On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:42:56 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

Paul wrote -
Well you're doin' a great job, Reg. Keep it up! What's the next
program you've got in mind to write? And which language to you
generally use for this purpose?

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Paul, what makes you think I do a great job? Nobody ever tells me. It's not
just idle curiosity. I'm not fishing. Feedback needed.

You make a worthwhile overall net contribution to the hobby, Reg. Your
programs save untold people an awful lot of time and f*cking about
with the kind of calculations that typically invite careless errors
and torn-out hair. I regularly visit your site and grab what I can!
Anyone with any sense would!
Will that suffice? ;-)
--

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.

"Paul Burridge" wrote -
I regularly visit your site and grab what I can!
Anyone with any sense would!
Will that suffice? ;-)

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Well, it will have to do. Thanks Paul!

For the last one or two years of my varied career I was listed in the firm's
phone directory as "Chief Standards Engineer". I had under some sort of
control the Quality Managers of 3 factories and laboratories.

Strictly speaking, "Quality" is defined as the ability to conform to
specified requirements. It can be statistically measured as can anybody's
performance.

But in my case I would prefer the more lax and broader definition of Quality
: The ability to serve the intended purpose.

"Reliability" is defined as Quality versus Time.

My programs, produced in retirement for a variety of reasons and purposes,
have now been available to the 'rabble' for 5 or 6 years. ;o)

Here I go again - pouring out my heart with the aid of a bottle of Valencia
red. It's supposed to be good for the arteries. It didn't do Franco any
harm. But a pity about Guenica as depicted by Pablo Picasso. He should
have done Nagosaki (which I witnessed from the air) and Hiroshima (which I
visited on foot). Unfortunately my camera had a pin-hole in the bellows but
the experience, nevertheless, profoundly influenced, you could say biassed,
my early education.
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Reg, G4FGQ

"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
...

But in my case I would prefer the more lax and broader definition of
Quality
: The ability to serve the intended purpose.

Well done Reg. I agree that definition fits in nicely with my (adopted)
expression which is "Fitness for use".
Terry.
PS. As an ex-Brit one of my most interesting and ironic experiences (around
1959) was trying to explain to a USAF Tech. Sgt. neighbour, of Mexican
background, the significance of the Boston Tea Party!
Sort of along the lines of, "Well actually old boy we lost that one; the US
Colonies went their own way to become the USA! Got that Carlos?"
IIRC his name was Carlos Valencia and he was married to a girl from around
New England. He fixed aircraft and I fixed his TV/Radio etc. Nice chap.