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Re: User Defined Fields - HELP PLEASE!

From: -CELKO- <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net>
Date: 18 Feb 2005 10:41:22 -0800
Message-ID: <1108752082.178217.19770@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>


>> I only noticed this because it is a very relevant quotation for me
at the moment and I wanted to find out more about it. <<

C. Northcote Parkinson is the guy who wrote PARKINSON'S LAW and several other books about the nature of bureaucracy. It is a minor classic, and quite funny. It might still be in print, but if not you can easily get a used copy.

Another good read is SYSTEMATICS, a small book on why and how systems fail. My favorite is "A fail-safe system fails by failing to fail safely."

And of coruse we need to have a wall poster from www.despair.com. Received on Fri Feb 18 2005 - 12:41:22 CST

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