RE: Revisiting Frame vs. Word in light of new capabilities

["Cassandra Greer" <cassandra -at- greer -dot- de>]

> Jones, Donna wrote:
>
> > A twist on the carpenter scenario:
> >
> > Carpenter #1: I need you to cut this board down to four feet in length.
> >
> > Carpenter #2: Okay, I'll cut it with my saw.
> >
> > Carpenter #1: No, you can't use a saw. You have to use this
> screwdriver. Everyone who we deal with probably already has a
> screwdriver and knows how to use it, and more screwdrivers are
> easy and inexpensive for us to get. We don't have the time or
> money to teach everyone how to use a saw.
> >
> >
Then Dick Margalis wrote:
> OR:
>
> Carpenter #1: No, you can't use a saw. We've determined that the labor
> required to keep a saw sharpened, plus the cost differential of hiring
> people who know how to cut straight with a saw is more than the cost of
> the extra time it takes to cut wood with a screwdriver, which any idiot
> can do.

Well, actually I wouldn't care (too much out loud after the initial
'wouldn't it be better if..?') as long as I got paid by the hour :)

Cass :)



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