[SystemSafety] A Gem from Bloomberg

[paul_e.bennett at topmail.co.uk]

On 12/11/2019 at 2:01 PM, "Robert P. Schaefer" <rps at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>How is it that, 26 years after it was pointed out clearly in two 
>articles in the
>software-engineering literature, and 22 years after Table D.1 in 
>Annex D of Part 7 of the
>international standard for functional safety of E/E/PE systems was 
>published, which includes the
>necessary figures, engineers can suggest such nonsense to 
>journalists?
>Of course, one shouldn’t trust quotes found on the Internet, but 
>here’s a quote anyway:
>“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his 
>salary depends on his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair

That is where the measure of personal integrity for the person comes
into play. Willingness to walk away from the money and do the right thing
is what 'Professional Engineers' are meant to do. Not cowtow to the
money gods.

Regards

Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET
Systems Engineer
Lunar Mission One Ambassador
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