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From: parris@mit-caf.UUCP (Patrice Parris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Aggravating manuals
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 09:28:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 30 09:28:06 1987
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Granted that the materials to make 3-ring binders is more expensive than 
that to make the current crop of bound manuals, the cost of the former 
(or formah, as we say around here) can be reduced even further.  The 
concensus seems to be that the additional labor is the major part of the 
difference.  Why not have the machines print the pages, stack them in order, 
place them on top of the binder and shrink wrap the whole package.  Voila, 
no humans!  If you can buy a computer and use it, you can unwrap shrink wrap 
and place the pages in the binder.

Me, I think it's copy protection (easily defeated and not subtle).



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                Patrice Parris             parris@caf.mit.edu
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