Bill Buckels wrote:
"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message kNudneetQ7tmxx_VnZ2dnUVZ_qbinZ2d@comcast.com">news:kNudneetQ7tmxx_VnZ2dnUVZ_qbinZ2d@comcast.com..."I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam." (Babbage)"Unfortunately, however, for the public, the power they possess is not always equal to the weight which is due to their integrity and knowledge ; and whatever may be the excellence of any regulation they propose, or the advice they offer, it is frequently neutralized by passing through the ordeal of a board of directors, far too intent upon profit, and who, in then* joint capacity, esteem it no degradation- to sanction measures, which they would be very sorry to be considered as acting upon in their characters as individuals."Charles Babbage (1826)
Plus �a change, plus c'est la m�me chose... -michael AppleCrate: An Apple II "blade server"! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."