On 5/24/05, Spehro Pefhany wrote: > At 12:18 PM 5/24/2005 -0700, you wrote: > >I'm sure it's a real problem for them. If the number is too low, there's > >little hazard to the 'dark gray market' buyer. If it's too high, their > >insurance company won't pay off as well. If it has too many decimal > >places in it, they'll get laughed out of all the circles of serious > >statisticians (and anybody else who is paying attention). > > > > > >Dave > > They said "The failure rate could be as high as 30%.". It "could" also be > as low as zero, perhaps. I'm affraid I see too optimistic thoughts. I can tell you for sure for my own experience that at least MAX477 and MAX1186 have some interesting failure rate... So, a full truck with small parts will have more. As low as zero is impossible. Vasile -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist