OK, self-correction. LOL -  darn.  I don't drink coffee and here I sit not
even able to be aware that percentages start behind the decimal place so I
have to use 0.001 instead of 0.1 (which is 10%).  NO one will ever trust my
calculations on this list again! :-)

Thanks Peter!

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Wilson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:12 AM
To: 'Records Management Program'
Subject: RE: Time Warner/Iron Mountain - lost records

My calculation is that 100.0 - 99.9 = 0.1.  5,000,000 x 0.1 = 500,000.  Is
my calculator programmed wrong?  ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Peter Kurilecz
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:31 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Time Warner/Iron Mountain - lost records

On 5/4/05, Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> don't remember saying that it would stop sloppiness, but rather I
> believe I suggested that it could be used to reduce the incidents of
> sloppiness by practicing some statistical analysis ala TQM. Iron
> Mountain reported that 99.9% of 5 million trips were conducted
> successfully. That translates to 500,000 trips being conducted
> unsuccessfully. Is that an acceptable number? Now of course we don't
> know what they mean by successful, all tapes delivered accurately,
> none lost or that the truck hadn't broken down.

dang it all. you would think I would learn not to handle a calculator
until after the second cup of coffee.

the correct number is 5,000 trips not 500K. But I think my question
still holds true, "is that an acceptable number?" What if you are one
of the 5,000?

--
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va

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