[time-nuts] Man killed in quartz crystal accident

[Bill Dailey]

So throw caution to the wind because other things kill people?  100% of people die from something.  So we shouldn't try to keep from killing bystanders because they are going to die anyway?  Sounds a bit sociopathic to me.

Doc

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> On Nov 26, 2013, at 7:34 AM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> 
> Far more people are killed and injured every year by car crashes and
> smoking than by all civilian incidents, or even atomic warfare, in
> history.
> 
> -John
> 
> =======================
> 
>> This quartz crystal accident is a canary in the coal mine that
>> demonstrates how poor safety and regulations often work in the real world.
>> What I feel is a bigger concern is the similar risks we have with our
>> aging Nuclear reactors. Many are over twenty-five years past their
>> intended life.
>> The problem is today they are paid for, and the government insures them,
>> so they are very profitable. The question is do any of the safety
>> officials and inspectors really have the authority to close them when they
>> become inherently unsafe? I don't think so. I think they will run until
>> one catastrophically fails. I think government oversight is far to often
>> an illusion.
>> 
>> Thomas Knox
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:51:49 -0500
>>> From: nerd at verizon.net
>>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Man killed in quartz crystal accident
>>> 
>>> I oncecancelled my purchase of a home when I found a sign nearby
>>> indicating an
>>> underground high pressure gas transmission line. These days they're
>>> probably
>>> removing the signs.
>>> 
>>> Let's hope the government doesn't decide that precise timekeeping is of
>>> strategic value and not permitted amongst ordinary people.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 11/25/2013 11:49 PM, Joe Leikhim wrote:
>>>> If you really want to lose sleep, think about those old rusty 24 inch
>>> gas
>>>> mains running under your neighborhood like in San Bruno California.
>>> The
>>>> warning signs were present there as well.
>>>> 
>>>> Now thanks to Homeland Security you can't find accurate gas
>>> transmission maps
>>>> on-line unless you are cleared. So if you are buying a house in a
>>> particular
>>>> neighborhood, do some walking around looking for signs of buried
>>> facilities.
>>> 
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