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> 2. Try and delete parts Hopefully someone who knows what I'm talking about will chime in, but there was a CEO of a small consumer electronics company who was

> 2. Try and delete parts Hopefully someone who knows what I'm talking about will chime in, but there was a CEO of a small consumer electronics company who was infamous for walking around the labs and randomly removing parts from designs on the breadboard. If the device still worked, well that's one less part that was needed. Makes for a cheap, if extremely fragile device. Wish I could remember the guy's name though.

ladberg 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntzing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntzing
thirdhaf 3y ago
Could have been Earl Muntz, who was in the TV manufacturing business, learned about this from one of Bob Pease’ columns. https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/industrial/boards/article/21771148/whats-all-this-muntzing-stuff-anyhow https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/industrial/boa...
- Salgat 3y ago
  >And for those further out, where the Muntz TVs did not work, those could be returned at the customer's additional effort and expense, and not Muntz's. What a truly awful approach to saving money. Just mislead the customer and have them pay the price associated with that. Good thing we have consumer protection laws now.
  - troq13 3y ago
    Every Tesla owner I know is constantly taking their car for maintenance and "small fixes".
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  Thanks. Pease Porridge is also where I first heard of it.
- cjk2 3y ago
  Pease the bandgap tzar, one of my professional heroes. Muntz no. Should be filed in the same can as Sinclair. Rumour has it that the vast majority of really defective transistors (rather than just the moderately defective ones he shipped) were used as hard core under Sinclair's drive
Solvency 3y ago
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dzhiurgis 3y ago
Fragile device that drives half million miles with no service and has highest safety ratings. Mission failed successfully.
- nikau 3y ago
  * with multiple drive unit and battery swaps

ladberg 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntzing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntzing

thirdhaf 3y ago

Could have been Earl Muntz, who was in the TV manufacturing business, learned about this from one of Bob Pease’ columns. https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/industrial/boards/article/21771148/whats-all-this-muntzing-stuff-anyhow https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/industrial/boa...

Salgat 3y ago
>And for those further out, where the Muntz TVs did not work, those could be returned at the customer's additional effort and expense, and not Muntz's. What a truly awful approach to saving money. Just mislead the customer and have them pay the price associated with that. Good thing we have consumer protection laws now.
- troq13 3y ago
  Every Tesla owner I know is constantly taking their car for maintenance and "small fixes".
HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
Thanks. Pease Porridge is also where I first heard of it.
cjk2 3y ago
Pease the bandgap tzar, one of my professional heroes. Muntz no. Should be filed in the same can as Sinclair. Rumour has it that the vast majority of really defective transistors (rather than just the moderately defective ones he shipped) were used as hard core under Sinclair's drive

Solvency 3y ago

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dzhiurgis 3y ago

Fragile device that drives half million miles with no service and has highest safety ratings. Mission failed successfully.

nikau 3y ago
* with multiple drive unit and battery swaps