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RE: Perceptually true, Technically wrong

Subject: RE: Perceptually true, Technically wrong
From: "Kat Nagel, MasterWork Consulting" <mlists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:41:45 -0500


At 2:57 PM -0600 3/10/03, Watson Laughton wrote:

...what kind of gizmo inside a machine qualifies as an Air Moving Device (AMD), but not as a fan (technically speaking, of course).

I once had a similar discussion with an engineer who wanted to call the fan a Heat Distribution Agent. He won that round, because he convinced his manager that using a 'generic name for the ultimate function' would require less re-writing when they upgraded the equipment with future technological improvements.

<thump><thump>

The noise you hear is the sound of my head hitting the wall, brought to you by means of a Temporal Displacement Agent that I promised to patent if he ever came up with something other than a fan to Distribute Heat in that particular instrument.

Bah! Humbug!
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