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is one for whom all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories: (1) things that need to be fixed, and (2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them.

concept... they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. - Scott Adams - From The Dilbert Principle, Chapter 14: Engineers, Scientists, Programmers, and Other Odd People.

is one for whom, if there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems, operating, as they do, under the believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

concept... they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

is unable to look at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a stun gun or take a shower without pondering some sort of teflon coating to make showering unnecessary.

a toy box full of suboptimized and feature-poor toys.

is one who is of the believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

is good when he is a person who makes a design that works with as few origin al ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

is someone who can build for a dollar what any damn fool can build for ten.

is distinguished from the mathematician in that engineers can compute but not define, mathematicians can define but not compute.

Engineers can compute but not define, mathematicians can define but not compute, economists can neither define nor compute.

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