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  What is good design?

Some quotes about good design from a Germany designer Dieter Rams in documentary "Objectified":Good design should be innovativeGood design should make a product usefulGood design is aesthetic designGood design will make a product understandableGood design is honestGood design is unobtrusiveGood design is long-livedGood design is consistent in every detailGood design is environmentally friendlyGood design is as little design as possibleThis brings up a question -- what is the most important factor about good design, To lots of people, the most important is about simplicity, i.e,&...

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  Unix Philosophy

First, let me tell two stories.The first one is one Japan soap factory had a problem that they sometimes shipped empty boxes to the customer without soap inside. So they spend much time and money to invent a X-ray machine to check whether the soap box is empty.The same thing happens in a small factory which doesn't have too much money. The solution of them to solve this problem is they use a desk fan to blow the empty boxes out of the belt and into a bin.The second story is NASA finds that in space with 0 gravity, astronauts cannot use pen to write. So they spend much money on developing a pen...

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