John,
I never thought of it that way. Great perspective! Thanks!
Doug Nix
d...@mac.com
“The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given
set of circumstances.” Viktor Frankl
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make
mistakes. Mahatma
I was on contract to write a test plan for a new AED when one of the
project managers complained about the cost of doing all the tests. No
one else does, it's a competitive disadvantage. Why make it so difficult?
Rather than fall back on Because you can't legally sell them without,
I replied
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I was on contract to write a test plan for a new AED when one of the project
managers complained about the cost of doing all the tests. No one else does,
it's a competitive disadvantage. Why make it so difficult?
Rather than fall back
: Friday, December 07, 2012 9:02 AM
To: John Woodgate
Cc: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
John,
I never thought of it that way. Great perspective! Thanks!
Doug Nix
d...@mac.com
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude
In message 000c01cdd486$cdf05bc0$69d11340$@ieee.org, dated Fri, 7 Dec
2012, Jack Burns jbu...@ieee.org writes:
Should the added cost of the safety features be considered a marketing
or legal expense?
Well, either, because generally for those budgets USD5 is a trifle,
whereas it's half
Of John
Woodgate
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 8:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
I've used that 'Do you have so many customers that you can afford to
kill a few?' response to that. It doesn't make one popular but it gets
the point over.
--
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Subject: Re: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
In message 000c01cdd486$cdf05bc0$69d11340$@ieee.org, dated Fri, 7 Dec
2012, Jack Burns jbu...@ieee.org writes:
Should the added cost of the safety features be considered a marketing
or legal expense?
Well, either, because generally for those budgets
In message
b8f3f23a24ba3f4688cc5275527cb98b0e500...@inwpiexc02.sats.corp, dated
Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Grasso, Charles charles.gra...@echostar.com writes:
Analysis showed that the OEM manufacturer left out a small component -
the bleed resistor across the filter caps - with massive results.
Those
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Subject: Re: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
In message 000c01cdd486$cdf05bc0$69d11340$@ieee.org, dated Fri, 7 Dec
2012, Jack Burns jbu...@ieee.org writes:
Should the added cost of the safety features be considered a marketing
or legal expense?
Well, either, because generally for those
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 10:12 AM
To: John Woodgate; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: RE: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
Years ago I had firsthand experience ( as a fledgling
engineer) of a DIRECT financial impact on the company
I worked for at the time due to a safety hazard in a
fielded
:
John Woodgate j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk
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Date:
12/07/2012 08:21 AM
Subject:
Re: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
In message 000c01cdd486$cdf05bc0$69d11340$@ieee.org, dated Fri, 7 Dec
2012, Jack Burns jbu...@ieee.org writes:
Should the added cost of the safety features
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From:
Grasso, Charles charles.gra...@echostar.com
To:
EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG,
Date:
12/07/2012 10:14 AM
Subject:
Re: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
Years ago I had firsthand experience
Subject:
Re: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
I had a similar experience years ago. Prototype power filter in a system
that ran on 3 phase power. The tech who built up the filter forgot the
bleeder resistors. I picked up the power cord sometime after the unit had
been turned off and unplugged
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Sent: Dec 7, 2012 1:12 PM
To: John Woodgate j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk, EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: RE: [PSES] The Cost of Safety
Years ago I had firsthand experience ( as a fledgling
engineer
In message
d250d01e39356a4e9cc3b4b459d6655094d97...@ms-cda-01.advanced-input.com,
dated Fri, 7 Dec 2012, McInturff, Gary gary.mcintu...@esterline.com
writes:
The counter example, maybe. Is a monitor we built some years ago was at
the start of a fire. Evaluation quickly showed that the
I recall a marketing VP saying to me some
years ago that safety is a cost without a
return. Meaning we don’t want to put any
more money into safety than we absolutely
have to.
In today’s paper, we learn that this mantra
continues.
“At the April 2011 meeting in Dhaka, the Bangladesh
In message 388614C14BF842D68620C77DADC90DBA@RichardHPdv6, dated Thu, 6
Dec 2012, Richard Nute ri...@ieee.org writes:
I recall a marketing VP saying to me some
years ago that safety is a cost without a
return. Meaning we don’t want to put any
more money into safety than we absolutely
have to.
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