On 11.09.2016 20:48, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote:
On Saturday, 10 September 2016 11:39:09 PM AEST Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
I'm reminded about the old British Rail gag about 'the wrong type of snow' being cited as an excuse for problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_rail#Other_causes
In Australia we have the wrong type of millipedes! LOL.
A couple of observations on failures, I have worked as a complex systems Technician for 30 years, worked in a Control room for 2 years and done unix system maintence for a number of local ISP's, There would be few staff in management or public relations who would have any kind of detailed technical understanding. This particularly applies to railway signalling and power supply, both which are very complex, detailed explanations would end up being garbled and therefore of little use. So when as a technician you report something that will end up as a media report you just give a simple basic report, anything else will cause problems. If any management require a detailed report you of course do so, but public relations will rarely if ever ask for such a report. Lindsay