Re: Schutzenberger's Folly, part 1

From: billwald@juno.com
Date: Fri Sep 15 2000 - 16:07:47 EDT

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    > Suppose that
    > a European firm proposes to manufacture an entirely new
    > household appliance in a Southeast Asian factory. And suppose
    > that for commercial reasons, the firm does not wish to
    > communicate to the factory any details of the appliance's function
    -
    > - how it works, what purposes it will serve. With only a few
    > thousand bits of information, the factory is not going to proceed
    > very far or very fast.

    Schutzenberger obviously has never worked in a machine shop. All one
    needs is a set of drawings.

    On the other hand, residential architects often specify construction
    details which can't be built. <G>

    billwald@juno.com
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