Re: Technology as Dribble Glass

From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@together.net)
Date: Fri Dec 12 1997 - 07:15:21 MST


Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
> > Very well, what should we do? Autodafe the designers? Wipe out criminally
> > pointy-haired decision-makers, and the mob which adapts to broken designs
> > stampedeing all over the marketplace? Pass me that torch, please.
>
> In keeping with the fine engineering principle of negative feedback,
> how about "The Dribble Glass Awards" for technological stupidity?
> Ridicule is my personal favorite form of memetic engineering, but I
> suppose we could combine it with a positive award as well to give a
> nod to optimism.

Good ideas.

>
> What's the opposite of a dribble glass? A simple, effective piece
> of technology that does its job so well and so naturally that we don't
> have to think about it? The ballpoint pen? The three-legged stool?
> The knife? The funnel?
>

How about the Lever????

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			Michael Lorrey
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