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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Poor design-choices in the Star Wars universe

John Scalzi of AMC makes a list of bad design decisions in the Star Wars universe. Here is an example of one:

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R2-D2
Sure, he's cute, but the flaws in his design are obvious the first time he approaches anything but the shallowest of stairs. Also: He has jets, a periscope, a taser and oil canisters to make enforcer droids fall about in slapsticky fashion -- and no voice synthesizer. Imagine that design conversation: "Yes, we can afford slapstick oil and tasers, but we'll never get a 30-cent voice chip past accounting. That's just madness." READ THE REST

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