From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 7 03:34:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA15573 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 03:34:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA15540 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 03:34:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id UAA04668; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:39:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199808071039.UAA04668@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC In-Reply-To: from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Aug 7, 98 12:28:56 pm" To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:39:41 +1000 (EST) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > They're still pretty rabid about accidents (they have other QHSE > posters all over the place with photographs and schematics of > accidents involving Schlumberger employees) but I don't think they > actually fire people for that (unless it's a case of drunk driving or > something). And I can understand the part about wells; you don't get a > second chance with those things. If you blow your charges to high up > in the well, you're pretty likely to flood the reservoir and lose a > couple of hundred billion dollars' worth of oil or gas, not to mention > waste the entire exploration and drilling costs. > > Then again, I've been told the European region is more lax with these > things (and discipline in general) than the American region, so YMMV. This was in South-East Asia (Japan, China, Phillipines, Malaysia). -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message