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Article #625070Re: remembering MRC
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:31
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:31
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On 7/23/2018 4:56 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2018-07-23, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: > >> On 7/21/2018 3:37 PM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:54:01 -0000 (UTC) >>> "Kerr-Mudd,John" <nots...@invalid.org> wrote: >>> >>>> One erm acquaintance claimed that the user interface for some users >>>> should consist of just one button. >>> >>> In some cases it should probably be disconnected. >> >> Remember on the cartoon show "The Jetsons", George Jetson's job at >> Spacely Sprockets... was pushing one single button over and over >> again... George said: "These three hour work weeks are murder!" :-) > > This is the story of a man named Stanley. > > Stanley worked for a Company in a big building where he was employee > number Four Two Seven. Employee number Four Two Seven's job was > simple - he sat at his desk in Room Four Two Seven and he pushed > buttons on a keyboard. Orders came to him through a monitor on > his desk, telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them, > and in what order. This is what employee Four Two Seven did every > day of every month of every year. And although others might have > considered it soul-rending, Stanley relished every moment that the > orders came in. As though he had been made exactly for this job. > > And Stanley was happy. > > http://www.stanleyparable.com > This sounds like a description from the novel _1984-!!! -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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