Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/28
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Same principal. KISS.
;-)
Feli
On Aug 28, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Jeff Moore wrote:
> Yep. Seems like a generalizable principle in mechanical design --
> look
> at how the world is filled with AK47 clones, not M16 clones.
>
> Sure, there are other significant sociopolitical factors at work,
> and of
> course some of our readers will feel their allergies flare up at the
> very mention of weapons (you'll note that I'm steering well clear
> of any
> discussion of the social costs or benefits of the existence of these
> objects), but still: I'd contend that it can be strongly argued
> that in
> this case Kalashnikov's crude-seeming device which rattles loosely
> when
> you shake it, often works after having been buried in mud, and is
> manufactured largely using cheap stampings and wood -- rather than
> Stoner's high-tech, tight-tolerance main competitor -- has been
> ratified
> by this particular "marketplace" as the more brilliantly functional
> industrial design.
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