On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, mattd wrote:
Technology is the sum of mediations between us and the natural world and the sum of those separations mediating us from each other.
Technology is science applied with a purpose. Science is understanding an 'event' in the abstract, usually including or requiring a mathematical expression. It's most useful when it is predictive, but there are categorical sciences as well. Operations Research is about how to string the pieces together in a workable system, with as little waste as possible. Economics is how to pay for it. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------