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Old 10-09-2008, 05:06 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
As for the engineers, most of them are not blockheads. Some of them get working prototypes of their ideas - the winglets are a prime example - only to see them ignored by management or marketing. Engineers built working hybrid & Stirling-engined powered cars in the '70s, along with many of the other ideas mentioned here. Management and marketing gave us the SUV instead.
I have absolutly ZERO experience in this field, but I've read everyones comments.
You have to admit this is a very good point. Thinking outside the box is the only way to learn new ways of "this is how it's always done".
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