Scarcity

Kelley Walker kelley at interpactinc.com
Wed Apr 11 12:17:48 PDT 2001


At 02:57 PM 4/11/01 -0400, brettk at unicacorp.com wrote:
>I've been
>talking about maintaining modern industry. I used to do research in IC
>reliability, and I didn't enjoy it. Most people I encountered in the field
>didn't enjoy it. They are doing it because it pays well. In fact a lot of
>my peers in grad school picked other careers after graduation. There are a
>few freaks who love it, and they can keep doing it if they like. But they
>were the exception to the rule. Are a few technophiles enough to keep
>pumping out the Pentium chips after the revolution? I don't know. Are
>there enough technophiles to keep doing the massive amount of work required
>to improve the Pentium chip for the next generation? I don't know.
>Personally I'd rather do without a computer.
>
>Brett

right. under conditions of alienation you claim that no one seems particularly inventive or interested in work etc. sooprize sooprize sooprize sarge.

kelley, god i love that show when i was little!



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