On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 09:49 -0700, 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.
> 
>     carl
> -- 
>     carl lowenstein         marine physical lab     u.c. san diego
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The translation of the book isn't quite as Lean Brain. 



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