deskilling [was unsubscribing...]

2004-04-10 Thread Devine, James
I wrote:>>this is what Braverman described when he wrote about "deskilling." The skills of the older workers are collected, codified, and controlled by management, making the employees more interchangeable.<< DMS writes:> Yeah, that was the theory all right. Doesn't quite work out in practice. Wh

Re: unsubscribing...

2004-04-09 Thread DMS
This is so because for example - if the price and value of agricultural produce falls faster than commodities from the industrial sector, the working of the law of value is eclipsed - not visible, to the naked eye. Just one point then I have to go back to outhinking the computers

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2004-04-09 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 4/9/2004 1:01:20 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >The real point to the introduction of the advanced technology is simplecost control-- closing X number of train control stations with X numberof personnel and combining the remaining into a central office wit

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2004-04-09 Thread DMS
this is what Braverman described when he wrote about "deskilling." The skills of the older workers are collected, codified, and controlled by management, making the employees more interchangeable. JD _ Yeah, that was the theory all right. Doesn't quite work out in practi

Re: unsubscribing...

2004-04-09 Thread Devine, James
this is what Braverman described when he wrote about "deskilling." The skills of the older workers are collected, codified, and controlled by management, making the employees more interchangeable. JD --- An interesting facet of this issue about technology and use is technology and need... how

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2004-04-09 Thread DMS
I'd bet that 95 percent of users don't use all of the capabilities of their hardware & software. If so, much of these capabilities are simply marketing matters. Jim Devine __ That's why they call it "bells and whistles." Of course, you could spend hours and hours

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2004-04-09 Thread ravi
Devine, James wrote: > ravi writes: >RTFM = read the fucking manual. < > > so what do we do when Microsoft and similar companies don't provide a > manual? > your critique of HW/SW is quite correct. but in the limited sense of interacting with the list management software, the manual is fairly dece

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2004-04-09 Thread Devine, James
Sent: Fri 4/9/2004 8:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: [PEN-L] unsubscribing... ravi writes: >RTFM = read the fucking manual. < so what do we do when Microsoft and similar companies don't provide a

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2004-04-09 Thread ravi
ravi wrote: > > there is a simple alternative: > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line (in the body of > the message): > > HELP > here's what i found from the above. you can temporarily suspend your membership by sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line (in the message body): se

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2004-04-09 Thread Devine, James
ravi writes: >RTFM = read the fucking manual. < so what do we do when Microsoft and similar companies don't provide a manual? I know, go buy one: there's a series of books titled "the missing manual" for all sorts of programs. That means that the cost of software and hardware isn't as low as it

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2004-04-09 Thread ravi
paul phillips wrote: > > Perhaps you could post all the standard commands for unsubbing, or > postponing mail, and for resubbing etc. since many of us will be wanting > to postpone or unsub due to summer and conference travel, etc. and given > our state of academic dementia, our memories of how to

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2004-04-08 Thread paul phillips
Michael, Perhaps you could post all the standard commands for unsubbing, or postponing mail, and for resubbing etc. since many of us will be wanting to postpone or unsub due to summer and conference travel, etc. and given our state of academic dementia, our memories of how to do that are somewhat d

unsubscribing...

2004-04-08 Thread joanna bujes
Unsubcribing for a week while in NYC. Michael? Can you please do that? I don't know how. Thanks, Joanna

Re: Unsubscribing---thanks...

2003-12-17 Thread joanna bujes
No, no. I think I'm just getting thin-skinned and need a break. Thanks for the kind words. Best, Joanna Julio Huato wrote: Joanna, Hope I didn't make things worse with my silly posting on Monday. I read PEN-L mail on the archives, from new to old. That's not good -- I know. I replied to your

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2003-12-17 Thread Julio Huato
Joanna, Hope I didn't make things worse with my silly posting on Monday. I read PEN-L mail on the archives, from new to old. That's not good -- I know. I replied to your note on "Question re basics" without knowing the context or what the thread was about. Sorry. No wonder Ralph felt disappoi

Re: Unsubscribing---thanks...

2003-12-17 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Hi Joanna, > > > You accuse me of being an FBI agent and then you say that you "don't > forget whose side" I'm on??? I didn't accuse you of being an FBI agent at all, so that is mistake number one. Specifically, what I wrote to you offlist, responding to your own comment to me in person that you

Re: Unsubscribing---thanks...

2003-12-17 Thread ravi
joanna bujes wrote: > > You accuse me of being an FBI agent and then you say that you "don't > forget whose side" I'm on??? > what's up with all these FBI agent accusations anyway? LNP just posted the same in response to someone else. whatever happened to old-fashioned insults like "m*rf*a", "you

Re: Unsubscribing---thanks...

2003-12-17 Thread joanna bujes
Jurriaan Bendien wrote: Well, I'm sad that you're unsubscribing. We might spar over particular issues, but I don't forget whose side you're on. You accuse me of being an FBI agent and then you say that you "don't forget whose side" I'm on??? You confuse

Re: Unsubscribing---thanks...

2003-12-17 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Well, I'm sad that you're unsubscribing. We might spar over particular issues, but I don't forget whose side you're on. Have a good one, J.

Unsubscribing---thanks...

2003-12-16 Thread joanna bujes
Dear Michael, Please unsubscribe me. Take care everyone, Joanna

RE: Re: unsubscribing for the holiday season

2000-12-11 Thread Mikalac Norman S NSSC
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:6012] Re: unsubscribing for the holiday season I am sending this to the entire list. Just send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsub pen-l On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:28:31AM -0500, Mikalac Norman S NSSC wrote:

Re: unsubscribing for the holiday season

2000-12-11 Thread Michael Perelman
I am sending this to the entire list. Just send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsub pen-l On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:28:31AM -0500, Mikalac Norman S NSSC wrote: > > lots to read and do. > > everyone please have a Happy and a Merry! > > moderator: what are the magic words to unsub? > > norm

unsubscribing for the holiday season

2000-12-11 Thread Mikalac Norman S NSSC
lots to read and do. everyone please have a Happy and a Merry! moderator: what are the magic words to unsub? norm

Re: Re: Re: unsubscribing

2000-04-27 Thread michael
Here is the list of commands. Dear Penners, This is an occasional reminder of some of the listserv commands at your disposal. The commands have been capitalized for emphasis. These commands should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are going to be away and want to postpone messages from pen-l

Re: Re: unsubscribing

2000-04-27 Thread Mine Aysen Doyran
you can send your command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe pen-l if i am not mistaken, btw. >Brick Menz wrote: > >HELP -- Mine Aysen Doyran PhD Student Department of Political Science SUNY at Albany Nelson A. Rockefeller College 135 Western Ave.; Milne 102 Albany, NY 1

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2000-04-27 Thread Brick Menz
HELP

Re: unsubscribing?

1994-05-31 Thread Jim Devine
to unsubscribe, send the following to [EMAIL PROTECTED] without the quotation marks: "unsubscribe pen-l" You probably can't include anything in the subject part of the header or anything besides that message in the e-mail missive's body. in pen-l solidarity, Jim Devine BITNET: jndf@lmuacad

unsubscribing?

1994-05-31 Thread Curtis.Stokes
I wish I could. I've been trying for the past few days and can't seem to get itright. If you find out, please let me know.

unsubscribing?

1994-05-29 Thread EINSTURZ
can someone please tell me how to unsub from this list? thanks, derek