Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book

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From: Dave Garland
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:35

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On 1/25/2018 9:05 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
> Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:10:57 +0000, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> For a population of similar items there is no real sudden rise in
>>> probability of failures with time, the point at which the failure starts
>>> is generally random which does go against the common belief.
>>
>>       Actually, I found that I did have a sudden rise in failures on
>> socks.  I would buy a lot of one type.  For a long time, none would
>> wear out, then the odd one, then suddenly in a period of weeks, I
>> would have socks wearing out sometimes more than one in a week.  About
>> then, I would buy new socks and toss the old ones.
>>
>>       I have since switched to socks with a lifetime guarantee.
> 
> LLBean's stuff lasts a long time.  The t-shirts I bought in 1995
> are now fraying at the edges.  I just bought another batch which
> should last me a lifetime.
> 
> /BAH
> 
And Bean's guarantees satisfaction for as long as you own the product. 
That's not precisely a lifetime guarantee, but it's close.

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