Mostly for my own reference:

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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design

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While Dr. Akin is an aerospace engineer, most if not all of these Laws apply to systems design in general.

normanrafferty should take particular note of the following:

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14. (Edison's Law) "Better" is the enemy of "good".

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Snagged from theweaselking, whom I forgot to credit when I first posted this.

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I also think that a lot of folks who profess to love America love it the way Ike Turner loved Tina.

-- Mark Evanier

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