We added a Sony Playstation 4 (PS4) to the house in May, 2014. After a little over a year, here is a long term perspective as a Sony customer and PS4 user.
Good Design – Bad Design
Some things are designed well, and others aren’t. Posts in this category are meant to call out both, and in the case of bad designs, provide comparison or contrast to the same function designed properly.
Security screws are specially-designed fasteners that can’t be removed without the corresponding, specially-designed bit.
Security screws are an excellent way to help prevent people from tampering with public facilities and resources, and to help prevent someone from creating a public safety issue — for example, security screws can and should be used in buses, trains, and airplanes.
In most applications, however, they are more of an inconvenience than a deterrent.
Meanwhile, the two most common screw fasteners, “slotted” (standard) and Phillips, are both problematic.
“Serious flaw found in Internet Explorer”. That’s like saying, “garbage found in the dumpster”. Although I don’t disagree that the flaw is serious, I DO question the utility and value of using Internet Explorer, as well as the ongoing expectation that IE is useful for anything other than downloading a competent browser.
My children have reached the milestone in life, where the state of Texas entrusts them, under supervision for now, to operate a motor vehicle. Without going in to details, the object of their foray in to driverdom is a 2001 Ford Explorer.
Knowing that the vehicle has power seats, and that the power seat switches were worn out, I Googled the problem, only to find that a replacement, specialized part, that Ford no longer makes, and that is poorly designed at inception, would cost between $200 and $400, and I needed TWO of them – both the driver’s side and passenger’s side were malfunctioning.
I asserted that I could fix it without the crappy Ford part, and I did.