{"id":2804,"date":"2013-02-04T10:13:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T08:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2013-02-04T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T08:21:10","slug":"designers-are-wankers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/?p=2804","title":{"rendered":"Designers are wankers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3files.core77.com\/blog\/images\/2013\/01\/LeeSangHwa_KimJinHo_YeoMinGu-SaddleLock-3q.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/transportation\/red_dot_award-winning_saddle_lock_yea_or_nay_24230.asp\">another useless<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.red-dot.sg\/en\/online-exhibition\/concept\/?code=558&#038;y=2012&#038;c=2&#038;a=0\">award winning<\/a> design invention that will never progress any further than 3D-modelling. A combination lock like this can be opened in a couple of minutes just by rubbing the dials with your thumbs. Done that. The strength of the lock is also compromised by the physical limitatioins of the seat&#8217;s size. <\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that the use of such a seat requires a specially designed bicycle. On top of that the seat height cannot be adjusted because the whole seat post must be able to swivel back! That didn&#8217;t stop the designers from putting a quick release on the seat post and the rear wheel. That&#8217;s right, the thief can just walk away with the seatpost and the saddle stuck to it. <\/p>\n<p>Also, look at how the back of the seat curves down where your seat bones are supposed receive support. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3files.core77.com\/blog\/images\/2013\/01\/LeeSangHwa_KimJinHo_YeoMinGu-SaddleLock-comboDetail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Compare it to the Specialized Romin (most comfortable saddle I&#8217;ve ever ridden)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.mos.bikeradar.com\/images\/bikes-and-gear\/components\/saddles\/1276247046925-1lur418wau0qd-399-75.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think they should just give the awards for 3D modelling and drop out the whole design bit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another useless award winning design invention that will never progress any further than 3D-modelling. A combination lock like this can be opened in a couple of minutes just by rubbing the dials with your thumbs. Done that. The strength of the lock is also compromised by the physical limitatioins of the seat&#8217;s size. Not &#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/?p=2804\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eetu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p104Tn-Je","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2804"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2806,"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions\/2806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normaali.net\/wordstress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}