Re: Energy substitution
- From: Timo Nieminen <timo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:39:07 +1000
On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Ed Earl Ross wrote:
> mmeron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > jimp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >>
> >>Quick and cheap are mutually exclusive.
> >
> > Well, no quite. The rule I'm aware of is "good, fast, cheap, pick any
> > two". So, something can be simultaneusly quick an cheap, if it is
> > crappy.
>
> Automation and mass production make some things fast, good and
> inexpensive, for example machine screws.
The screw can be "good", the screw can be "cheap", but the screw cannot be
called "fast". Screw the screw slowly and cheaply by hand, or quickly and
more expensively by powered machine.
The automated machinery making the screw might be good and fast, but it
isn't cheap.
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