FW: for those intrepid nuke engineers who were contemplating...

integrating iTunes into the emergency control rod retraction code.

Received from my friend J:

From the iPod license agreement:

THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.

WTF??!!? All I can say is – fuckin’ lawyers. Is this unabashed job security or am I living in a cozy little fantasy where people don’t generally sue companies for protracted stupid shit? Oh, wait – it’s the lawyers that do the suing. I guess it makes sense then. Never mind. Y’know I didn’t see anything in the eula about not jabbing yourself in the carotid artery with a shard of a broken iTunes CD. They missed that one I guess. I suppose this was the “paranoia du jour.”

L.L. Bone

I placed an order at L.L. Bean a few days ago. Here is the rant I sent FedEx:

 

My package was left at night, in the rain, in front of my door. I found it, soaking wet, blocking the door so I couldn’t get out, when I tried to leave in the morning for the train.  This is the second time! I want to know is the driver stupid, mean, uncaring or deranged that he would do this?  Why when there is a covered portion of the porch which doesn’t block the door, which would have kept the package dry, would he choose to block the door again, and leave it in the rain? Oh, by the way the package was full of leather goods, shoes and clothes.  Why didn’t he ring the bell? Deliver the package before 7PM? Or use any kind of common sense?  This is not how you build trust and good will. Stupid, stupid, stupid.