tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514977.post8874539467777107182..comments2024-01-08T12:51:25.660-05:00Comments on Precision Blogging: The Illusion of Control:tobyr21@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08478279273433877261noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514977.post-4898188826792022812010-11-09T15:55:04.696-05:002010-11-09T15:55:04.696-05:00Friend of mine was a newly minted U WA Electrical ...Friend of mine was a newly minted U WA Electrical Engineer (they didn't offer Computer Science yet) was hired by A major Insurance company to install and operate their new Univac which, at the time (early fifties), was the largest non-military computer west of the Mississippi. It was a vacuum tube job and programming meant rewiring the beast. It was extremely heat sensitive. It was on the same floor as a whole bunch IBM card sorters. So Del had the problem of arriving for work every afternoon to find the computer room around seventy rather than the sixty it preferred. He tried cajolery. he tried threats. The only thing that worked was to install a second thermometer in a locked closet that actually controlled the temp while the old one was available for everyone to twist and turn at will. That's engineering.<br />--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.com