04-07-2007, 11:57 PM
I can well imagine that people could suffer fatal heart attacks etc if they were in poor health from the stress brought on by lack of sleep (and the crap one takes to stay awake). But there's no magical 'sleep timer' that will cause you to drop over dead, IMHO.
And ztt- I think you win (lose ?). Of course, you may have z'ed out while resting on the stripper *cough* "pillows", so maybe it doesn't count.
elm0- We didn't get the contract (thank god). You may not be aware but back in the bad old days the military would (and I think still does) expect a complete approved design for things that had never been done before as part of the 'sales pitch'. In our case it was a manpack radar that never got contracted to anyone. That company has been out of the defense biz for years now. Sadly enough, after that experience, I went to another company that was smaller and better run.
Two years later that same a$$hat VP came in to run the company I had moved to. And run it he did- right into the ground at Mach 5. Lost my savings, my house, everything 'cause nobody wanted you if you had a defense background after the Rooskies took their marbles and went home.
And ztt- I think you win (lose ?). Of course, you may have z'ed out while resting on the stripper *cough* "pillows", so maybe it doesn't count.
elm0- We didn't get the contract (thank god). You may not be aware but back in the bad old days the military would (and I think still does) expect a complete approved design for things that had never been done before as part of the 'sales pitch'. In our case it was a manpack radar that never got contracted to anyone. That company has been out of the defense biz for years now. Sadly enough, after that experience, I went to another company that was smaller and better run.
Two years later that same a$$hat VP came in to run the company I had moved to. And run it he did- right into the ground at Mach 5. Lost my savings, my house, everything 'cause nobody wanted you if you had a defense background after the Rooskies took their marbles and went home.