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If you'd like a more believable "just so" legend, try the toothpaste box story. https://cs.txstate.edu/~br02/cs1428/ShortStoryForEngineers.htm https://cs.txsta

• Retric 7y ago
  What’s interesting about this is how poor the fan would have been on it’s own. Let’s say you set it up on day 1, now on day 200 you notice it’s off, and suddenly you have no idea how many empty boxes you just shipped. However, as part of a redundant system it seems like a great idea.
  • stevula 7y ago
    You could pay someone for years and year just to watch and make sure the fan stays on... for less than the price of the consultant they paid. If that person can also do other things, even better.
  • toobig4u 7y ago
    Or, you know, put 2 fans on the line rather than 1.
• russdill 7y ago
  "You don’t have to be an engineer to appreciate this story.". Actually It's a lot easier to enjoy the story if you aren't an engineer. The use of compressed air is so bog standard on production lines it would be the first solution proposed before a meeting was even scheduled.
  • noonespecial 7y ago
    That's why it's a great "just so" along the lines of how the leopard got his spots. "And that, oh best-beloved, is how we came to use compressed air to sort by density on production lines..."