On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 10:48:37PM +1300, Gavin Denby wrote:

I know this sounds silly, but I got hit with this some years ago when I sold/Made a headset for a cellphone for a cyclist. I gave Clear warnings on the dangers of using it while riding, Needless to say he ignored them, had a crash, We got the blame for him using it while riding as we did not warn him that his hearing could be impared if he wore it while not actually talking on the phone, but wearing it just in case he got a phone call.

It was the last one we ever made.

Heh, completely off-topic, but reminds me of something (possibly an urban legend) that to poke some fun at the warnings required on labels, Husqvarna put out a chainsaw with a warning label "warning - chain is sharp. Do not stop with hands or genitals". Or the lady in the states who tried to sue a pharmaceutical because after eating spermicide and then having intercourse, she got pregnant. How obvious do things have to be? The Consumer Guarantee Act uses the word "reasonable" a lot, leaving it up to the judge or jury to decide what is reasonable. I think juries (and judges) could have a lot of difficulty if some obscure technical problem occurred - would you expect to explain how BGP routing works? On the other hand, Telecom advertises Jetstart as "up to 5 times faster than a dial-up modem", but Jetstart (with xtra at least) appears to be massively over-subscribed, although I haven't noticed that much of a slow-down on the Ham. East exchange. But you should see the bitching in xtra.adsl about peak-time slowdowns. John McPherson ------------ WLUG - The Waikato Linux Users Group WWW: http://wlug.linuxcare.co.nz To unsubscribe, send an email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz with "unsubscribe wlug" in the body of the message.