Category: Miscelleneaous

  • Stomachs and Cognition

    Something more mundane, but likely as least as relevant to many readers as yet another post on Hazard Analysis. Also, I have been struggling with the composition of a technical post on TCAS for a while so a bit of whimsy might be in order. I have suffered off and on from gastric ailments for…

  • The British Phone-Hacking Scandal

    I’ve been watching the phone-hacking scandal closely, even to the point of reading the Guardian’s timeline of the parliamentary debate last Wednesday (20th July) every few minutes or so. I don’t agree with those in parliament who suggested that “the people” are tired of it. This people most certainly is not. It says a lot…

  • Engineering Discussions of Discussions: The York List after 15 Years

    The archives of the University of York Safety-Critical Systems Mailing List start on 19 May, 1995, 15 years ago. I took a look at some of the older archives, up until December 2001, and remembered many names of former avid contributors. Two notable regulars, Peter Mellor and Peter Amey, no longer contribute because they are…