tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post7004976920125102753..comments2024-03-22T18:01:20.065-05:00Comments on Geezer with a Grudge: Following the LeaderT.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-49163093518762588822010-08-30T15:36:56.822-05:002010-08-30T15:36:56.822-05:00Well said. I think engineering budgets have been o...Well said. I think engineering budgets have been overwhelmed by non-productive, highly political departments like finance, marketing, and the corporate executive branch. In the US companies where I've worked, engineering gets the hand-me-downs, last dibs on investment, the first to see cuts, the least security and lowest salary-per-education in the company. Hell, at Guidant the execs got their names on patents that they couldn't describe with a gun at their head. The actual design engineers were given $1 for their efforts (and for releasing all rights to the patents) and a pink slip.T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-89338211580421116662010-08-30T15:01:20.398-05:002010-08-30T15:01:20.398-05:00Anyone who works on cars knows all about this. You...Anyone who works on cars knows all about this. You would think with the engineering budgets and testing budgets these companies have that they could design cars where you can change the oil, filter, and air filter without dismantling stuff and/or using some horrible combination of socket extensions, universal joints, and swear words. Couldn't they at least put all the gas tank fills on the same side to avoid traffic jams at the gas station?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-52803359694044465642010-08-30T10:41:25.221-05:002010-08-30T10:41:25.221-05:00That's probably true for the "non-latchin...That's probably true for the "non-latching" aspect. However, my point is that these designs don't work well for refrigerators and innovation appears to have stopped altogether in several fields as engineers cut-and-paste each other into oblivion.<br /><br />As for the kid-proofing, why would people want their kids to spoil? Seems like a firmly latched refrigerator would solve all sorts of parenting problems.T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-39564581394768990002010-08-30T10:38:44.651-05:002010-08-30T10:38:44.651-05:00Tom, I think the magnetic or at least non-latching...Tom, I think the magnetic or at least non-latching refrigerator door latches are required by law so kids can't get trapped inside and smother. You'll have to take this one up with the legislators, not the engineers!<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com