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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (393542)	4/16/2003 7:22:28 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

yes but that was before a $500 pc was the same as a supercomputer of 1989 and that means so much smarts can be built into robots and robots are cheaper than people. And the tools of engineers, the compilers, the simulators the fault analysis, the embedded programmable logic get cheaper and faster and more flexible and robots get cheaper and cheaper. SIXTEEN 64 bit processors with tens of gigabyte of memory bulk.ath.cx You don't have a clue. Cost of labor, cost of transportation, cost of energy shift. Cost increases due to security costs in shipping. the cost equation. The internet allows more and more just in time custom manufacturing and automation can make variety as cheaply as mass produced. The technology retards will never see the simple shifts in cost structure. I guess you never heard Greenspan speaking of increases in productivity that still continue. Energy conservation and alternative energy. My design, fabrication and installation. Still working today.... bulk.ath.cx The distinctive outline of my work from a distant perspective.