[Amps] Rube Goldberg

[Robert Carroll]

>From the "official" Rube Goldberg site
www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm:

RUBE GOLDBERG GALLERY
Through his wacky cartoons which depict the most elaborate and
ridiculous devices to accomplish the most mundane tasks, RUBE GOLDBERG'S
"INVENTIONS" have become synonymous with any maximum effort to achieve
minimal results.  His ingenious drawings follow their own impeccable
logic, demonstrating that the unnecessary can also be the mother of
invention - often  with hilarious results. 
Rube's audience spans generations, from adults well versed in the
promise and pitfalls of modern technology to younger fans who are
intrigued by the creativity and possibility of invention. 


-----Original Message-----
From: amps-admin@contesting.com [mailto:amps-admin@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of wwd@netheaven.com
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 11:24 AM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Rube Goldberg

>"Rube's drawings depict absurdly-connected machines functioning in
>extremely complex and and roundabout ways to produce a simple end
result;
>because of this RUBE GOLDBERG has become associated with any convoluted
>system of achieving a basic task."

> 
>The point is that Rube did not use junk box parts to save money or to
use
>what was at hand.  He would often go out and buy new parts over the
>counter.  
> 

This conclusion is a non-sequitor. 

The RG solution was to grab a common item and employ it more or less
logically to solve one step in an convoluted chain of functions that
posesses no overall coherence.

Unless <irony> was intended in your observation .  .  .

Bill K2AME







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