Obviously you've never been in the military? (or forgot?)
The military is a big "testing pool" for "idiots" (please note the quotes for idiot-its use is tongue-in-cheek). I used to work for Hughes Aircraft writing "tech manuals" for the military. You could not assume the operator knew anything technical. You told him what to look at and what to push-twist-connect in a very rigid sequence with big red WARNING inserted liberally throughout the manual. Typical user was a private with no technical knowledge. He was just going to "use it".
But George is also correct that the process of idiot-proofing is a "fools errand".
I heard back for the military techs that worked on this stuff that they "ripped the schematics out of the manual" and trashed the rest. So much for my efforts.
Later in my professional life I did apply my tech writing skills toward training unskilled personnel on how to set up portable repeaters, towers, antennas, etc. I taught an annual "radio" class to "refresh" their memory. It helped somewhat. They at least knew they were in trouble with me if they broke something - ha!
73, Ed - KL7UW ----------------- From: bs usb <bs...@k5dkz.com> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] If it plugs in, then it should work Message-ID: <55da4a51.70...@k5dkz.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed George Danner wrote: > Once you start down the path to "Idiot-Proofing" equipment, you will soon > learn that the average idiot is much more clever than you ever imagined! > > 73 George AI4VZ Actually the real idiots are the ones attempting to do the idiot proofing. I have never understood why anyone would want to build equipment that could be used by idiots. <K5DKZ> 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubus...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
