Angle-space Transmissions

‘By angle-space transmission, any place in the universe is just around the corner from any other place.’

Haigh Company Employee Handbook

By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971

Problems Should be Approached in Two Stages

“Each problem should be approached in two stages:

1. Locate those areas which contribute most to the malfunction
2. Take remedial action designed to reduce hazards which have been positively identified”

Haigh Company Employee Handbook
By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971

And the Handbook Says

“There is no point in planning sophisticated research on a specific factor’s role unless that factor’s is known to be present.”

Haigh Company Employee Handbook

By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971

What Does the Haigh Company Handbook Say?

“The good troubleshooter is cost conscious, and aware that down time and equipment replacement are factors of serious concern to the Haigh Company.”

Haigh Company Employee Handbook

By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971

What does the handbook have to say?

‘Frequently it pays to look first for the characteristics of devices in use which may be such that an essential pragmatic approach offers the best chance to success. It often is possible to solve an accident of malfunction problem with straightforward and uncomplicated approaches, deliberately ignoring their more subtle aspects.’ “

Haigh Company Employee Handbook
By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971

What Did the Handbook Say?

"Every test under field conditions shall approximate as closey as possible the conditions set down by laboratory precedent."

Haigh Company Employee Handbook

By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971

What Did the Handbook Say?

"You will take your work seriously. Infinite numbers of yet-unborn humankind depend upon you who keep open the communication lines through negetive space. Let the angle-transmission networks fail and Man will fail."

Haigh Company Employee Handbook

By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971