Comments on: What engineers do on their days off http://www.fridaysyndrome.com/2007/10/09/what-engineers-do-on-their-days-off/ It's all about me! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Rube Goldberg Machine | DodgyPete.com http://www.fridaysyndrome.com/2007/10/09/what-engineers-do-on-their-days-off/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Rube Goldberg Machine | DodgyPete.com Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:34:57 +0000 http://www.fridaysyndrome.com/2007/10/09/what-engineers-do-on-their-days-off/#comment-12 [...] A few days ago, Kristy wrote a post on her blog about What engineers do on their days off. [...] [...] A few days ago, Kristy wrote a post on her blog about What engineers do on their days off. [...]

]]> By: Pete http://www.fridaysyndrome.com/2007/10/09/what-engineers-do-on-their-days-off/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Pete Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:38:54 +0000 http://www.fridaysyndrome.com/2007/10/09/what-engineers-do-on-their-days-off/#comment-11 There's actually a name for these types of contraptions and it's called a 'Rube Goldberg Machine' A Rube Goldberg machine is an exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way. There’s actually a name for these types of contraptions and it’s called a ‘Rube Goldberg Machine’

A Rube Goldberg machine is an exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way.

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