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- Have you ever wondered what technical reports *REALLY* mean ?
- Here are a few examples:-
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- 'All units are subjected to an They all suffer from thermal runaway
- agressive thermal-cycling test until we can stabilise them.
- before delivery'
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- 'This product has been continually The first 1000 did not work so we
- upgraded during the manufacturing had to re-design them before we
- cycle' could ship them to customers.
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- 'Units have completed extended- We dare not switch the test model
- duration test cycles' off, or it will probably never work
- again.
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- 'Pre-production models suffered a The prototype blew all the fuses in
- power-on anomaly' the building....
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- 'but this anomaly has been rectified We removed the fuse.
- in mainstream production models'
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- 'Careful component selection takes We have to find the right values by
- place to ensure maximum reliability' guesswork, since nobody really
- understands how the thing works.
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- 'Pre-production models have been Someone in the lab wired up the
- subject to over-voltage testing' mains transformer backwards.
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- 'Superior design removes the need If anyone opens the box, they will
- for preventive maintenance' never get the lid back on.
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- 'Each unit is subject to our They all need a technician to spend
- detailed quality-assurance program' a day fixing the faults before we
- can sell them.
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- 'Advanced computer-aided-design The circuit diagram looks like an
- techniques were employed' opening frame from XAXXON
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- From:G6WBJ