[TheForge] Power hammer Vs air hammer (OT)

[Demon Buddha]

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Although my intention with my remark was just to pick a smaller nit, I
> DO believe raising questions like that can be productive.
> 
> For example, suppose nobody had yet THOUGHT of hydraulic drives.  Now,
> someone looks at a mechanical link and asks the question, "why the oil?"
> " Lubrication" is the common answer, but is that the full story?  We now
> know that the metal surfaces may literally never touch, but rather that
> the action is always transmitted through the fluid.  From that it is a
> small step to wondering why the fluid couldn't be a more obvious part of
> the connection.  Whence, hydralics.  
> 
> I doubt the thought process leading to practical hydraulic drives
> actually followed that course, but present this merely as an example how
> questioning something can lead to radically different approaches.  (I
> could give a real-life example in my field, but I'd have to explain my
> field first, and that would take too long.)

	Ever see those bumper stickers that say "Question Authority"?  I say 
Question Everything.

	As for Authority, the sticker should say "Defy", but that's another 
discussion entirely.

	Back to my analysis of AT&T strategy.  I just can't seem to focus on 
this today.