Page 2 for poor design

9/2/2008 11:48:59 AM

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"Fords suck because of their mechanical shortcomings, not their interior stylings."

we had a ranger last till 323,000 miles on a 3.0 v6 the only issue it had was 5th gear broke once.. or twice.. but thats new venture's issue not ford's

9/2/2008 11:49:12 AM

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"Fords suck because of their mechanical shortcomings, not their interior stylings."

we're talking ergonomics here. not style. they are not the same.

9/2/2008 11:50:31 AM

the white man's muscle structure.

9/3/2008 1:59:22 PM

ATTN PEOPLE ARGUING ABOUT VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS.

FORD = CHEVY = CHRYSLER/DODGE = ANY AMERICAN VEHICLE MANUFACTURER.

they all suck, they're all great.

Honda, Toyota, basically foreign cars (other than 3rd world countries) etc, on the other hand, are typically superior (depending on type/model of vehicle)

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9/3/2008 2:02:15 PM

i enjoy swedish auto ergonomics

9/3/2008 2:02:58 PM

http://www.baddesigns.com/tube.html

this guy was just a dumbass

9/3/2008 2:03:37 PM

he is a idiot with a lot of those reviews. although some aren't as intiutive as others, the average human should be able to make it work. silly human.

9/3/2008 2:07:12 PM

On my previous car ('96 Lincoln Mark VIII) there were so many obstructions behind and around the oil filter that it was impossible to remove without turning it upside down in the process, causing the oil trapped inside to spill all over everything. Fun stuff.

My girlfriend's apartment kitchen has a drawer that cannot be opened unless the oven door is open because the handle obstructs the drawer.

On Dell Optiplex and Dimension mid-tower computers from roughly 2001 to 2005, the front USB ports were behind a plastic door, slightly recessed, and sitting at about a 60 degree angle downward from horizontal. Irritating if the computer is on a desk or table and you can see what you're doing, almost impossible to use if the computer is on the floor.

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"even the fuckus is better than a malibu imho"

Dude, I'm not usually a Chevy/GM fanboy, but have you seen the new Malibus' interior? It actually looks damn attractive and pretty ergonomic. Unless the materials are complete shit, I like it.

9/3/2008 2:18:34 PM

must have been the last model that i rented.. that does look nice

9/3/2008 2:43:11 PM

bttt

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"On Dell Optiplex and Dimension mid-tower computers from roughly 2001 to 2005, the front USB ports were behind a plastic door, slightly recessed, and sitting at about a 60 degree angle downward from horizontal. Irritating if the computer is on a desk or table and you can see what you're doing, almost impossible to use if the computer is on the floor. "

yeah, this was the worst shit ever. i have no idea what they were thinking.


add to the list:

ibm 2U rackmount server rails

the cable management bits at the back look like they're supposed to be contorted into the holes on a rack, and the actual mechanism for getting the rails on the rack is hidden and not at all apparent

f foxconn can make HP rails that don't require instructions, and Dell can make their own the same, you have to wonder what sort of nimrod is designing the IBM ones

10/13/2008 1:05:20 AM

the headphone input on the 1st gen iphone. you have to buy an adapter to use any headphones that aren't apple

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10/13/2008 1:12:07 AM

the water heater at my current place is under the house

so during the winter time, the thing is practically outside and my power bill costs $raleigh

10/13/2008 6:13:55 PM

^I hope you have a shitton of blankets and insulators on it.

Quote :

"Dell Optiplex and Dimension mid-tower computers from roughly 2001 to 2005, the front USB ports were behind a plastic door, slightly recessed, and sitting at about a 60 degree angle downward from horizontal. Irritating if the computer is on a desk or table and you can see what you're doing, almost impossible to use if the computer is on the floor"

That has been driving me batty for years. Until recently (actually, about the time that job was switched to work-study funding), all the computers in a lab where I worked were those.

And the computer I'm on now, at another job, is one of these. Unofficial word, though, is that this will be replaced shortly

10/13/2008 6:18:12 PM

Quote :

"Dell Optiplex and Dimension mid-tower computers from roughly 2001 to 2005, the front USB ports were behind a plastic door, slightly recessed, and sitting at about a 60 degree angle downward from horizontal. Irritating if the computer is on a desk or table and you can see what you're doing, almost impossible to use if the computer is on the floor"

im on ome of those right now

i broke them about 3 years ago out of frustration

10/13/2008 6:21:50 PM

In one of the EB1 bathrooms, the paper towel dispenser is installed right next to the wall, almost touching it. If I remember right, its one of those 'pull the towel, it breaks off and the next one falls out' dispensers.

The knob to manually turn the roll so another one comes out is...guess....on the right side of the dispenser. And of course, the thing is busted, so you have to turn the knob to get another one to come out now.

10/13/2008 6:22:39 PM

the laundry room in my apartment has the dryer on the left and the washer on the right. the dryer door opens to the right, but not all the way, so you have to reach around the door to move the clothes from the washer to the dryer. also, there's just barely enough clearance for the door to open, so standing in front of the dryer while loading/unloading is impossible. basically the whole room is a clusterfuck.

10/13/2008 6:24:44 PM

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"the light switches in my brother's apartment are behind the doors"

i had that problem once in an apartment. i just remounted the doors to the proper side.

10/13/2008 6:26:21 PM

The new malibus are nice. Even topgear nutted all over them. I would definitely drive one.

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"Plastic hard hats with plastic adjustment thing there has got to be a better way. "

I HATE that plastic thing



And my thread contribution



American urban design ...mid century on... (meisian inspired shit) and the zoning code it inspired. Pure absolute shit. The urban sprawl it inspired has given us so many problems--congestion, useless lawns, sheep that have bought the idea of suburban lifestyle, dependancy on cars, the byproducts of transportation/energy costs/needs etc., city infrastructures that also sprawl (electricity, roads, sewer, water, sidewalks etc) and the costs of maintaining them, desocialized society, strip malls , malls, decomercialized/decaying town centers, the idea cities are supposed to be 'clean', a fat lazy population, etc ,etc, i could go on forever.................



"green" design that doesn't address the actual urban planning/ home design. A builders house that is built tightly, w/ marginally more "efficient" appliances doesn't deserve to be called "green".

10/13/2008 6:27:01 PM

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"i enjoy swedish auto ergonomics"

I DRIVE A SAAB.

10/13/2008 6:37:06 PM

only a metro would drive a saab, son

10/13/2008 6:41:29 PM

A METRO SON!!

real men drive domestic...or atleast rwd

10/13/2008 6:42:56 PM

the baddesigns.com guy is a fucking moron

the permit vending machine didn't work because i didn't read the directions printed in giant letters on the front...therefore, the machine is a bad design!

10/13/2008 6:49:43 PM

jesus, 90% of the stories on that site are from idiots..

OMG MY BATTERY WENT DEAD BECAUSE I LEFT THE LIGHT SWITCH ON THE "ON" POSITION

..RLY?!?

10/13/2008 6:53:15 PM

the cup holders in my car are directly in front of the cd player

10/13/2008 7:42:30 PM

You guys are all being stupid about the US vs. the World car arguments.

http://www.toomanycars.info/CarRelationship/Car_Rel-Image2.html

Automobiles are all so interleaved now, you can't really say "Chevy is crap, Toyota is awesome" because they all share tons of platforms, parts, engineering and ownership of one another.

10/13/2008 7:56:46 PM

since we're talking about cars, the pinto was a poor design.

10/13/2008 9:07:45 PM

my cupholders are directly behind the shifter, so everytime I shift into second, I spill hot coffee everywhere.

WTF, ford

10/14/2008 12:21:04 AM

10/14/2008 12:55:48 AM

My bedroom's ceiling light is way over on the right side of the room next to the closet, instead of being in the most logical and useful spot in the MIDDLE of the ceiling.

10/14/2008 1:19:04 AM

heating vents on the ceiling.

yeah.

10/14/2008 1:20:42 AM

My apartments bathroom has no ventilation of any kind, and the shower is outside of the bathroom exposed to the entire bedroom.

10/14/2008 1:30:59 AM

^^why is that a poor design? assuming it's the same vent that A/C comes out of?

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10/14/2008 1:31:07 AM

yeah it is.

idk.

there's just poor circulation period, and during the winter a noticable temperature difference on my face between sitting on the couch and standing up.

10/14/2008 1:35:47 AM

yeah heat pumps suck... you take a hit in the winter because it takes more energy to cool the room.

10/14/2008 1:41:15 AM

i cant complain though that much

larger place than my old one, and drastically cheaper than the electric baseboard heating system i had there

like, 2-3x cheaper so far

10/14/2008 1:43:31 AM

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"^their whole product line is applicable"

the person who made this post.

10/14/2008 1:50:52 AM

the whole thing where in some apartment complexes there's no light in the ceiling of the living room. The light switch controls a power outlet on the wall, instead of a light on the ceiling. My current apt is like that ( )(and I want to put in a ceiling light instead of having a light switch control the power outlet to my TV+entertainment system) and several other apartments at apartment complexes in cary and morrisville were like that. (even the newer ones).

wtf?

10/14/2008 7:08:25 AM

The switch only controls the bottom or top plug in for certain switches. This is designed for lamp use, dumbass.

10/14/2008 9:58:18 AM

i hate harrelson. HATE IT.
i do want to bomb the center spiral on a board though.

and my firebird has a cupholder behind hte shifter.. so if you want to shift with anything bigger than a 8oz soda can you have to contort your arm into a painful shape.

mini-fridges that open the wrong direction and cant be adjusted.

10/14/2008 10:15:34 AM

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"The switch only controls the bottom or top plug in for certain switches. This is designed for lamp use, dumbass."

it controls both the upper and lower plug-in. why not put a ceiling light in the living room dumbass. they do put switches on lamps dumbass.

10/14/2008 5:02:19 PM

cheaper to switch the outlet

10/14/2008 5:24:27 PM

and it looks better

you dont want a ceiling light in your living room

10/14/2008 5:26:40 PM

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"the water heater at my current place is under the house so during the winter time, the thing is practically outside and my power bill costs $raleigh"

The good part about this is that when your water heater rusts out (as it inevitably will do if you keep it long enough) you won't ruin your floor and anything below it.

I didn't think about insulating it though. That's not a bad idea.

10/14/2008 5:36:40 PM

It may be done on an energy conservation angle--even plugged in, tv's/everything use electricity.

Also, wall switches for lamps, allows you to turn the lamps on, w/ out making you walk across a dark room. If don't correctly, it's a very nice convience.

10/14/2008 5:44:26 PM

regardless, that website is about 190% retarded

10/14/2008 5:46:37 PM

Quote :

"the whole thing where in some apartment complexes there's no light in the ceiling of the living room. The light switch controls a power outlet on the wall, instead of a light on the ceiling. My current apt is like that ( )(and I want to put in a ceiling light instead of having a light switch control the power outlet to my TV+entertainment system) and several other apartments at apartment complexes in cary and morrisville were like that. (even the newer ones)."

i hate this too. when i first moved into my current apartment, i noticed a painted over cover plate where a fixture would normally hang in the living room ceiling. pulled it off and sure enough there were wires in the box. pulled out the mulitmeter and found the circuit breaker to make sure it was still hot, $14 later i had overhead light.

sometimes i like lots of light when working on detailed projects and cozy lamps just don't cut it.

10/14/2008 6:00:33 PM

phried beat me to it.

gg, my man

10/14/2008 6:14:57 PM

Devices with poor failure behavior. My family once had an '86 Audi 5000, on which the electronic climate control unit died. You would think, at this point, that you would have no heat or A/C until the unit was replaced. No, when the control unit failed, the heat came on full blast and wouldn't turn off. This was in the middle of the summer on a 90+ degree day. EXTREMELY irritating until we brought it in for repair a week or two later.

10/14/2008 6:19:49 PM

TWW

10/14/2008 6:28:16 PM