I work for me, but I spend much of my time these days working for
improving the state of society, the planet, and values I hold dear.  Its
what gives me the ability to speak with frankness and honesty about
products, issues or corporate actions.  I honor no sacred cows.

Sorry if that goes against what you choose to believe about me, but you
are certainly entitled to whatever it is you chose to believe.  At the
end of the day, I have a pretty good idea where the truth sits.

If engineers (sacred cow, eh?) were just ethical enough as a group to
say "no" to the bean counters and military industrial complex once in a
while, we'd have a lot less garbage on the planet, a lot fewer unsafe
products, a lot less recalls and lawsuits, and many less bombs,
armaments, and weapons of mass destruction. Sure engineers help make
great and neat stuff too, like heart lung machines, or jaws of life, or
computers, but that's the easy thing to work doing.  I worry about the
ones that will do whatever they are asked or told because its a job,
regardless of the consequences of their "great innovation and intellect".

We are each responsible for what we help to spawn. Not only that, but in
spite of what many of the profession seem to believe about themselves,
engineers are fallible.  They aren't the gods of science and technology
many assume themselves to be.

If you don't think Epson's engineers were involved in the design of many
of the anti-consumer and anti-environmental technologies built into
their more recent printers, I have a nicely engineered bridge to sell you.

Art

HE WORKS FOR THE SIERRA CLUB

WHO CARES

ASK DA BEEFER ABOUT STEAKS

That's exactly the point, however.  The images only need to please the
person who is "paying for them".  So, for some, more color accuracy is a
must either because they want it, can see it, or it is mission critical
and a must have, and for some people it's an unnecessary or costly or
time consuming endeavor that's just not worth it.  Happily, there are
printers made for both of you! Whoopee!

Art