I worked for IBM EMEA Manufacturing when the 5150 was announced in Europe (First Customer Ship was April 03. I'll always remrmber the day the first PC rolled off the assembly line....literally.
All the plant bigwigs were there. A proud day for the factory, golden future etc etc. They had a display stand all set up where the First Ever EMEA PC-G 5150 would take pride of place.
Everyone waited patiently as the first machine came through Final Verify Test and Inspection.
Unfortunately the people who had laid out the conveyoring forgot to put an end stop at the end of the line. As the first box, mounted on its pallet trundled serenely towards the precipice, one of the manufacturing engineers realised to his horror what was going to happen. He made a dash to catch the box but was too late and over it went with an almighty crash, landing on the floor and making a sizeable dent in the chassis.
Red faces all round although as I recollect the machine still worked afterwards.
Of course you would hire a director that had experience of filming WWII. Next to a deranged holodeck, it's about the most common plot device used in Star Trek (TOS / Voyager / Enterprise).
Face it folks, the high value add research jobs are heading East, following the manufacturing jobs that went there 10 years ago.
India / China have the foresight to continue investing massively in Technology and Education, while we moan about taxes, are unwilling to invest properly in education, and run up debt to fund our little consumerist paradise.
I wonder what it'll be like in the US / Europe in 50 years time...everything will be researched / developed / manufactured somewhere else, and we'll have run out of money to buy it anyway.
Better start learning how to make trinkets to sell to the tourists...
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I worked for IBM EMEA Manufacturing when the 5150 was announced in Europe (First Customer Ship was April 03. I'll always remrmber the day the first PC rolled off the assembly line....literally.
All the plant bigwigs were there. A proud day for the factory, golden future etc etc. They had a display stand all set up where the First Ever EMEA PC-G 5150 would take pride of place.
Everyone waited patiently as the first machine came through Final Verify Test and Inspection.
Unfortunately the people who had laid out the conveyoring forgot to put an end stop at the end of the line. As the first box, mounted on its pallet trundled serenely towards the precipice, one of the manufacturing engineers realised to his horror what was going to happen. He made a dash to catch the box but was too late and over it went with an almighty crash, landing on the floor and making a sizeable dent in the chassis.
Red faces all round although as I recollect the machine still worked afterwards.
Don't worry about your rambling....it makes more sense than ~99% of the stuff that goes on in here.
Thanks...you maade my day. Haven't heard the original in 20 years..funny thing is I could hear Arlo's voice saying your words and it works.
Definitely a classic.
Of course you would hire a director that had experience of filming WWII. Next to a deranged holodeck, it's about the most common plot device used in Star Trek (TOS / Voyager / Enterprise).
That's cos they've developed type II diabetes and can't take the sugar...
Face it folks, the high value add research jobs are heading East, following the manufacturing jobs that went there 10 years ago.
India / China have the foresight to continue investing massively in Technology and Education, while we moan about taxes, are unwilling to invest properly in education, and run up debt to fund our little consumerist paradise.
I wonder what it'll be like in the US / Europe in 50 years time...everything will be researched / developed / manufactured somewhere else, and we'll have run out of money to buy it anyway.
Better start learning how to make trinkets to sell to the tourists...
You missed out :
Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage
(divorced ex IBM employee)
Couldn't you have got Dave Bowman to review it? "My God ...Its full of moons.."