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Subject:RE: "Obvious" warnings - drawing the line From:"Smith, Martin" <martin -dot- smith -at- encorp -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:11:12 -0600
When I was writing documentation for the aerospace industry per MIL-M-38784B
the words DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION had very specific meanings.
DANGER meant you *will* die if you don't follow the directions precisely.
For example: DANGER, do not stand in front of the wave guide. If you feel
the slightest warming sensation move away immediately!
WARNING meant that you could potentially die or get seriously hurt
CAUTION meant that you could damage the equipment.
If you are writing to a particular Mil-SPEC, read it carefully for the
definition of these words. Other industries have their own definitions.
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