Among my group of ham project-building friends, the motto is "There is no problem so big or complicated that it cannot be over-engineered."
> On Apr 13, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On 4/13/2015 12:14 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: >> >> Oh yes. Some people say that you should not overcomplex things. My >> experience is that oversimplifying them can cause a long stretch of >> complex problems and complex workarounds making the total solution more >> expensive in development, customer relations and more complex than >> starting with a more advanced solution, that actually attempts to >> address the design issues. Ah well. >> > > This is extremely good advice. The ultimate example of the > oversimplified design is the Muntz TV set, where few parts are > used, but they all interact with each other in mysterious > ways that depend on unknown unspecified parameters. The ultimate example of > the overcomplicated design is the Japanese VCR, circa 1980. > Schematic looks like it was designed by committee. The parts > count has become bloated to the point of redundancy. Neither > is desirable. > > Rick Karlquist N6RK > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
