h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:51:18 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
(Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Right. And innovation would have prevented Fermi 2 how? (Since that
Fermi 2 was a fabrication error.) How would innovation have prevented
Browns Ferry? (Since Browns Ferry was a management and common sense
failure.) How would innovation have prevented TMI? (Since TMI was a
managment and operational error.)

By designing so that meltdown is impossible. Dyson has discussed
this.

And that prevents management, operational, and bonehead errors how?

We've seen the same thing in the aircraft industry, in
which the FAA tells everyone how to design and operate aircraft.

Even before the FAA, we saw airplanes lost to operator, maintenance,
design, and construction problems. After the FAA, we see airplanes
lost to the same cause. The FAA has changed what exactly?

Increased costs, and suppressed innovation.

I see. You sput buzzwords in place of reasoned discussion.

D.
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