21 Jul
1998
21 Jul
'98
1:35 p.m.
Person tries to commit suicide using electric drill.
Not fatal,
significant brain damage. Heirs sue and the award is in the millions.
Reason, does not say the drill should not be used for surgery.
Pilot and passenger die in 1947 Piper Cub afer crashing
on take off.
Two fatal, payment over $25,000,000. Reason, no shoulder harnesses.
This may be simply anecdotal, but keeping in mind the other two:
Man (accidently) walks into spinning tail rotor of helicopter... his
family sues because it wasn't placarded that it might be dangerous to
walk into rotating blades...
("Think of it as evolution in action.") :-)
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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21 Jul
21 Jul
3:33 p.m.
This may be simply anecdotal, but keeping in mind the
other two:
Man (accidently) walks into spinning tail rotor of helicopter... his
family sues because it wasn't placarded that it might be dangerous to
walk into rotating blades...
("Think of it as evolution in action.") :-)
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
I have the same view of Win95 self destruction and dll mismatches.
Who was it who wrote the quote "Go Lemmings, Go..." -- Spider Robinson
Robert A. Heinlein???
Bill
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6:54 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Megan wrote:
This may be simply anecdotal, but keeping in mind the
other two:
Man (accidently) walks into spinning tail rotor of helicopter... his
family sues because it wasn't placarded that it might be dangerous to
walk into rotating blades...
("Think of it as evolution in action.") :-)
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
Or to bring it into the realm of current events:
Man smokes cigarettes for 50 years from his teens and contracts lung
cancer. Sues tobacco company because he did not know that it was
dangerous.
Disclaimer:
As a resident of the '90's, I take no responsibility for anything I say or do.
If any of my actions hurt or offend anyone, it was probably not my fault, and
the result of some childhood trauma which I've probably repressed.
- don
7:50 p.m.
My regular adult job is designing industrial vacuum systems for process
vacuum. We have to, by law, put decals on our machines by the wire guard for
the cooling fan that it's dangerous to stick your fingers in a rotating fan and by
the control panel that it's dangerous to stick your fingers inside of a live 460 volt
control panel.
My feeling is that if you are stupid enough to require those decals, a) you have
absolutely no business trying to install and run one of our machines, and b)
you deserve what you get when you shove your fingers into a rotating fan.
Just heard a story about a guy who defeated the safety catches on a sheet
metal shear and removed the fingers on one hand. When OSHA and plant
safety guys had him go through a recreation so they could figure out how to
prevent morons like him bypassing the interlocks again, he promptly bypassed
the safeties and removed the fingers from the other hand.
I agree. At some point, natural selection plays a part................
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
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