 0% mistakes. > > Erm...glad I wasn't in that class! :) Seriously, who would admit to > arriving at the wrong house? I have tried to open the wrong apartment > door, wrong hotel room door, even pulled into the wrong driveway once > after just renting a new home. It's the unusual circumstances that get > you. Little factors and coincidences that pile up causing a disaster. > > > My question would have been to the same group: How many of you got off > > at the wrong exit when driving home? How many of you past your turn, > > while driving home? How many of you passed your own house, while driving > > home? > > I've done all of the above. I have, too. Even after living at one place for quite awhile. > > Mistakes were made, obviously, but they were all corrected. We simply > > cannot stop the occasional problem. We can fix them, though. > > I'm really not sure where you were going with all of this. First you say > you can stop the occasional problem then you end up agreeing with him > that you can't. Which is it? Hopefully, that was all cleared up. Sorry for the brief confusion. (Now - had you read the article that this was about, yo'd have *KNOWN* that!) -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
