[R-390] AGC operation question

[mikea]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:05:08PM -0600, Bill Hawkins wrote:
> Actually, the 390 and 390A use the same single pole switch
> circuit with its "moment of silence". So it wasn't done to
> the A version as a cost reduction.
> 
> Remember when Value Engineers appeared in the sixties? They
> cheapened the products so the bottom line got bigger.
> 
> Remember the Victorian Engineers and their massive engines
> of brass and steel? Can you imagine a Value Engineer telling
> a Victorian that polishing the brass just wasted money 'cos
> the engine would still produce the same power if tarnished?
> 
> Those heartless bottom line folks sure have proliferated ...

Well, to be honest, the officers of a corporation have a legal
duty to maximize profits by any lawful means. Because of this
and some suits of officers who didn't do their legal duty, the
news got around that TheLawyers would pull ypu down and eat you
if you screwed up.

-- 
Mike Andrews
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin since 1964