[Sigia-l] Screws

[Eric Scheid]

On 17/9/05 4:41 PM, "Listera" <listera at rcn.com> wrote:

> It turns out (not unlike a lot of standards/best practices) screws are
> pretty inefficient at what they do. So somebody starts thinking contextually
> and, lo and behold, finds a better way:
> 
> Forbes.com - The Taming of theScrew
> <http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/0919/066_print.html>

What has standards got to do with his innovations? As far as I can see, all
his screws still adhere to all the relevant screw standards ... they just
have extra bits involved.

If you want to read about the history of screw standards, this is the link:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.01/standards_pr.html

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