[Info-vax] Process a .pdf file ?

[Doug Phillips]

On Nov 18, 12:08 pm, John Wallace <johnwalla... at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Or is it only "one size fits all" when the PHBs and their "Powerpoint
> culture" have been allowed to take over.
>
> ""PowerPoint was used to ‘demonstrate’ engineering rather than explain
> a proper technical analysis. When engineering analysis and risk
> assessments are condensed to fit on a standard form or overhead slide,
> information is inevitably lost. ... PowerPoint can ... be dangerous,
> mesmerising, and lead to sloppy (or nil) thinking.".
>
> Those are not my words, they are the words of the recently published
> UK Government report into the death of 14 servicemen in an RAF Nimrod
> aircraft crash in Afghanistan in 2006, which turns out to be a result
> of a whole trail of avoidable errors and unnecessary shortcuts, for
> which as yet no one has been prosecuted. In fact for a traditional UK
> Government inquiry, the report is exceedingly scathing and even names
> individuals.
>
> But as many of us round here know from our own experience,
> inappropriate use of "Powerpoint culture" extends far, far beyond the
> military and their suppliers.
>
> You could also argue that the big commercial players in the IT game
> have largely built up a self-preserving Microsoft-dependent
> monoculture, but that's a different subject for a different day.
>
> Ref:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/29/nimrod-crash-inqu...

While the event described in your example is sad and grim, John, after
seeing a youtube video of Doug Zongker's "Chicken Chicken Chicken"
Powerpoint presentation I can not help but chuckle anytime someone
mentions Powerpoint.

For anyone who hasn't seen it and has suffered through way too many
tedious PPT presentations:
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk