| From: | Jim Brown |
| Date: | 8 Aug 2000 at 22:08:10 |
| Subject: | Re: Technology (Re: Printing text on newer printers) |
Hi Bill
You Wrote
> > So who stole your pencil and paper;-))))
>
>
> Which reminds me of the classic joke that would be funny if not too
> believable.
>
> Because a normal ballpoint would not work too well in zero-G, NASA spent
> millions in developing one that would work. They did it and of course it
> worked and was a triumph in modern technology.
>
> The Russians had the same problem, but they solved that by taking a pencil
> instead.
>
> Very much like computing today, you have to get the latest gee-whizz stuff
> but I rmemeber when you switched on a computer and it was ready instantly
> and did not take ages to boot up :-(
Well done for making the connection between the tagline and my fav
technology gone mad story. It's a story I've heard many times with
variations. I first read it in a management training guide
and was referred to as "Beware of the Space Pen Solution". i.e. make
sure any solution to a problem is not more expensive than the
inconvenience of the problem.
Cheers
Jim
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