Re: OT: Repeatably lobbing "projectiles"

On 11/23/2024 4:29 AM, Don Y wrote:

So, by NOT specifying either of these, I've given you the freedom
to pick whichever is easiest.  Presumably, some identifiable
characteristic of your choice will be a hint as to other "compatible"
projectiles to exploit your design.

Note the "power supply" example I mentioned (somewhere).
The designers exploited the lack of a specification constraint
to ADD a consumable (the batteries) to the design.
When that was vetoed (Marketing), I proposed downsizing the power
supply and monitoring it along with the upcoming load to adjust
the INSTANTANEOUS print speed.  With an "all black" page, the machine
would slow to a crawl.  All white and it could go "balls out"
(several times faster than the marketing specification).
On "average" content, if the specified print speed is achieved
averaged over the length of a document, is that acceptable?
(Ans:  yes!  esp if it lets us make the device less expensive
and more user friendly).
In one case, an omitted criteria (consumables in power supply)
caused a solution to be rejected.  On another, a specified
criteria could be reinterpreted (it never said that the
print speed had to be CONSTANT!) to facilitate a solution that
was not obtainable, otherwise.