Bill Buckels wrote:
> "Michael J. Mahon"  wrote in message 
> news:kNudneetQ7tmxx_VnZ2dnUVZ_qbinZ2d{at}comcast.com...
>> "I wish to God these calculations had been executed by
steam." (Babbage)
> 
> "Unfortunately,  however, for the public, the power they possess is not 
> always equal to the weight which is due to their integrity and knowledge ; 
> and whatever may be the excellence of any regulation they propose, or the 
> advice they offer, it is frequently neutralized by passing through the 
> ordeal of a board of directors, far too intent upon profit, and who, in 
> then* joint capacity, esteem it no degradation- to sanction measures, which 
> they would be very sorry to be considered as acting upon in their characters 
> as individuals."
> 
> Charles Babbage (1826)

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...

-michael

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