um...shouldn't the MTBF of the component be the MIMUMUM of all the MTBFs of each subcomponent? the chain is as strong as its weakest link and all that?
hm... I rememeber this comic about a big fish about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about... never mind.
um...shouldn't the MTBF of the component be the MIMUMUM of all the MTBFs of each subcomponent? the chain is as strong as its weakest link and all that?
5 years? You are being too optimistic. America still has troops in Korea, Germany, Japan, and more recently, Bosnia.
who did Iraq make the ceasefire agreement with? The UN. Therefore who should decide that Saddam should pay up? the UN. Not Bush.
hm... I rememeber this comic about a big fish about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about to swallow a slightly smaller fish, which is about ... never mind.
since when does politics have to make sense?