" THE TYRANNY OF LARGE NUMBERS " 1960s WESTERN ELECTRIC AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTARY GG45785

[@zaptainkuboom5520]

I thought, "What a strange title for a Western"

[@Ratdaddy78]

This film packs a lot of information into 15 minutes. The photography and narration are excellent. You get a really good picture of the state of the art in electronics at the time. The technology is dated, but the reasoning and the principles are just as valid today. We have a newer buzzword for some of it: scalability. That's the crux issue, having more makes things different.

[@richburnham7326]

As a retired technical writer/editor who consistently worked with engineers in trying to use the correct word, I would like to suggest that the title should be The Tyranny of Large Quantities because the word Numbers implies billions/millions/thousands/hundreds when in fact this video is about Quantities, as in A Lot of Components being built.

[@thcoura]

Abuse of superlatives

[@athenasblueprint]

@@thcoura yeah kinda sums it up in the first sentence of narrative. The fantasy of superfluous resources needs to be studied. Things take time, and ironically, other resources.

[@_ruddegar]

The video is to educate common folk who wouldnt differentiate number and quantity. Not only that, you are watching a video made by ppl, all of whom are now most likely dead, so changing the title is an insane proposition. As a developer, go to sleep my friend. Tomorrow is a new day.

[@danstinson7687]

"Ive just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit." - HAL 9000

[@flynlr]

beep bop boop beep. standard soundtrack for computers of the day in film

[@dgsantafedave1]

This is one of the reasons why we beat the USSR during the Cold War! Also why we were able to put a man on the moon! Great Video!

[@patbarron0]

Processes like this are fascinating to watch, and to consider that it's all controlled by a computer far less powerful than even what's in a smartphone now. Also, we get to see some pictures of the infamous Librascope LGP-30. ;-) (Though not sure if that's the actual computer driving the manufacturing process, or if that's just stock footage.)

[@vernacular1483]

The narrator sounds like Rod Serling 😺

[@manhoot]

In this situation the numbers DID add up!

[@0neIntangible]

WARNING! DANGER!... 10,000,000 OHMS!

[@maxasaurus3008]

We’re still mad like hatters.

[@J_Calvin_Hobbes]

thumb 👍

[@georgegeorgakopoulos5956]

Ante gamisou novibet

[@DrFiero]

Damn computers n' robots! They TOOK MAH JOB!! 🤣