From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,22c9fbc37d426c0c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-06 01:21:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!62.132.236.44.MISMATCH!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!tar-alcarin.cbb-automation.DE!not-for-mail From: Dmitry A. Kazakov Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: F22 Raptor in slashdot.org Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:14:33 +0200 Message-ID: References: <_dDXa.7776$mZ6.2605@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tar-alcarin.cbb-automation.de (212.79.194.111) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1060157361 28609534 212.79.194.111 (16 [77047]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41215 Date: 2003-08-06T10:14:33+02:00 List-Id: On 5 Aug 2003 15:04:06 -0700, aek@vib.usr.pu.ru (Alexander Kopilovitch) wrote: >Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote > >> The working class and its ruling party have dismissed >> pseudo-scientific cybernetics! (:-)) > >Note, though, that at the same time they easily accepted the "theory of >automatic control". So, it was the set of popular paradigms that matters >for that dismission (and even prosecution), not the technical essence. Surely technical issues never matter for the "management" class. Managers make *political* decisions. Arguments could be "it is very important to our business" or "it is good for our class struggle", but never technical. This is a taboo. --- Regards, Dmitry Kazakov www.dmitry-kazakov.de