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From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: The medical industry is not regulated?
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 15:24:34 EST
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> > Were the designers
> > of the car government certified?

> It just so happens that, yes indeed, there is a certification process known
> as a driver's license required to operate a motor vehicle.  Whether that
> certification process is very rigorous or not, it *is* a requirement before
> driving a potentially lethal automobile 55 miles per hour. And if a person
> *should* be proven to have killed somebody by negligence in driving, they
> are not allowed to drive for a certain period.

Can you say: designers?
Chalk up another straw man.
 
> > Do you know how many people could die
> > if electricity were to be cut off to large sections of a city because a
> > computer program failed?  Should all those programmers be government
> > certified?

> There are also regulations to insure that electrical wiring is safe.
 
Can you say: because a computer program failed?
Chalk up another.

What is it with you, Tim?

Do you just not care what you say as long as you say something?

The point is there are many professionals in industry that are not government
certified and many of them are responsible for decisions that could cost
lives if mistakes are made.  If a company may be liable for faulty products
then it is in everyones best interest to see that key people know what they
are doing.
 
> I am glad of it.            tim sevener  whuxl!orb

--Cliff