Re: Low Tech is Best

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From: John McCarthy
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:07

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What about efficiency in human labor?  Why were all the belt systems
in textile mills replaced by electric motors?  I'll bet it was for
flexibility.
--
John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
*
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

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