As someone who has more than once been left unconvinced that a thickness called up on a drawing was what had been produced, I was interested to read of last week’s awful legal case where a new yacht had run aground, the hull split and the owner brought an action against the yacht builder claiming that [...]
When is "cheap and throwaway" a total waste of time if you are relying on something to work? Whether you need it to work reliably on a job in order to pay the mortgage or you need it to work after three years in an emergency situation, will a throwaway component fit the bill? If [...]
I think we all get lulled into thinking that IT infrastructure is as solid as a rock. Just because all those problems that we had "a year or two ago" are all forgotten, does that mean that life will not become a nightmare next week? Every time something goes wrong, write it in a log. [...]
The issue of shelf life You wouldn't buy sausages when the shelf life was just about to expire and expect them to be good three weeks later; so why do we do this with elastomeric seals and sealants? Why would any manufacturer buy materials that are nearly past their sell-by date when for the same [...]
