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A company that focuses on creating production lines that
industrially create unique products. No car from these
assembly
lines is like the next. No tablecloth is the same as the other.
When you buy napkins produced by Unique Industrial, they
all
seem alike, but not only is the pattern slightly
different in
each
napkin, and the colors - although keeping to a certain style,
but
even the shape is slightly different for each one.
Of course, the excess material is used in the rest of the
process,
as preconceived when planning the process.
Even replacement parts are built in a way that they fit
perfectly but have a unique shape.
Each bottle of "homogenized milk" will taste a bit different.
Each package of pretzels will have a slightly different
picture on it, and the pretzel's themselves won't taste
exactly the same from bag to bag.
Each bathing suit will have a uniqueness to it, and those two
dresses that seem to be exactly the same? Look again and
check closely. You'll find a noticeable difference.
After this company comes into existence, Nothing will ever
be the same.
The Mote in God's Eye
http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Motie
[not_morrison_rm, Jun 29 2016, last modified Jun 30 2016]
So many choices.....
http://business.cap...-consumers-says-cap
daddy or chips? [xenzag, Jun 30 2016]
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The moties seem to have this down pat, so get working on
that star drive. |
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All the more reason to fix it. |
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I think that making machine parts which differ from one another will achieve this end, because the machines comprised of these will wiggle and grind unpredictably, multiplying the variability in the components as it produces the offspring. Eli Whitney will wiggle and grind in his grave. |
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So, what happens if I want to plug my appliance into
your socket? And no, that is not a euphemism. It's
bad enough that the rest of the world has non-
standard electrical systems. |
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This is already half-baked I'm afraid. Anything I've ever built
follows this principle. Without exception. |
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// It's bad enough that the rest of the world has non- standard electrical systems // |
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They can't help being foreigners- more deserving of pity than condemnation ... |
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I copied and pasted the address, but a spurious HB
address keeps getting tacked on the front. |
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aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Motie |
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Or just look for "The Mote in God's Eye" wiki |
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//has non- standard electrical systems |
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Yep, Osaka and Tokyo have different electricity
frequencies (?)...to this day. |
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I pass the buck to Jutta, just emailed it in |
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When you order a Mini (car), you get have to specify everything within a range of options, meaning that each car produced is just about unique, given the number of permutations that this creates. |
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"The sheer complexity of tomorrow’s used car choice is illustrated by looking at the popular Mini, with 709 derivatives available as new cars today. The number of option combination permutations for a Mini now stands at a staggering 65,836" - see link, and that was 3 years ago - there are probably even more choices now. |
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That's the thing. The essentials remain. Everything else is
different. The packaging still covers everything and is easy
to open and close. The boxes fit into each other. |
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All caps are built to close the bottles in a nonunique way,
but still have something unique in them. The plug fits
correctly in place but still is different in color and perhaps
handle shape. |
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Standards and standardization are what allow for this flurry
of unnecessary and unindustrial-like diversity, that will
make the trip to the obsolete supermarket all the more
closer to becoming a thing of the past. |
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