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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> John Saylor
> Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Big News of the Day
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> I saw the whole episode on the demolition teams. The guys with the
> battering ram beat the hydraulic arm- which just proves something that
> software engineers have known for a while- Keep It Simple, Stupid.
You don't give them much credit. They took on a hugely complex task of
assembling a 20', multi-hinged, extensible, multi-hydraulic arm which sat
atop a swivel mount on an old truck found in a junk yard. Had they not
wallowed around in indecision before fixing the broken weld joints they
probably would have won. As it were, they were probably only a minute or so
behind the "beach boys'" battering ram contraption.
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