[modeleng] Re: Kettle
- From: Patrick Coppens <develop@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:20:03 +0100
clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi All,
> I think that the latest item that we have purchased shows just how modern
> technology has gone barmy.
>
> Our new Electric Cordless Kettle that we have just purchased has an
> electronic whistle sound unit to tell you when it has boiled.
>
> I rate this with the warning light in cars that tells you if the Handbrake is
> on together with the new warning that in addition Bleeps if you put the
> handbrake on when the car is moving.
>
> Do the designers of these things think that we are all brain dead or
> something.
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
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The very best of these, I still find the Windows "warning" :/* "did not
detect keyboard : press F1"
*/I also believe, that some design engineers, should be forced to
assemble and disassemble their own products until they promise you
their first born in return for mercy!
It is also my belief, that, if you can't write a users guide, or name
the parts of a devise on an "exploded view" in the language of the
client, or
at least in English, you should be forbidden to sell your product!
Useless features should carry penalties! Some cell phones these days,
could launch the space shuttle! In a personal survey conducted ad lib, over
a period of years, nobody was ever found, that used these features.
An American manufacturer on a chainsaw!/* "Do not stop chain with
hands" */well dah!!
People cleaning up dud bombs in WW II wore less protective gear, than
somebody who has to sort out wood screws in a box nowadays
But the best one of all, was on an industrial dust mask! After going on
for 8 lines about how tight and well sealed the filters were when you
bought them
it was printed in bold, that you had to remove the plastic cover! This
only to be followed by the warning, that if you couldn't breath anymore
you should take
the dust mask off....
This isn't starting to sound like a rant is it...?
Patrick
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