In 1995 I wrote a book for kids, to help forming problem-solving skills TRIZ style under guidance of Anatoly Gin. It consisted of about 40 practical problems found in fairy tales. TRIZ as methodology is useful for engineers as swiss-army knife of the “out of the box” thinking. However, this is more a set of practical rules, then proper methodology.
The famous Sten machine gun is actually a zip gun. It was intentionally designed to be produced at any metal workshop. The Soviet ППШ-41 had the same strategy, it was designed for mass production, contained 87 elements and any metalworks with mechanical press could produce it. But the main difference of zipgun from real firearms is this. Zipguns are usually first attack single shot weapon.
Quite right. True ownership means you can sell what you own. Instead you only have a license to use, hence you are never owner, but only a user. “End-user license agreement is a holy binding contract”.
Money addiction is real and all times high. Sex, gosh, everyone does it. Not to mention Facebook. I still believe marijuana is doing less brain damage than Facebook, but additional research is necessary.
Well, carrying knife is a criminal offence in Britain, isn't it? Then why the Economist does not analyse a grave situation with personal freedoms in the UK first?