Ergonomics, my back.

I Find Karma (adam@cs.caltech.edu)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:03:25 -0700 (PDT)


Why do they even make keyboards, chairs, monitors, etc, that AREN'T
ergonomically fit? Probably the same reason the airlines make seats
with zero pitch and zero lumbar support: BECAUSE THEY CAN. Besides, the
truly rich can afford first class, and who cares if everyone else is in
pain? Misery and agony make good poets.

Anyway, look what poor Ken Thompson has been reduced to... I guess
those Turing awards don't carry the same cash prize as Nobels...
Poor guy goes from

http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/

to lovely spam, wonderful spam...

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From: airtech@airtech.net
To: airtech@airtech.net
Subject: Specials! - Air Technologies Crap
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:43:50 +0000

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