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dctoedt on June 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Engineering hints you'll rarely hear

Best quote (IMO):

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Remember the movie Gremlins, featuring cute fluffy creatures that turn into evil demonic beasts if you feed them after midnight? One of the rules for owning a gremlin (in its fuzzy, lovable form) was "But the most important thing, the thing you must never forget... no matter how much they cry, no matter how much they beg, never, never feed them after midnight!"

Marketing and Sales personnel can be very similar to this. ...

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tryke on June 16, 2011 [–]

I beg to differ, here's the best quote:

-snip-

The BGA part in question lay right on the flexure line and had mechanical stress transmitted directly to its balls -- leading to premature failure.

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Okay, I guess that makes me a little immature.

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