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Edward_Emil_David
Competitive Rush
"Computing has one property, unique I think, that seriously aggravates the uncertainties associated with software efforts. In computing, the research, development, and production phases are often telescoped into one process. In the competitive rush to make available the latest techniques, such as on-line consoles served by time-shared computers, we strive to take great forward leaps across gulfs of unknown width and depth."
- Source: Edward E. David in a report entitled Software Engineering: Report of a Conference Sponsored by the NATO Science Committee. Chaired by Friedrich Ludwig Bauer. Edited by P. Naur; B. Randell. Conference held 1968-10-07 through 1968-10-11 in Garmisch, Germany. OCLC: 35337842. See http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk
/brian.randell /NATO /index.html; http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk /brian.randell /NATO /nato1968.PDF; https://dl.acm.org /citation.cfm ?id=1102020; https://books.google.com /books /about /Software_engineering.html?id=Uc9QAAAAYAAJ. Page 41.
- Keywords: Software_Engineering_quotes Computer_quotes Uncertainty_quotes Effort_quotes Research_quotes Development_quotes Production_quotes Telescope_quotes Process_quotes Competition_quotes Unknown_quotes Scope_quotes Requirements_quotes Property_quotes Unique_quotes Aggravate_quotes Software_quotes Engineering_quotes Phase_quotes Technique_quotes Console_quotes Timeshare_quotes Strive_quotes Forward_quotes Leap_quotes Gulf_quotes Width_quotes Depth_quotes
Shoshana_Zuboff
The Panopticon
“The Panopticon was an architectural innovation developed by the moral philosopher Jeremy Bentham. In Foucault's view, it is both a sign of and metaphor for this new disciplinary society. Bentham extolled the Panopticon as a technological triumph capable of exploiting the productive potential of those who had flouted, thwarted, or otherwise escaped social authority. His initial targets were convicts and paupers, though he did not fail to see the potential usefulness of the Panopticon for students, asylum inmates, and workers. The architectural plan conceived by Bentham was first constructed by his brother Samuel, an engineer, in 1787 for a factory at Critchef in Russia. It was later adapted to the problems of housing convicts and paupers. The structure consisted of a twelve-sided polygon formed in iron and sheathed in glass in order to create the effect of what Bentham called 'universal transparency.' A central tower, pierced with wide windows, opened onto the inner wall of the surrounding polygonal structure, which itself was divided into narrow cells extending across the width of the building. Each cell had a window on both the inner and outer walls, allowing light to cross it and illuminate all the inhabitants to an observer in the central tower, while that observer could not be seen from any one of the cells. Mirrors were fixed around the tower to direct extra light into these apartments.”
- Source: Zuboff, S. (1988). In The Age Of The Smart Machine: The Future Of Work And Power. New York, NY: Basic Books, p. 320. ISBN:0465032125.
- Keywords: Panopticon_quotes Architecture_quotes Metaphor_quotes Innovation_quotes Discipline_quotes Society_quotes Technology_quotes Exploitation_quotes Potential_quotes Authority_quotes Convict_quotes Poverty_quotes Student_quotes Worker_quotes Transparency_quotes Observation_quotes Surveillance_quotes Develop_quotes Philosopher_quotes Bentham(topic)_quotes Foucault(topic)_quotes View_quotes Sign_quotes Extoll_quotes Triumph_quotes Capable_quotes Productive_quotes Flout_quotes Thwart_quotes Escape_quotes Target_quotes Pauper_quotes Fail_quotes See_quotes Potential_quotes Useful_quotes Asylum_quotes Inmate_quotes Plan_quotes Conceive_quotes Construct_quotes Housing_quotes Structure_quotes Consist_quotes Polygon_quotes Form_quotes Iron_quotes Sheath_quotes Glass_quotes Order_quotes Create_quotes Effect_quotes Universal_quotes Central_quotes Tower_quotes Pierce_quotes Wide_quotes Window_quotes Inner_quotes Wall_quotes Surround_quotes Divide_quotes Narrow_quotes Cell_quotes Extend_quotes Width_quotes Building_quotes Outer_quotes Light_quotes Allow_quotes Cross_quotes Illuminate_quotes Inhabitant_quotes Mirror_quotes Direct_quotes Extra_quotes Apartment_quotes
