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02/24/10 09:39
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 		 #173516 - Is electronics particularly dangerous
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Professional engineers take safety very seriously, and generally have a very 'risk averse' mindset. This is entirely appropriate when your products will inevitably be misused by less well educated users. We therefore notice the risky fumblings of the beginner and post appropriate warnings. It does however remind me of my own fumblings as a teenager, poking around inside a valve (= tube to the Americans) TV set, and being 'surprised' to discover a chassis connected to neutral, 800V peak across the line scan coils etc.

Is electronics dangerous compared to free diving, motor cycling, tombstoning or bob sleighing?

List of 28 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Darwin Award nominations?            01/01/70 00:00      
   it's cultural ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Is electronics particularly dangerous            01/01/70 00:00      
      Maybe the dangers are less obvious?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Most people are smart enough ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Dangers, obvious and otherwise            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hot ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      ...or Compared to:            01/01/70 00:00      
      Mostly...            01/01/70 00:00      
         I wouldn't blame the engineers            01/01/70 00:00      
         Why ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            RE: As long as the braking system works            01/01/70 00:00      
               Yes            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Details on wikipedia:            01/01/70 00:00      
                     relativity            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Shark attacks            01/01/70 00:00      
   My best attempt to kill myself            01/01/70 00:00      
   Could be worse.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Expect the Un-Expected ! ! !            01/01/70 00:00      
         Entirely expected            01/01/70 00:00      
      Aircraft Autopilots            01/01/70 00:00      
         Model stabilisation            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not the case in the U.S.            01/01/70 00:00      
               rephrase            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Talk about your chicken and egg            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I've always figured that the first chicken was a mutant            01/01/70 00:00      
                  There's a reason they call it WORK            01/01/70 00:00      
               Specific Vs general            01/01/70 00:00      

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