Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:35:53 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Crowdstrike fiasco Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <14650d94-4742-6c3f-9c73-33e7468106c5@example.net> <3HSmO.57759$xYQc.40648@fx12.iad> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.9.6-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:35:53 +0000 Lines: 26 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-o5PX5pz1gE4mYo65PhYda1DHs58TXK7kQMz5a7PLsa29VUMS8HoLNPRaMDZlatAARYLOFQa+ZZjYGrr!lrDPWD567ku+XU6B/dNvtPwEwDHyQ7Ir2Gx1qimmcaUk8ehhAogeKIkdl19ZlViAHKljEaV1AVNl!Q/fT0zj1P17eICBuOk3jae7rjQyA9XUK X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2472 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 20/07/2024 19:42, rbowman wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 17:43:27 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > > >> That explains the definition of "Quality Control" that I once heard: > >> keeping quality under control so it doesn't rise too high and increase > >> costs. > > > > Stated honestly a large part of my college statistics course involved > > determining how many widgets you need to test to insure only N% of the > > output is defective, where N is determined by the cost of repairing/ > > replacing the defective widgets balanced against the QA costs. > > > I remember the US Robotics 'lifetime guaranteed' modems > When mine got struck by lightning, they simply sent me a new one. > It was cheaper than repairing the old I wonder if you can still get a new replacement today. :P -- "There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins." --Ecclesiastes 7:20. Hot weekend. :( Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )