Hi HardRock Earl, ...and there we thought your cave was this soft cushiony hibernation hollow you shared with a ground hog. Well, how do you tell somebody that they have been smoking something witout telling them they have been smoking something? Why should FMEA, R&M, and LCC be able to tell you something about reliability? The only way I can think of is to question the source: where does this stuff come from? what data is it based on? what physical model(s) is it based on? why has nobody heard of it? Sorry, diplomacy was never my long suit and I have always been a straight-shooter--good consequence, this kept me off the Bell Labs promotion list. So now you got a tech-guru instead of a lousy Lucent manager. Sir Knight-in-Somewhat-Tarnished-Armor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------