On 6/16/2012 12:16 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Saturday, June 16, 2012 12:14:55 PM Eric Keller did opine: > > >> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Dave<e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: >> >>> The school was very unique in that they encouraged students to use the >>> machines and the facilities after hours. They had a shop supervisor >>> who was paid to stay late most weekday nights. Even the garage was >>> available, so we could put our cars on the lifts to do repairs and >>> modifications. When I wasn't chasing girls, I "lived" at school. >>> :-) >>> >>> Dave >>> >> I expect those days are over everywhere now due to a tragic accident >> where a Yale student had a fatal incident involving long hair and a >> lathe. Around here, students have full access to a very nice shop, but >> they have to have a funding source to use it. Deep pockets aren't a >> funding source, they have to be spending money from a school budget. >> After the Yale incident, they required us to tell the safety office >> about any rotating machinery we had in our labs. I'm pretty >> disappointed about this whole situation, a mechanical engineering >> school of any merit should have student shops. >> Eric >> > When will the friggin lawyers understand that you can't save stupid from > himself? > >
They already understand that. But since they can still make loads of $ from idiots doing stupid things, why stop? Remember the lady that sued McDonalds for having the coffee too hot! Now all of our McDonalds coffee is just above cool. :-( And the women and the lawyers made some serious cash. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
