Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 9/12/07, Christoph Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 10:02 -0700, Steven E. Harris wrote: >>> Christoph Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> That's a classic example of the same sort of technology-drive >>> "deskilling" process described in David F. Noble's book /Forces of >>> Production/¹. >>> >>> Footnotes: >>> ¹ >>> http://www.amazon.com/Forces-Production-History-Industrial-Automation/dp/0195040465 >>> >>> >> And here I was thinking that you English speaking folks had to wait for this >> book: >> http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Brain-Management-Efficiency-Intelligence/dp/3540718370 >> > > Just looked at the Amazon page for this book. If the book is > translated in the manner of the Editorial Review (description) it is a > good example of how little progress has been made in machine > translation. Pure BabelFish. >
I read that description paragraph, also, and found myself thinking this must be an April Fools' Joke. But I guess that's not the case. <sigh>. Are there any real companies that claim to follow this philosophy? Nah, wait .. it must be a joke, after all. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
