I wrote this e-mail in the middle of the U.S. Auto Industry bailout arguments.
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| Other Writings by Robert Tristani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A Virtual Kill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Sci-fi Murder Mystery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K.C. Walsh is a bright young engineer, living in a post-industrial society. He lands the perfect job, with machines, telecommuting, and a kind yet head-strong boss. His peaceful world is turned upside down as a chain of events lands him investigating an international murder mystery to protect a coworker. Serjei Sokhu is an information broker, a.k.a. a hacker. He is hired to do a simple computer spoofing job. Simple, except he turns up dead. A foreign government is after the wrong person, and only K.C. can set it straight, and save a friend from deportation and gulag. The clock is ticking! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I spent a year and a half doing combat development work at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Part of my job there was to predict the future. I wrote about the future of the man-machine interface, the concept of national sovereignty, and much more. I predicted the inability of most national bureaucracies to deal with issues that arise when national borders become less meaningful and information, an intangible, reproducible asset, becomes more valuable. "A Virtual Kill" takes place in an exaggerated version of the setting I predicted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Columbia and the Minds of Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Columbia and the Minds of Men" is a tribute that I wrote following the tragic fall of the Space Shuttle. It was a short e-mail. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Toyota, the US Government, and Benchmarking Incompetence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In my opinion, many manufacturers "over-benchmark" Toyota. Yes, Toyota has done many great wonders in forwarding Manufacturing Science. But, somehow I have gained a reputation for encouraging my peers to "think for themselves" rather than just try to copy-and-paste Toyota's Production System onto Job Shops. I wrote this e-mail in the middle of the U.S. Auto Industry bailout arguments. |
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