Re: a system that fails spectacularly
Steve Allen said: > This became a long-running joke in the morris dance community. A few > years back some English town councils decided to become ISO 9000 > compliant. That required them to ascertain that all of their > sub-contractors were also compliant. Actually, it does nothing of the sort. An organisation going for qualification must set up an ISO 9000 boundary. Everything inside must conform to the processes, so anything coming in through the boundary must be assessed each time it comes in. The boundary can go around more than one organisation. So many organisations find it easier to force their suppliers and sub-contractors inside the boundary than to deal with stuff coming in. In other words, it's easier to only buy widgets from ISO 9000 compliant suppliers than to provide an inbound widget quality test department. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Tel:+44 20 8495 6138 Internet Expert | Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Fax:+44 870 051 9937 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646 Thus plc||
Re: a system that fails spectacularly
M. Warner Losh said: > >> * A second is represented by an integer from 0 to 61; [...] > >> but this specification > >> follows the date and time conventions for ISO C. Of course, ISO C fixed this misunderstanding many years ago. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Tel:+44 20 8495 6138 Internet Expert | Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Fax:+44 870 051 9937 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646 Thus plc||
Re: a system that fails spectacularly
Clive D.W. Feather wrote: Steve Allen said: This became a long-running joke in the morris dance community. A few years back some English town councils decided to become ISO 9000 compliant. That required them to ascertain that all of their sub-contractors were also compliant. Actually, it does nothing of the sort. On the other hand, the idea of ISO 9000 compliant Morris dancers is a very funny one. Presumably, they'd have to standardise the size of their pig's bladders. There's a Monty Python sketch just waiting to be written. I'm guessing that their level of ISO 9000 compliance falls in inverse proportion to the amount of beer they drink. As does their likelihood of observing leap seconds correctly. David Harper -- Dr David Harper Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, England Tel: 01223 834244 Fax: 494919 http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/adh/
Re: a system that fails spectacularly
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Clive D.W. Feather wrote: > boundary than to deal with stuff coming in. In other words, it's easier to > only buy widgets from ISO 9000 compliant suppliers than to provide an > inbound widget quality test department. >From what I understand from some of the recent emails, you would not have to provide an inbound widget quality test department, but rather an inbound widget manufacturer's quality control procedure test department. This is to keep consistency with the model that ISO9000 compliance means your products can be crap as long as you document how you arrive at that assessment. Pete.
Re: a system that fails spectacularly
On 9 Dec 2005 at 10:42, David Harper wrote: > On the other hand, the idea of ISO 9000 compliant Morris dancers is a > very funny one. Presumably, they'd have to standardise the size of > their pig's bladders. There's a Monty Python sketch just waiting to be > written. > > I'm guessing that their level of ISO 9000 compliance falls in inverse > proportion to the amount of beer they drink. As does their likelihood > of observing leap seconds correctly. But if they fail to observe the leap second properly, the timing and synchronization of the dancers will be off, and they might collide catastrophically into one another! We must fix this danger right away! -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/
Re: a system that fails spectacularly
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Clive D.W. Feather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : M. Warner Losh said: : > >> * A second is represented by an integer from 0 to 61; : [...] : > >> but this specification : > >> follows the date and time conventions for ISO C. : : Of course, ISO C fixed this misunderstanding many years ago. True, but the Java spec that was referenced didn't... Warner
