Interesting point.

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Interesting point.

Bowser — 10/15/2006 10:08:21 PM (archived)

33 years ago a friend who was in charge of maintenance at a medium-sized manufacturing facility told me that automation thus far hadn't cut the workforce or made things cheaper.

He said it had just made some folks jobs easier.

Of course that was then.

Arf

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Are computers worth their salt? - Laurie Street - 10/15/2006 9:33:25 PM
- Your biomed devices don't have IP addresses? - Scott Evil - 10/16/2006 9:18:00 PM
- With humans it's just one damn thing after another. - alcaray - 10/16/2006 9:16:58 PM
- Player Piano - ER - 10/16/2006 3:15:54 PM
  - I think experience is almost worthless - SDF - 10/17/2006 3:10:31 AM
    - Relax! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2006 4:46:52 AM
  - re: Player Piano - ER - 10/16/2006 7:12:18 PM
    - Specialists - Laurie Street - 10/16/2006 8:48:01 PM
      - pencil-necked geeks with skinny ties - ER - 10/16/2006 8:55:36 PM
  - re: New tech - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2006 6:32:18 PM
    - It's interesting to note how much democratization is helped along by enabling the "little people" to have weapons. - Laurie Street - 10/16/2006 8:44:20 PM
      - The AK-47 may do more to change the world than the nuclear bomb. - ER - 10/16/2006 9:00:34 PM
        
        re: The AK-47 may do more to change the world than the nuclear bomb. - Laurie Street - 10/17/2006 4:03:24 AM
  - Aha! A potential librarian. - Mary Anne - 10/16/2006 5:30:52 PM
- No - RobVG - 10/16/2006 4:26:50 AM
- yes. - podrock - 10/16/2006 3:23:51 AM
- Speaking as a professional geek... - Mary Anne - 10/15/2006 11:41:00 PM
  - The internet alone probably makes it worth it. - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2006 12:17:14 AM
- re: Are computers worth their salt? - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 10:45:29 PM
- Interesting point. - Bowser - 10/15/2006 10:08:21 PM

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